RELEVANCE OF PEACE CORPS SERVICE TO CAREER GOALS OF VOLUNTEERS IS RECOGNIZED BY MANY EMPLOYERS AND SCHOOLS. THE CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT AND ADMINISTERED SELECTION AND TRAINING PROCEDURE, AND LOW ATTRITION RATE OF OVERSEAS VOLUNTEERS ARE IMPRESSIVE CREDENTIALS. POST-SERVICE CAREER PLANS OF RETURNED VOLUNTEERS ARE--33.6 PERCENT CONTINUING EDUCATION,…

RECRUITING NEW FACULTY MEMBERS TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF INCREASING ENROLLMENTS IS CLEARLY ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL TASKS CONFRONTING VIRGINIA'S INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. THIS DETAILED STUDY ANALYZES THE FACULTIES OF VIRGINIA'S COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ALLEVIATING THE PROBLEM. DATA WERE SOLICITED THROUGH A…

THE HYPOTHESIS THAT TEACHERS, PARENTS, PUPILS, AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS VIEW TEACHER ROLES DIFFERENTLY WAS TESTED. NINETEEN CONCEPTUAL DISTINCTIONS USED IN THE STUDY WERE DEFINED. THE DATA ANALYZED CAME FROM EARLIER ROLE STUDIES SUPPLEMENTED WITH ADDITIONAL DATA ACQUIRED FOR THIS STUDY. FINDINGS AND LIMITATIONS OF THE DATA WERE REPORTED AND DISCUSSED.…

CONFORMITY TO PERCEPTIONS AND ROLE COGNITIONS ATTRIBUTED BY TEACHERS TO PUPILS, PARENTS, SCHOOL OFFICIALS, AND OTHER TEACHERS WAS STUDIED. PROBLEMS INVESTIGATED INVOLVED THE ACCURACY OF SIGNIFICANT TEACHERS' SOCIAL PERCEPTIONS OF OTHERS AND PROBABLE BEHAVIOR OF TEACHERS IN ROUTINE SCHOOL SITUATIONS. A SELF-EXPLANATORY QUESTIONNAIRE WAS PRESENTED…

The use of volunteers is one answer to the short supply of human and financial resources in our nation's secondary schools. There is evidence that volunteer programs planned with broad based faculty-student involvement greatly enrich classroom activities. The principal holds a key role in assuring the success of volunteer programs by coordinating…

Twenty suggestions are given to help university sociology departments develop procedures for hiring good teachers in the field. The first five ideas are about publicizing the position and initial screening of applications. Jobs should be announced in professional journals and at graduate departments with good reputations. Standardized forms should…

THREE MAJOR OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSOCIATED WRITING PROGRAMS ARE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED. FOR ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CHAIRMEN INTERESTED IN EMPLOYING WRITERS, A LIST IS PROVIDED OF WRITERS WITH PUBLICATIONS OR GENERAL REPUTATION OR WITH PERSONAL RECOMMENDATIONS FROM STAFF MEMBERS OF GRADUATE WRITING PROGRAMS. THE FIRST VOLUME OF "INTRO," AN ANNUAL ANTHOLOGY OF…

This report presents major statements related to curriculum development or student recruitment in chemical technology. The USOE's suggested 2-year post-secondary curriculum in chemical technology was described by Walter Brooking. In reporting the American Chemical Society's (ACS) recommendations for the chemistry core content of a chemical…

This publication discusses the role and function of the teacher aide. First, the role of the teacher aide is described as it has evolved in 12 school systems in the states of Michigan, Missouri, Connecticut, Massachusetts, California, and Oregon and in federally assisted programs. Second, program guidelines ar" provided under the headings…

This document presents a directory of organizations participating in the national campaign to increase the representation of minorities in the engineering profession. Information provided for each group usually includes address, person to contact, organization objectives, organization activities, and data regarding organization membership. (SL)

This paper discusses some of the factors that may be relevant to recruitment/retention of minorities into professions. It is based on two assumptions: (1) the job potential in science professions is especially good for minorities; and (2) parity with respect to minorities in science professions is an acceptable goal. Certain factors influencing…

The end of faculty growth in higher education has led to near panic predictions of aging, highly tenured, more costly, steady-state faculties as the "growth bulge" hired in the 1960's age. This study discusses two models for simulating the behavior over time of indices of faculty health such as average age and salary, annual new hires,…

This volume consists of abridged reports of the 10 panels that participated in a five-day conference in Washington during the summer of 1974. The primary objective of the conferenc was to provide an agenda for further research and development to guide the National Institute of Education in its planning and funding over the next several years. Both…

This study and its recommendations focus on isolation allowances and teacher housing in northern Alberta. The research on isolation allowances addresses the need (1) to develop an equitable isolation allowance plan, or some alternate plan, for providing financial aid to teachers or to Alberta North school systems or both to facilitate recruitment…

The impact of increasing preference options in the Marine Corps was studied by administering the Marine Assignment Preference Schedule (MAPS) to all new recruits between October 1972 and April 1973, to whom no special training commitment had been made. Enlistees indicated their occupational preference on MAPS administered at entry to, at…