A study was made of the history of the black officer in the Army, the sources and procedures the Army uses to procure black officers and the retention of black officers in the Army. Data was gathered by interviews with Department of Army personnel and black junior officers; questionnaires were used to gather information from professors of Military…

In expanding a 4-H volunteer program, a systematic way of recruiting, training, utilizing, recognizing, and evaluating the program is needed. There is no one right answer to volunteer leadership problems, but it is important to believe that volunteers are available. They have to see the need and be convinced it is worth their attention, so the…

This is one of a series of studies on the training, recruitment, and utilization of teachers in member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. This volume deals with Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom. The section on Germany (129 pages) has chapters on the German educational system, trends in the demand for…

This summary report of staffing patterns in 6 medical schools established between 1952 and 1960 is the first phase of a proposed study of biomedical staffing requirements in institutions of higher education, 1965-1975. The 6 schools are: the University of Miami, Albert Einstein College of medicine at Yeshiva University, the University of Florida,…

This is one of a series of studies on the training, recruitment, and utilization of teachers in member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. This document deals with France and Ireland. The section on France (447 pages) is in French with no translation. The chapters deal with the evolution of factors affecting the…

The District of Columbia 1971 Workshop, sponsored by Project VOICE, dealt with the recruiting and retraining of volunteers in education. Following program excerpts and summaries of two operating programs and a film, the participants were divided into four problem solving groups: elementary schools (two groups), junior high schools, and the…

The need for improved support service programs in community colleges is explored, and several suggestions are made relating to new procedures for selecting and training recruiters and further development of "active" rather than "passive" recruiting programs. A formal and an informal model for interinstitutional cooperation is presented. (DB)

A decentralized selection procedure in which building principals and teachers chose new teachers would result in a better match between job requirements and teacher qualifications, more support of new teachers by the faculty, and more consistency between criteria for initial employment and criteria for evaluation. (Author/IRT)

New Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) regulations will help to assure individual student-athletes equal opportunities without discrimination. (DS)

Outlines some steps a district can take to find and select vocational education teachers from nontraditional sources. The people selected will be noncertified but experienced in their trades. (Author/IRT)

The best interests of children will be served if mainstreaming results in further professionalization of teachers rather than further bureaucratization of schools. (JD)

Declining high school enrollments and the changing nature of the traditional student pool for college entrance suggest the desirability of colleges' understanding the characteristics of their consumers. This article discusses the creation, development, analysis, and uses of a study of the Bradley University student market. (Author)

Suggestions on how to improve first-contact recruitment mailings are provided: involve experts in planning, include cover letter, target messages, find a great writer for brochure and cover letters, keep it short, sell location, print brochure in colors, eliminate evidence of computer-generated messages, etc. (MLW)

Describes the recruitment, screening, training, support, and outcome components of a program of the Salvation Army Hope Center in St. Louis, Missouri, that provided foster care to children discharged from its residential treatment program. (RH)

Few colleges and universities actively recruit senior citizens or take action to remove real or perceived barriers to their enrollment in regularly scheduled classes. Describes a recruitment program to encourage older adults to enroll in regularly scheduled university classes. Used senior recruiters, themselves university students over the age of…