Examined volunteering bias in racial, gender, and age groups in an adult development study. Results showed the middle-aged group volunteered at a higher rate, but this effect was restricted to Whites. Women volunteered more readily than men, except the elderly. Whites volunteered more readily than Blacks. (JAC)

To examine ways to increase recruitment of minority students into college deaf education training programs a questionnaire was randomly sent to programs for the hearing impaired employing more than 100 staff. Data from a variety of Black respondents (57 percent) resulted in suggestions for encouraging minority recruitment. (Author/CL)

The market for undergraduate education has many similarities to an arms race. A school's position, relative to other schools, determines its success in attracting students and student quality. Its position, in turn, is largely determined by the size of its student subsidies, the difference between its educational spending, and the net tuition it…

The College Recruiters' Quick Guide provides an orientation to Recruitment responsibilities for new admissions professionals and those contemplating a career in college admissions. It is organized to give the reader a quick orientation and down-to-earth advice about what is involved in the admissions profession. This short publication defines the…

By nearly all accounts, the Web has overwhelmingly become the primary resource for prospective students to research potential college choices. Using this medium, however, prospects are able to do their research independently and privately, without having to contact the institution via phone, mail or email to make a formal inquiry. Consequently,…

This document examines the current promotional methods used by North Carolina community colleges to advance entrepreneurship education and identifies practical strategies for improving promotional efforts and outcomes. The observations, interviews, and anecdotal information presented in the paper are based on the author's three years of community…

This CD-ROM presents 220 documents collected in Harvard University's Faculty Appointment Policy Archive (FAPA), the ZyFIND search and retrieval system, and instructions for their use. The FAPA system and ZyFIND allow browsing through documents, inserting bookmarks in documents, attaching notes to documents without modifying them, and selecting…

This article proposes a "recruitment specification," with guidelines that include not only a description of duties, skills, and physical demands, but also such personal qualifications as persuasiveness, creativity, and acceptance of routine needed in a job applicant. (Author)

Traditionally, the admissions office has provided the college with "quality education" by admitting quality students while, at the same time, providing adequate budget by finding and admitting affluent students. According to the author, this adds up to "selling," because it is based on the quotas and needs of the institution. "Marketing," on the…

More effective recruiting is needed to overcome the shortage of vocational agriculture teachers. It is the responsibility of all those concerned with vocational education in agriculture from the local to the national level, but primarily of teacher education institutions and State departments of education (Arthor/AG)

Having a total program designed to hire, utilize, and keep track of summer hires can be a meaningful way to find and keep good candidates after they graduate. (Author)

Use of various communications media is discussed. (SP)

As long as the admissions task was to choose a freshman class from a long list of applicants, the problems of unethical practices remained subdued. But the recent advent of competition for students has brought more of the practices of marketing and salesmanship and more demands for their control from the purists. (Author)

The author describes the group interview, the meeting of recruiter and students for what could be an honest, objective, and stimulating challenge. (Author)