Discusses the application of win-win mindsets and strategy in the employment of LIS (library and information science) graduate assistants in academic library reference services. Considers recruitment, training and support, transition, treating graduate assistants as colleagues, differences from graduate assistants who are not LIS students, and…

While women earn more bachelor's and master's degrees than men annually, college faculty continue to be predominately male, with males more economically secure. This significantly limits the role models for women students. Faculty recruitment should focus more actively on women candidates and provide support mechanisms to retain women faculty.…

Includes "Professional Propagation" (Camp); "Managing Human Resources with Local Program Success (LPS)" (Daley); "Profit Sharing with LPS" (Moses); "Partners for Success" (Mecey- Smith); "Achieving LPS by Collaborating with Partners, Allies and Volunteers" (Oglesby); LPS...Just What Agricultural…

Explores how Virginia Tech's aggressive push to hire female and minority professors has led to questions about its fairness and legality. (EV)

Investigates the recruitment of new teachers with minority ethnic backgrounds using the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) courses in England. Curriculum uses interviews with staff at teacher training institutions. Reports there are differences among institutions related to attracting minority ethnic students. Includes references. (CMK)

Surveyed college students to determine which aspects of the educational experience are important in influencing student satisfaction. Found that "student centeredness,""campus climate," and "instructional effectiveness" have a strong impact, and that recruitment strategies may require emphasizing different aspects of…

Surveyed students and supporting organizations about their decision considerations regarding enrolling in and supporting an executive master of business administration (EMBA) program. The findings from this studyprovide direction for EMBA directors in strengthening recruiting efforts toward both students and organization sponsors. (EV)

In responses of the emerging (n=176, "twenty-something" students) and entrenched (n=49, nurses aged 40-68) nursing work force, the older group cited competence, approachability, and caring as desirable faculty traits; the younger group chose approachability, communication, professionalism, and supportiveness. There were similar…

Sought to identify characteristics of health professions schools, public schools, and community-based organizations in successful partnerships to increase the number of underrepresented minority students entering health professions. Found that successful partnerships included professional schools that had a commitment to community service.…

Describes challenges rural school districts meet in recruiting young, talented teachers, particularly those facing tough new federal standards for hiring teachers in Title I schools. Describes how some school districts are meeting the challenge through emphasizing the benefits of rural schools, identifying and assisting high school students with…

A study of achievement differences in Catholic and public school students (n=3,012) in Australia suggests that both quality of education and selective recruitment contribute to differences between schools and that attempts to reduce inequality in education will achieve more by focusing on social background and gender than on class status.…

Addresses the need of devoting, during the next two years, more time to a special kind of foreign language departmental planning. This planning may determine the strength of foreign language programs at colleges and universities at the turn of the century. (GLR)

With the era of employer-provided security fading, increasing numbers of college graduates are moving among companies and careers in search of the perfect job. The ramifications of this coming instability of the college-educated employee for the corporate recruiter are outlined. (Author/TE)

Presents a marketing-based approach to college recruitment publications based on three steps: defining the audience; creating the concept or message; and developing the call to action. Fifteen basic axioms for making publications more effective are provided. (TE)

An admissions director discusses development of appropriate criteria for performance appraisals of college admission officers at the University of Rochester. (TE)