A school's improved substitute teacher program provided competent teachers and maintained a stable learning environment. Strategies included aggressive recruitment, training workshops, a program coordinator, information about each classroom, a handbook of suggestions, substitutes' attendance at faculty meetings, holding students accountable for…

Institutions with National Collegiate Athletic Association sanctions imposed since the July 16 reporting are listed, with the dates, sports, sanctions, and grounds for action specified. (MSE)

Aspects of staffing analytical services in university research organizations are discussed, including university-industry comparisons of titles and classifications, recruitment, staff evaluation, salary administration, career ladders, and the staffing of various laboratories and other scientific facilities. (MSE)

Arguing that hiring should be the product of a rational approach rather than a subjective one, describes a six-part hiring process: (1) basic people management; (2) organization policies; (3) preliminary "musts"; (4) the interview; (5) evaluation of findings; and (6) future uses. It can be used in any size or type organization. (CDD)

Compares and contrasts first year teaching experiences of a grandmother (1919) and granddaughter (1980) in small, isolated, rural New Mexico schools. Offers suggestions for improving recruitment and retention of rural teachers in areas of salary, housing conditions, school philosophy and morale, student population, and community life. (NEC)

Chipola Junior College (Florida) addresses the problem of serving the disadvantaged in a rural community through (1) recruitment programs supported by community organizations, (2) retention tools such as counseling and remediation, and (3) placement, which includes evaluating instructional programs on the basis of their placement rates. (SK)

Describes Fairfax County Public Schools' (Virginia) "pay for performance" program for teachers. With solid financial and community support, the district overcame merit pay resistance and obstacles to professionalism by lowering education course requirements, raising academic discipline requirements, creating master teachers, and…

Addresses the question of effect on college and universities that coming revolution in retention strategies will have. Points out that more colleges will be requiring validation of intellectual accomplishment before, during, and at the end of the college career. (Author/ABB)

Three innovative ideas for college instruction include a freshman assignment to write recruitment letters to high school students with similar interests, introductory art history classes taught solely in a museum adjacent to the campus, and use of the "Hunt of the Unicorn" tapestry to combine plant identification practice with art…

To determine effective ways in which retention and recruitment programs could be enhanced in two-year colleges, the most influential and least influential factors were identified through a survey of successful minority graduates of allied health programs in a large two-year college. Survey results are reported and discussed. (Author/CT)

Results of a survey of teacher educators concerning critical issues facing vocational teacher education are presented. Teacher educators, counselors, and high school teachers rated recruiting highly competent and committed persons as the most important issues, while administrators chose keeping teachers technologically current. Administration and…

Suggests ways that organizations within psychology can encourage promising students to enter the teaching profession. Commonalities in undergraduate behavior and attitudes of 10 successful faculty members are reviewed. The clarion call is for faculty members to encourage students with these characteristics to seek psychology teaching careers.…

The text is provided of the National Governors' Association's report on the state of teaching and teacher education, state efforts to date, the state role in improving the status and education of teachers, national policy to support teaching, and actions for governors to take in recruiting, educating, and keeping good teachers. (MSE)

The experiences of a black woman trustee for the University of Illinois are described. Public institutions of higher education are discovering that their viability during the next few decades could rely heavily on attracting and nurturing minority students. (MLW)

Examines teacher education research needs: how to identify and recruit prospective vocational teachers, students' perceptions of vocational teacher education, identifying effective strategies for helping special students learn, ways to ensure that teachers use human-oriented competencies, dimensions of intelligence required of vocational students,…