Recommends an eight-step program for school districts seeking first-rate teachers, including (1) determining desirable staff characteristics, (2) broadening recruitment strategies, (3) honing selection procedures, (4) completing preemployment paperwork and placement decisions, (5) beginning orientation immediately, (6) setting up support systems,…

Statements, goals, and recommendations of the Holmes Group are compared with resolutions and statements of belief of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. (MT)

Presented is a condensed version of the Executive Summary of "A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century," the report of the Task Force on Teaching as a Profession of the Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy. (MT)

Considers industrial relations policies and practices of stevedore firms in the West Coast longshore industry in terms of the social worker, worker-resource, and institutional theories. Subsidiary firms were more lenient in contract interpretation and more competitive in recruitment, supporting the worker-resource theory. Includes 2 tables and 33…

The rush to establish effective alumni/admissions volunteer programs is discussed. Institutions call on alumni/admissions volunteers not only because they fill in geographic gaps for the admissions office, but also because they serve as good examples of what a college can do for today's students. (MLW)

Surveyed recruiters whose companies hire liberal arts graduates to assess the educational qualities they found most attractive, and their recommendations for the job search. Communication skills placed a strong first, followed by human relations and interpersonal skills, critical thinking, and research and investigative skills. Generally,…

Discusses formation of the National Council for Marketing Education and how its Marketing Strategy Committee developed a plan to tackle the image problem. The committee chose five target audiences and developed a strategy to reach each target. The plan was introduced in October 1987 through a national videoconference. (CH)

Describes efforts of a college's task force to investigate the status of black enrollment and to recommend strategies for achieving suggested enrollment. Lists recommended actions steps. Discusess details of the minority recruitment program which included interviews, high school visits, focus groups, upward bound day, applications and accepted…

Legislative strategies to help institutions of higher education recruit minority students and to encourage those students to become teachers are discussed. These strategies include work-study programs and mid-career programs, as well as preservice and inservice programs. (MT)

The authors present solutions, gathered from a survey of over 100 large cities, to recruitment problems centering on women and minorities for jobs that have traditionally been dominated by White males. They also offer ideas to aid in the elimination of artificial barriers that have traditionally hampered affirmative action progress in the fire…

Outlines the most effective ways of conducting a search for new English department faculty on the college level. (SRT)

To enhance their district's chances of hiring superior principals, Nanuet (New York) Public Schools developed an intensive administrator selection process involving careful job descriptions reflecting school objectives, checklists of desirable professional experiences, an "action interview," and structured visits to finalists' school…

A literature review and mail survey suggests that while many colleges and universities are promoting and selling themselves, very few are professionally managing marketing activities. (MSE)

The pros and cons of using career ladders as incentives to attract and retain outstanding teachers are discussed, focusing on recent problems experienced in attempts to implement such models. (Author/CB)

Explores the needs of women in education in relation to their recruitment, self-development, and advancement. Reviews use of incentives as mechanisms to achieve educational professionalism and to raise teacher proficiency as it relates to women. Offers alternative incentive models. (CH)