Few traditionally black colleges offer health education classes or majors. This results in a dearth of African American graduate students and college level health faculty. The article reviews these problems and suggests steps predominantly white colleges can take to improve the recruitment and retention of African American students and faculty.…

The Students and Technology in Academia, Research, and Service (STARS) Alliance is a nationally-connected system of regional partnerships among higher education, K-12 schools, industry and the community with a mission to broaden the participation of women, under-represented minorities and persons with disabilities in computing (BPC). Each regional…

The shrinking number of new entrants into the U.S. workforce and the smaller proportion of new workers who are well-educated will put organizations dependent on highly qualified personnel in competition for the short supply of qualified individuals. Thus, recruiting strategies will be of increasing concern to many organizations. The research…

Describes an experimental effort to halt declining enrollments in a speech and theatre department. (MH)

These abstracts of ERIC documents outline and discuss recruitment programs in the community college. Some of the programs attempt to attract students from particular community groups, such as members of ethnic minorities or women, while others focus on bolstering enrollments in particular curricula. (Author/NHM)

Current studies suggest that school districts may not be hiring the most promising graduates of teacher training programs. The first chapter of this publication reviews this research and proposes three possible explanations for the hiring failures: the complexity of the teaching function, insufficient attention to hiring, and inadequate selection…

From April 16, 1987 through September 1, 1987, personnel from the Bureau of Educational Research and Services of Memphis State University (Tennessee) and Navy research team members from each of the Recruit Training Centers conducted a study that focused on learning outcomes of recruit training. The foci of the study were the Recruit Training…

Increasing costs without benefits worthy of the expense are causing colleges to seek alternatives to school visitations. Several solutions to the problem are briefly offered, and a multiple visitation program is described. (CJ)

Presents estimates on a rational scale of current sex differentials in academic employment and of the extent to which equity has been approached since antibias regulations have been in effect, 1968-69. Three criterion variables were used: academic rank, tenure status and base institutional salary. (Author/EB)

Report of a General Meeting at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Independent Schools, February 1969 (Presenters--Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Atmore).