This article on the training and information needs of library board members discusses ideas for becoming an effective library trustee. Topics covered include getting started, setting policy, managing money, hiring the librarian, working with the librarian, carrying out public relations, and organizational planning. Six sources are given. (EJS)

Proposals to be considered by the National Collegiate Athletics Association membership at its January 1985 convention are summarized. They cover academic requirements, governance, membership and classification, financial aid, personnel limitations, amateurism, championships, playing and practice seasons, eligibility, recruiting, and other issues.…

While enrollment management bears a great resemblance to marketing, the interest in it is symbolic of a new step in the evolution of American colleges, acknowledging that higher education needs a more professional approach to self-management. (MSE)

Contends that graduate student diversity may well be a crucial measure of program quality. Suggests ways to assess current levels of success and future activities to achieve student diversity. (BL)

A study was conducted to determine the background of employed students in a sampling of accounting cooperative education programs, the nature of the final selection process made by the firms, the value of the students to the firm, and the value of the program to the students as perceived by members of the firm. (CT)

The authors suggest solutions are emerging to the problem of attracting and retaining minority teacher candidates. Developing testwiseness programs and providing minority students with mentors and role models are discussed. (MT)

Clarifies the possible forms of leadership taken by the administrator of an academic department. Discusses such elements as authoritarian leadership, faculty consensus, power and responsibility, input factors, types of decision making, faculty recruiting, and authoritarian versus democratic approach. (CT)

Reforms that have been undertaken in China to enable the best universities to maximize their potential for the modernization effort are discussed. One particular area of the reforms, the recruitment of students, is examined in depth. The development of vocational universities is also discussed. (RM)

The development of a one-day preenrollment program for early acceptees at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Rutgers Medical School that informs the acceptees about the educational program is described. An increase of 40 percent of the acceptees appears to be related directly to the program. (Author/MLW)

A project to improve Pan American's recruitment efforts in student markets already being served, rather than seeking new markets, is described. The project had two target groups: students accepted but not enrolled, and students who had left the university in good academic standing before graduating. Favorable results were achieved at low cost.…

A survey of students taking University of London extramural courses was conducted to (1) gain demographic information about students and find why they attend the courses and (2) find out how students heard about the classes, thereby assessing the effectiveness of the departmental prospectus. (CT)

Presents a marketing strategy to assist admissions personnel in recruiting academically strong students to colleges and universities. Discusses the importance of institutional prestige and faculty achievement as well as the need to involve faculty in student recruitment. (JAC)

Attracting top teachers to small school systems involves a different recruiting process: advertise widely, use telephone contacts, get there first, don't overweight interviews, do classroom observations, and keep up personal contact. (MD)

The response of one region to the Department of Health and Social Security recommendations on re-employment of women doctors is described. In the field of psychiatry, the experience in a local sub-regional training scheme suggests that graduates can be attracted back on a part time basis. (Author/LBH)

The passive character of traditional presidential searches tends to screen out many good candidates. It is suggested that the business executive search model, in which the ideal candidate is aggressively sought out on the job and given evaluation based on rigorous, independent investigation, can be adapted to campus use. (Editor/LBH)