For an academic department to successfully compete for resources today, it must keep its enrollments up by actively marketing its courses. The "minimal marketing" strategy used in the past, where departments designed programs and simply waited for students to appear, is no longer effective. At Central Missouri State University the…

An investigation focused on positive means of recruiting and retaining students needed to reach a goal of 200 students at the Abbeville Career Vocational Center (South Carolina). Two methods used to research pertinent data were a literature search and interviews with key persons who had experienced similar problems. Data were compiled to develop a…

This digest focuses upon what is known about current and impending needs for teachers, data on which this knowledge is based, and what needs to be done to create a solid foundation for projections on future needs. It is pointed out that the data needed to describe the market for teachers vary according to how and by whom the information is used. A…

In response to the need to draw academically able students into the teaching profession, the College of Education and Human Services at Wright State University (Ohio) has initiated several new programs and policies that form part of a comprehensive plan to recruit, select, and retain potentially talented teachers. The special programs include: (1)…

This publication is intended as a guide in the organization, staffing, equipping, and training of fire departments in Wisconsin. A separate section focuses on each of these four areas. The first section discusses an ordinance to create a fire department, qualifications and authority of the fire chief, and an outline of duties and responsibilities…

Asserting that America's senior citizens make up the largest untapped source of talent that can be utilized to assist the schools, this booklet proceeds to provide practical guidelines for recruiting and using older volunteers. The document opens with an exploration of the range of roles older volunteers can fill, then considers the process of…

A study was conducted at Prince George's Community College (PGCC) to determine which marketing techniques used by the college were most effective in student recruitment, and whether the way in which students heard about the college was affected by the reason they came to PGCC and by the area that they selected for their major. As part of the…

Administrators may be tempted to feel that the time and money spent on teacher recruitment can now be applied to other endeavors, since a teacher surplus is apparent throughout the country. This author believes that failure to recruit can be risky business. (Editor)

The primary factors which determine the minimum and maximum age limits in the selection of job applicants are examined, and it is concluded that employment should be based on merit and ability only. (MW)

The upturn in enrollments at community colleges is due to: new recruiting methods, expanded career programs, better coordination with other schools, flexibility, increased community services, services to the aging, special services to veterans, and manpower training. (Author/PG)

An extensive campaign was conducted through community organizations to inform Spanish-surnamed individuals about careers in podiatric medicine using a brochure containing a postage-paid return postcard. All organizations known to be reasonably active in the health careers and Spanish-surnamed field were contacted and asked to participate in…

The first section of this two-part directory is an annotated listing of minority women's organizations. It is arranged by the ethnic categories of Black, Spanish Speaking, Native American, and Multi-ethnic Women. Each entry describes an organization and provides the name and address of a contact person. The second part consists of a paper which:…

In this document the topic of recognized professions is discussed in terms of the occupations considered to rank as professions and the particular training, obligations, and ethics assumed to have been acquired by a person before he or she can be recognized as a professional. In analyzing the teaching profession, the author outlines the demands…

Data are presented that indicate minorities have been under-represented in the health fields and biosciences. Previous attempts to increase minority involvement have not been satisfactory; hence, alternative approaches should be examined. One alternative is the creation of community-based minority institutions capable of conducting both services…