The recent decline in preservice student enrollments should be viewed as an opportunity for higher education facilities to move in new directions in developing multiple service training for teaching not only elementary and secondary grades but all populations. (JD)

Trends and changes in recruitment and hiring practices for academic administrators are reviewed, based on a study of job notices appearing in six issues of the "Chronicle of Higher Education" between January 31 and March 7, 1977. Results from a sample of 72 advertised positions indicated a clear persistence of all institutions in drawing only from…

Presents the advantages and disadvantages of an adjunct professor program within an engineering faculty. (SL)

Provides suggestions for creating a successful journalism program: a code of ethics, an excellent faculty, and a realistic curriculum. (KS)

A College Board study shows that the most effective recruitment mailings go first class, are direct, thorough and spirited, consistent in tone and genuinely sympathetic to student concerns. Gimmicky presentations, exaggerated claims, and emphasis on recreational features should be avoided. (Author/LBH)

Merit pay proponents argue that merit pay will: (1) attract higher caliber individuals to teaching; (2) retain good teachers; and (3) motivate teachers to improve instruction. These claims are investigated. Recommendations regarding effective alternatives to merit pay are discussed. (MT)

The authors examine long-term trends in agricultural education enrollment factors. They compared 1980 and 1985 students on factors influencing them to select that major and relative importance of factors. Both groups wanted to "get into other jobs." The largest shift was in the people influential in the student's decision. (CH)

Quality adult leadership of youth sport programs helps ensure that participation is a positive experience. The process of employing quality leaders depends on determining staffing needs, recruitment of applicants, and selection of competent personnel. (DF)

This article describes in detail the Math English Science Technology Education Project (MESTEP), a 15-month master's level program to recruit and prepare top college graduates to teach math, science, and English in secondary schools. MESTEP is a partnership among the University of Massachusetts, a network of school systems, and corporations.…

The Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools was established to identify foreign nurse graduates who would be likely to pass the registered nurse licensing exam and to ensure high quality nursing care for the American public. (JOW)

Assesses the Braddock-McPartland and Pettigrew-Martin articles and suggests a few limitations and extensions of their analyses. Concludes that race relations analysts need to go beyond the usual discussions of interracial prejudice, employment barriers, and tokenism to extend research to issues such as multifaceted methodologies and changing…

Examines the implications of one interpretation of employer behavior that may be inferred from the Braddock and McPartland analysis: while many White employers would not reject Black applicants through personal prejudice and discrimination, they are sufficiently uninvolved in the goal of Black employment to use hiring methods that might lessen it.

Presents the United States Supreme Court's decisions in Wygant v. the Jackson Board of Education and in International Association of Firefighters v. City of Cleveland. Explores the decisions' more general applications to voluntary affirmative action plans. (PS)

Describes how market concepts (e.g., product, promotion, pricing, and place distribution) can be applied to job training and education. Offers a step-by-step explanation of how to analyze markets and plan strategically. (AYC)

Describes a study of the marketing orientations found in two-year colleges and their relationship to enrollment trends within these institutions. Reviews the diversity of marketing approaches employed nationwide. Sees enrollment trends affected by sound marketing management organizations, sensitive marketing intelligence systems, and efficient…