Describes how more regional public institutions are opening honors colleges to raise their profiles and attract better students. (EV)

Describes partnership with out-of-state universities to recruit teachers to school district in Lake Havasu, Arizona. (PKP)

Considers why central government policies are often insensitive to the range of contexts in which they are to be implemented; reports on one instance on such "policy insensitivity" related to the exceptionally low take-up of candidature for the National Professional Qualification for Headship among teachers in small, predominantly rural,…

Management graduates (n=62) participated in mock interviews with corporate recruiters. Half of the interviewers were instructed to focus on specific applicant values. Their accuracy regarding those values was higher than other interviewers'. Interviewers were more accurate assessing applicant values important in their organizational culture. (SK)

Illustrates how college and university student centers are becoming the institution's marketing tools. Explores how the Millennium Center at the University of Missouri in St. Louis exemplifies this new trend. (GR)

To strengthen the supply of postdoctoral nurse researchers, strategies for recruitment, retention, mentoring, support, and evaluation must be improved. Strategies include get them early, create a culture, provide socialization, be flexible, and define outcomes. (JOW)

Hispanic Americans in Cleveland, Ohio were interviewed about volunteerism. Six themes were identified: (1) influence of family and friends; (2) importance of volunteering to benefit youth; (3) importance of church and religious beliefs; (4) volunteering as a requirement; (5) connections between volunteerism and the community; and (6) personal…

Describes Teacher Recruitment and Induction Project, a partnership between Southwest Texas State University College of Education and seven school districts, designed to prepare midcareer adults for teaching. Summarizes characteristics of strong midcareer teacher-preparation programs. (Contains 17 references.) (PKP)

Discusses extent and causes of teacher shortages in the United States. Describes strategies and resources to help school districts improve efforts to identify, employ, and retain more qualified teachers. (PKP)

Discusses how a college sports recruiting scandal points to the role of athletics in a poor neighborhood in Memphis; it highlights how intensely colleges compete for the city's players. (EV)

Isn't it ironic that the one organization with the power to set the direction for schools, the board of education, is the one organization whose members are often randomly selected, rarely evaluated and almost never held accountable to measurable standards of excellence? The author's premise is simple: Better boards of education mean better…

Higher educational institutions face fundamental challenges as they adapt to increasingly competitive markets. This literature review provides a context on markets, failure, and turnarounds, and discusses the literature on the shift of the higher educational industry into competitive markets. The literature on turnarounds in the corporate…

Local high schools sending the names and phone numbers of all juniors and seniors to United States military recruiters is more than a back-door assault on student privacy. This may have life-or-death consequences for unwitting kids who are contacted by these recruiters. This student information give-away was mandated in a little-known provision of…

Education can develop intellectual capability in people, which may in turn lead toward development of a more humane society. Open and distance learning (ODL) has provided one means of achieving social objectives democratically. In India significant success has been achieved through a network of 10 open universities and 104 institutes of open and…

The most pressing challenges facing American Catholic educational leaders today are funding, Catholic identity, and leadership. Funding is the most pressing issue and it involves recruiting and retaining teachers, balancing affordability with quality, and justifying the worth of Catholic schools. Catholic identity issues include reconciling the…