Data from 70 students in graduate management programs suggest that recruiters' behaviors do not have a consistently strong impact on job applicants' attitudes toward organization or willingness to accept job offers. Suggests that information about the positiveness or negativeness of the job has much greater impact on applicants' willingness to…

This article reviews recent media coverage of the teaching profession, and how this coverage affects perceptions of students and the public of teachers and teaching. (MT)

Using data from three Army sources, the author examines enrollment and financial participation in the Army College Fund from 1981 to 1985. He finds enrollment grew rapidly during that time and that quality of recruits, as measured by the Armed Forces Qualification Test scores, dramatically increased. (Author/CH)

The Teacher Education of Academically Gifted Students program model is intended to attract academically gifted college students to preservice teacher education. The proposed program is described. (Author/MT)

When hiring a search consultant to recruit superintendent candidates, school boards must consider more than reputation and reliability. This article discusses several important considerations, including availability, possible conflicts of interest, and techniques used to construct superintendent profiles, advertise the position, and reduce the…

Outlines the package of special incentives the teacher recruitment program in Prince George County (MD) Schools was able to develop with the assistance of the Advisory Council for Business and Industry in the county. (MD)

A compilation of ERIC documents and journal articles on recruiting and retaining minorities in preservice teacher education and as inservice teachers is presented. (JL)

After examining recruitment as a dual process in Detroit and Yokohama (Japan), the author states that discrepant findings result in part from different temporal focus in the recruitment process. He advocates study of the entire recruitment process and the need to isolate contingencies that influence employee selection. (Author/CH)

Inspired by the publication of "Leaders for America's Schools" (1987), a guide for improving administrator preparation, this paper identifies program components to be reformed, examines general problems associated with each component, and encourages thinking about solutions to some of these problems. Assessment centers to test administrator skills…

Summaries of rules changes passed at the annual convention of the National Collegiate Athletic Association are presented. Changes occurred in academics, financial aid, amateurism, championships and extra events, membership and classification, enforcement, recruiting, eligibility, and playing seasons. (MLW)

Some 175 Black professors have established the National Congress of Black Faculty to deal with issues such as the recruitment and retention of Black faculty and the problems Black faculty members encounter in trying to undertake or publish research. (MLW)

Questions the validity of Braddock and McPartland's generalization from a youthful sample of workers to all workers. Also questions Pettigrew and Martin's conclusion from research on women's reluctance to compete for high-status jobs and that Black ambivalence may be partly responsible for smaller pools of black candidates. (PS)

The author describes a student visitation and recruitment program, "Look into Vocational Education" (LIVE) sponsored annually by the Capital Area Vocational Center in Springfield, Illinois. During the three-day program, nearly 1,000 high school sophomores visit vocational programs and interact with teachers and current students. (CH)

Reports on a survey of adult literacy programs in the United States, focussing on the issues of student recruitment and retention. Suggests that personal sources are better than non-personal for recruitment, and that extrinsic motivation and a pleasant social environment are factors that can prevent attrition. (ARH)

The author presents a method for developing a marketing plan. She applies this method to marketing vocational education, covering such areas as (1) audience, (2) product, (3) message, (4) communicating the message, and (5) evaluation. (CH)