This report presents case studies of 10 colleges participating in the Neylan Minorities Project. The Neylan colleges consist primarily of colleges and universities founded by Catholic communities of religious women. This project's goals were to increase the pool of minority students with potential to move from the secondary level into college; to…

Improving identification and recruitment of preschool migrant children is one of the goals of the Preschool Coordination Project. Migrant recruiters may be failing to identify preschool-aged children because they believe there are no services for them. However, although federal regulations do not mandate services for every identified migrant…

The changes in the composition of the labor force and the changing personal needs of older people are creating powerful incentives for them to remain in or reenter the work force. For many, this will mean job training or retraining. Training for older workers is provided through both private companies and publicly funded programs such as the Job…

The feasibility of modelling the supply of 22- to 29-year-old enlistees was assessed. Key issues concerned the availability of data and the development of an appropriate methodology for making enlistment supply projections for 22- to 29-year-olds. The current status of supply modelling was reviewed, with particular attention being given to the…

The national supply model, outlined here, provides a description of potentially recruitable students that explicitly interrelates growth of population, high school retention rates, parental ability to pay college expenses, growth of parental income, and students' verbal aptitude. (Author)

The second general session of the Industrial Arts Division at the 1975 Convention focused on three concerns: attitudes toward women students and teachers in industrial arts, sexism and the law, and recruitment of women into industrial arts programs. (AG)

The construction of a market research questionnaire is recommended as one way a college can identify its applicant pool market. Included are an outline of information the applicant pool questionnaire might seek and basic criteria of question writing. (JT)

Describes the Open Campus program of the University of Rochester in which during a 10-day period in April applicants who have been offered admission but have not decided to enroll are invited to the campus for one to three days. They room with volunteer student hosts, sit in on classes, etc. (JT)

"Recruiter, Administrator-Faculty, Placement" Interviewing can not only increase cooperation between employers and colleges, but also give both parties a better "fix" on each other's needs. (Author)

Investigates the problem regarding contradictory reports concerning shortages and surpluses in the engineering industry. Appeals for more uniform reporting of demand and frank recruitment practices. (CP)

Explains how to select a superintendent. Provides a step-by-step examination of the search process, including some seemingly safe steps that, if skipped, can reap the penalties attached to sins of omission. (Author/IRT)

Part Two of the two-part article describes corporate strategies for affirmative action in order to obtain the most qualified individuals available for professional positions among minority and female candidates. (Author/BP)

Most Texas foreign language teachers teach one or more additional fields. Spanish has the highest proportion of teachers assigned to a single field. Only 30 percent of French, German, and Latin teachers teach a single language. The author shows that there is considerable variety in teaching field combinations in a 1969-70 report. (SC)

This article outlines a technique for analyzing segments of a college's market for students. Careful scrutiny of the segments in which the college has a limited appeal (programs for high-ability male students, or tuition schedules based on parental income) may suggest strategies for improving the college's performance in those segments. (Editor/PG)