Results of a national survey of state commissioners of higher education concerning the crucial issues facing higher education is reported. Major issues facing all of higher education, principal issues for large and small institutions, and the distribution of issues by geographic region are outlined. (MSE)

The war on cancer has been waged for nearly 40 years, yet the cancer burden remains high, especially among minority and underserved populations. One strategy to make strides in the war on cancer and its disparate impacts is to increase the diversity of the cancer research workforce. We describe an approach to recruit a diverse population of future…

Through intensive student recruitment, faculty planning, new undergraduate programs and acquisitioning of research and endowment money PINY, previously close to bankruptcy, is now approaching its goal of becoming the great technological university of New York. (KE)

Recruiting strategies for a forensic program may be improved by cooperation between the admissions office and the forensic coach, by using various types of recruiting efforts, and by publicizing the forensic program. Recruiting efforts include: (1) creating pamphlets on the forensic program; (2) having college forensic students judge at high…

This speech suggests how teachers' involvement may stimulate Catholic school educational support for child care via recruitment committees. The success of one such committee in Omaha, Nebraska is documented. Suggestions include but are not limited to recruiting involved parish members; planning the committee's activities; organizing monthly…

A professional update team of foreign language teachers promotes the interests of the membership and encourages cooperation and professional improvement at all levels. The first task in organizing such a group is to choose individuals who represent all segments of the profession and to include administrators in as active a capacity as possible.…

A Penn State study reveals that women applicants for technical jobs are interviewed differently than men. (Author)

Discusses 10 major responsibilities for admissions officers, including: seeing that specific goals have been estabilished; producing a written marketing plan; hiring a competent staff; managing the office and effective use of volunteers. (PG)

This study describes the selection-recruitment process for high school basketball players in West Virginia and investigates whether the process is tied to the type of support given by individuals or groups to the high school basketball program. Analysis of data indicates that formal and informal selection-recruitment networks exist within the…

APPROXIMATELY 300 TEACHERS SPENT ONE-HALF DAY DURING THE ANNUAL 1966 MINNESOTA VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE TEACHER'S ASSOCIATION SUMMER CONFERENCE CONSIDERING THE PROBLEM OF TEACHER RECRUITMENT IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. SMALL-GROUP STUDY OF THE PROBLEM RESULTED IN BOTH GENERAL AND SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, FOR…

SIXTY-SIX RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL OCCUPYING TEACHING POSITIONS IN 17 JUNIOR COLLEGES COMPRISED THE POPULATION OF THIS STUDY. A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS DISTRIBUTED TO ADMINISTRATORS, STUDENTS, AND THE RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL. NO STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND BETWEEN RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL AND CAREER TEACHERS, AND NO…

The selection of a principal requires (1) a clear understanding of the responsibilities of the superintendent and others concerned in the selection process, (2) an objective and adequate view of the contemporary principal's role and the kind of person qualified to fill that role, (3) specific selection criteria, and (4) a careful development of…

This paper presents a survey of the techniques used by 29 engineering colleges that have been successful in recruiting and retaining women engineering students. Eight techniques are described for increasing the enrollment of women, including publicizing techniques, counseling efforts, hiring women faculty, and recruiting at the high school level.…

The second volume of the National Health Council (NHC) final project report for recruitment, counseling, and related activities in the health occupations consists of: three meeting agendas and information on the NHC Committee on Health Manpower; reports on two meetings of the Committee on Inventory for Health Occupations on the Secondary Level;…

Designed as a guide for public library administrators and personnel, the document suggests ways to recruit new library users from the disadvantaged adult population. Libraries interested in recruitment are assumed to already have materials for the disadvantaged that include easy to read adult content materials, audio-visuals, out reach services,…