In order to truly desegregate urban schools, there must be a focus on finding, hiring, and supporting black women superintendents. Examines the lack of black women among public school superintendents; strengths that black women superintendents bring to urban school districts; factors contributing to their success; challenges they face; issues in…

Study identifies factors that influence African American students' decisions to apply to and attend doctoral programs in higher education administration. Results indicate that respondents are influenced by academic quality, academic infrastructure, institutional sensitivity to students of color, and positive interaction with faculty. Offers…

Describes articulation agreements, special recruiting efforts, special degrees, scholarships, and convenient locations as some of the ways for-profit institutions are actively pursuing community college students. For-profit institutions are increasingly "transfer friendly," as several examples illustrate. (SLD)

The TEACH Early Childhood Wisconsin is an initiative to address the crisis in recruitment, compensation, and retention of high-quality early childhood teachers and providers. The plan involves advanced training for infant/toddler caregivers, infant/toddler credential, administrator credential, and scholarships for higher education. Efforts are…

A geographically stratified sample of 263 chief student affairs administrators responded to questions related to their division's professional staff recruiting and selection processes, professional development and activities, and performance appraisal procedures. This produced a descriptive overview of national staffing practice sin student…

Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), colleges and universities are required to provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees. Understanding the law and applying it to student affairs personnel can be a complicated process. This article presents an overview of the ADA and emphasizes its application to recruiting and…

Examines concept of "lifelong learning" and analyzes its role and its viability within the current higher education system in the U.K. Discusses attitudes toward adult students. Identifies shortcomings in efforts to attract and motivate mature learners and discusses ways in which to improve such efforts. (Contains 48 references.) (KSB)

Interviewed satisfied elementary teachers to investigate factors related to recruitment and retention. Respondents tended to aspire to teaching for years before beginning their training. Greater understanding of teacher needs and positive attitudes toward teaching influenced recruitment. Attitudes of others influenced retention. The main reasons…

Describes the Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences Program, which works to recruit and retain minority students in agricultural majors through a variety of enrichment experiences. Fosters mentoring partnerships between minority agriculture and natural-resource college students and professionals from academia,…

College-preference studies can help administrators identify a potential pool of desirable students and implement new recruitment techniques. This study, which supports earlier findings, used a logistic regression model to investigate the effects of variables relating student characteristics and institutional factors on the decision to apply to a…

Selective colleges and universities are trying to lure top students by offering more aid to low- and middle-income families. This "need-conscious" policy has been practiced at some institutions for years. The policy is affecting some schools' enrollment patterns. Parents appear to be learning that negotiation is a key factor in obtaining the…

Camp Joy (Ohio) offers a racially integrated program to disadvantaged inner-city foster children. To attract quality minority staff, the camp recruits through former campers, word of mouth, a leader-in-training program, job and internship fairs, and networking with nearby colleges and social agencies. Staff training and the intrinsic rewards of…

America the beautiful is increasingly becoming America the beautifully diverse. Long known as "the melting pot," the nation is now a rich stew of spices from cultures around the world. As diversity has increased even further in recent years, a new oxymoron has joined the English lexicon: majority-minority state. As cultural diversity has…

Today's urban schools are facing an uphill battle. These schools confront a number of challenges that their rural, and even suburban, counterparts do not. Problems include over-crowded classrooms, dilapidated facilities, lack of equipment, teacher shortages, and low student achievement. Furthermore, students in inner cities must often deal with…

In 1989, an ambitious Princeton University senior had an idea. Inspired to bridge the educational gap in the United States, Wendy Kopp formed a pilot program where enthusiastic grads like her would flood inner city schools and clean up the proverbial neighborhood. She even gave it an imperative and patriotic moniker: Teach for America. Seventeen…