Sharply rising minority populations and a sharply decreasing minority teaching pool make recruitment and retention of minority teachers an educational imperative. The Pittsburgh Public Schools are taking a six-pronged approach encompassing local student recruitment, focused college recruitment, career ladder development, business and private…

A study investigated pharmacy students' attitudes and awareness of graduate education in pharmacy and the effects of a videotape on intentions, attitudes, and awareness levels. Differential effects on males and females and on first- and third-year students are discussed and related recruitment activities are suggested. (Author/MSE)

Reports on the second survey (1987-1988) on replacement requirements for academic staff in educational science at colleges and universities in West Germany and West Berlin. Compares these results with those of the first study (1985) and presents a catalog of postulates concerning recruitment policies for the field of educational science. (GEA)

Presents interview with Fran Lopes, the assistant director for recruiting and special personnel programs at the federal government's Office of Personnel Management. Lopes discusses the federal government's college relations and recruiting initiatives. (NB)

The inadequacy of available foster homes frequently paralyzes the foster-care system and hinders agencies in meeting their most basic mandates. This examination of foster-parent recruitment discusses escaping the inoperable system cycle, a broad-based holistic recruitment approach, retention efforts initiated and maintained comparable to…

Surveyed University of Pittsburgh graduates (n=139) to determine how graduates with dual major in liberal arts and business fared compared to graduates with traditional liberal arts degrees. Findings revealed that, during periods of economic prosperity, labor market did not remunerate liberal arts students with double or dual majors any…

When Duke University (North Carolina) adopted a five-year plan in 1988 to double the proportion of black faculty, it lost almost as many as it gained. The new 10-year plan will focus on support and retention as well as hiring. The new plan has critics but more support than the last. (MSE)

Colleges and universities generally advertise themselves poorly because of improper planning, resistance, inexperience, and lack of marketing plan. Components of effective advertising include an appropriate and strategic plan, correct choice of planner, coordination with other marketing efforts, contingency planning, and follow-up activities. (MSE)

Student associations help students develop their leadership abilities, professionalism, and competitiveness. They also contribute to program recruitment, curricular innovation, and personal satisfaction. (JOW)

Analysis of the enrollment procedure for a study of an intensive, community-based diabetes management program revealed that persons who declined initially were slightly older and lived further away from the study site. Recruitment strategies were compared, revealing that press releases and newspaper advertisements were the most effective. (JPS)

Describes the characteristics that many "comprehensive" universities share, and some of the things that set them apart from one another. Cautions potential applicants that comprehensive institutions expect a balance of teaching and research different from that at graduate institutions. Advises that in interviewing, applicants should be…

An exploration of the college choice decision-making process of male and female students (n=605) enrolled in a vocational college suggests that friends and relatives are the major sources of information about college choice and that the reputation of programs, location, and child care are important factors that should be promoted when recruiting…

In an interview, Dorothy A. Durkin, a successful marketing specialist at a major university's school of continuing education, discusses her approach to marketing, specific strategies, and techniques for using and storing information. She offers five guiding principles for reaching prospects personally and persuasively. (MSE)

Discussed are some of the problems associated with attracting women to the sciences. Factors from the student experience are listed. A summer science program at the University of Michigan is described. Suggestions for improving science education for young women are provided. (CW)

On the basis of experiences gleaned from applying for seven superintendent positions, a superintendent offers suggestions that might help school boards in their recruitment efforts. (MLF)