The Fourth Region 1971 Workshop, sponsored by Project VOICE, was one of two regional conferences concerned with voluntary opportunities for inspiring coordinators for education. Main sessions of the conference provided the background, current information and projections about volunteerism in education. Main sessions of the conference provided the…

Listed alphabetically by program title, the information for each public service internship program includes: address and phone number, program director, administering agency, year commenced, interns/fellows per year, objectives of program, program design, scope of placement, sponsors/mentors, scope of recruitment, recruitment strategies, screening…

This paper suggests some steps to be taken by trustees in (1) getting rid of a college president, (2) hiring a new one, and (3) retaining him. These are: (1) a periodic review of presidential effectiveness, which can lead to a peaceful change of office after the incumbent has served his usefulness; (2) determination of qualifications possessed by…

This report describes several action programs to illustrate innovative procedures that show promise of increasing the enrollment of black students and providing programs of such distinct value as to keep them in school. An effective program of recruitment requires cooperation between admissions and counseling personnel of the college and high…

The purposes of this study were to: (1) develop an audiovisual instrument for recruitment in adult education; (2) establish guidelines for production of audiovisual media dealing with promotional programs; (3) establish a list of variables which are involved with the potential student of adult education; and (4) develop an instrument for product…

Although publicized figures indicate that private industry has hired over 100,000 "hard-core" nationally, this study identified less than 10,000 persons who were receiving special training. Data on the successes, failures and problems of training programs were obtained by questionnaire from 224 companies with a total work force of over…

This report identifies the major efforts which will be necessary to increase the representation of minorities in the medical profession on a nationwide basis. Part I, the introduction, highlights the gross underrepresentation of minority group members in the medical profession, and indicates the major emphases of the report, which are: (1)…

Seminar participants included college administrative officers, state vocational education directors, vocational-technical teacher educators, and Office of Education staff. The purpose of the June, 1968 seminar was to consider strategies for resolving critical vocational education personnel supply and demand problems. Presentations included in the…

The handbook contains general information about adult basic education (ABE) and publicity for programs in the Providence School Department in particular, complete with materials used for recruitment via posters, newspaper articles, radio, television, and mailed flyers. Problems and causes of adult illiteracy are briefly discussed followed by ABE…

An exploratory sociological analysis was made of the role adaptations of public junior college teachers. Teachers from two Missouri unified public school system junior colleges were interviewed personally and by mail; information was also gathered from observation, informants, and relevant documents. Both colleges recruited their faculty largely…

Of 12,429 persons employed by New York City dailies, only 3.7 percent are Negroes and only 2.5 percent are of Puerto Rican or other Latin American background. In magazine and broadcasting firms in New York State employing 50 or more persons, only 5 percent are Negroes and six firms employ no Negroes, while no Spanish-Americans, Asians or American…

The recommendations of the report by the Personnel Management/Training Sub-Committee of the Joint Industrial Training Boards Committee for Commercial and Administrative Training are intended for the education and training of all those professionally engaged as specialists in the management of human resources. They are to be used as a framework…

To evaluate the use of radio as a means of recruiting minority students into the health fields, 11 schools in the San Francisco Bay Area were selected to participate in a program of weekly radio broadcasts studying 11 health professions with manpower shortages. A combination panel and question and answer format was used for the broadcasts.…

This pamphlet is designed to help science and engineering managers in Government laboratories understand the relevant features and flexibilities of the Federal personnel system. The various sections deal with staff recruitment procedures, academic qualifications for each entering grade, short term appointments, the Federal pay system, position…

The focus of this survey, conducted by the Office of Management Studies, is on the seventy-eight university libraries in the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Fifty-two libraries were interviewed by telephone calls which employed a detailed interview guide and produced a profile of practices and interests. All but three of the 25…