Recent recruiting experiences of firms that employ scientific and engineering (S/E) personnel were determined in a followup to a 1981 survey. The following industries, which employ almost three-fourths of the scientists and engineers in private industry, were included in the survey: mining, construction, petroleum refining and extraction,…

This digest reviews a variety of strategies that might be employed by school districts, teacher education institutions, and state educational agencies to attract, train, and retrain Hispanic teachers in math and science. The need for long-term solutions is discussed. Five action-oriented steps to attract Hispanic high school graduates into the…

This article discusses the consortium method of recruiting college students. The authors stress the positive benefits of planned cooperation, such as a greater diversity of academic programs, increased student services, and a reduction in the need for annual increases in tuition and fees. (Author/PC)

Offers a different strategy for the recruitment of teachers. (Editor/PG)

Drawing together the significant elements from interviews with students, suggestions are presented for improving college journalism programs. (RB)

The greatest needs for promoting student enrollment are for awareness of the situation, an attitudinal set that includes research into the thinking of the universities' publics, and the promotion of adjustment techniques to accommodate and inform the prospective market. (Author/PG)

This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, focuses on the National Civil Service League: essential elements of the League's program for achieving equal employment opportunity include outreach recruitment, accurate job descriptions, valid job-related examinations, and aggressive…

Describes an effort by Ohio Wesleyan University to develop a more humane and mutually beneficial recruiting and interviewing process. (HMV)

An interview with Silas Purnell, Director of Education Service for the Ada S. McKinley Community Service Organizations reveals some of the failings in higher education which are facing minority students today. (HMV)

There is not any one thing or any one group that can solve all the problems involved in staffing rural and small schools. It is quite common to find a bimodel distribution of teaching faculty in rural and small schools--those with less than 3 years and those with more than 10 years of experience. It could be inferred that either recruitment…

The traditional sellers' market in higher education has become a buyers' market, with both the nature of the student body and the services offered being changed. Marketing, as a comprehensive tool for planning and delivery of educational services, offers an integrated method for meeting the disparate demands growing from the shift to a longer…

Principals are ultimately responsible and accountable for all scheduled activities that are part of the school's program, including interscholastic athletics. Among their responsibilities are supervising athletic directors, treating coaches as teachers first and as glory-winners for the school second, maintaining responsible conduct among…

The costs of human resources consume a disproportionate percentage of the hospital's operating budget when compared to the operating budget of other industries. Within these costs two related issues--nursing shortage and nursing recruitment--are particularly relevant to development of nontraditional staff development roles. Traditionally, staff…