The increasing use of nonaccredited educational contractors by accredited colleges is addressed. Some of the issues discussed include consumer complaints, the quality of services provided, awarding of credits, and accredition concerns. (JMD)

Admissions counselors must press home to their administrative colleagues the need for an active, well-organized, well-financed admissions division. Among diplomatic yet persistent requests should be the demand for a more prestigious title, increase in salary, acknowledged authority, and immediate and easy access to all levels of the…

Key elements of a business data processing program at the high school level includes relevant curriculum, the active support and involvement of business, interested students, and qualified faculty. The article discusses these elements and the need for program acceptance and evaluation. (MF)

Experiences within Edinburgh's Centre for Research in the Education Sciences are cited in this discussion of the "external" determinants of success in postgraduate work (the kind of information helpful to a recruiter) and "internal" determinants (information about the intellectual life of an institution that is of potential…

Outlines reasons for declining community college enrollments, but stresses the potential for continued growth through "proactive" planning, which depends upon well-informed student recruitment efforts, and the development of new modes of interinstitutional cooperation. (MB)

Offers suggestions on recruiting, scholarships, scouting, scheduling, and costs to college administrators in view of the importance and growing interest in women's athletics and in order to make the community college intercollegiate athletic program an integral part of the educational experience. (TP)

A model is described that can be used to increase minority participation in the sciences and involves the cooperation of the business-industrial complex, higher education in the historically Black colleges and the government. (MN)

The lifeblood of a college is its students. A decline in potential students and an increase in the need for student tuition payments to balance budgets augurs increased competition between colleges and college admissions recruiters. What new ethics governing recruiting should apply to financially solvent colleges? to financially desperate…

The concept of human resource planning in personnel administration is gradually reintroducing the need for control over personnel functions as is usually demanded of other functions such as production and finance. (Author/TA)

The authors feel that military recruiting should not be permitted in schools. Counselors should help students who consider enlisting look at the positive and negative aspects of military life as well as legal contractual obligations. (Author/HLM)

Describes problems regarding faculty recruitment and promotion and tenure decisions faced by an English department with a major commitment to the teaching of composition. (GW)

Describes techniques for developing scripts and tapes for radio and television public service announcements with minimal financial investment, using college audio-visual equipment and personnel. (RT)

A sound and slide show was produced at Parchment (Michigan) High School to show the community foreign language learning in their own school system. The program was designed to portray the nature of the local foreign language program and to increase support for and enrollment in the program. (Author/SW)

As the number of required courses in schools diminishes, non-college-bound Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, or Cuban-American students frequently fail to see the value of enrolling in Spanish courses. Promotional materials were developed at a public high school with a 40 percent Mexican-American student body. (Author/SW)

Two suggestions are offered for alleviating the apparent stagnation of departments in Australian universities: a higher proportion of limited term appointments, and interchange of staff between universities and other agencies. Implications for recruitment and promotion are discussed. (LBH)