Women with past or present careers in outdoor leadership were asked to suggest strategies by which outdoor and experiential education programs could increase the number of women employed in the field, and support women in becoming even more successful in their careers. The 25 women interviewed ranged in age from 22 to 44, had 1-25 years experience…

This compendium describes nearly 100 national, regional, and state resources, including data sources, initiatives, Web sites, studies, and reports related to teacher mobility. It offers policymakers, researchers, and educators information and approaches to guide research and focus policy discussions on particular aspects of teacher mobility.…

This report summarizes the results of the six-year-long Registered Nurse Shortage Project, a study of 27 community college nursing program models that were designed to attract more students. The study was conducted by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), in collaboration with the Metropolitan Life Foundation, in response to…

This report is a preliminary exploration of teacher quality in the School District of Philadelphia. It examines three critical junctures in building a work force of quality teachers: teacher preparation, hiring and retention, and equitable distribution of quality teachers. The survey found that schools that serve the highest proportion of…

This chapter examines trends and issues related to the identification and recruitment of migrant children and youth for the Migrant Education Program (MEP). The MEP is federally funded and implemented by the states. Requirements and definitions of student eligibility and the functions of state MEP programs are spelled out in the Elementary and…

This report focuses on a study that examined skills, recruitment, and training issues covering the whole pharmaceutical industry. It presents mailed survey material complemented and enhanced by a series of telephone interviews and focus groups. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 deals with the structure of the sector and reports background…

This study examined the extent to which Ohio school districts had implemented several policy and procedure recommendations in order to address the problem of perennial substitute teacher shortage. Surveys of district superintendents, who had completed a questionnaire on substitute teacher policy and procedures 3 years before, examined: district…

This paper argues that a typical use of regression models to target student recruitment efforts is theoretically unsound and may therefore be operationally inefficient. It presents results from a study using a predictive model to identify the prospective students on whom recruitment efforts have the greatest impact. The model uses four kinds of…

This congressional hearing continues the House's oversight of the Department of Labor's (DOL's) Job Corps program, focusing on the fourth element of successful job training, maintaining a vocational curriculum that reflects current and future job opportunities. It reviews findings of a General Accounting Office (GAO) study that found the program…

This report provides an overview of the federally funded State Improvement Grants (SIGs). Information was obtained from the 17 individual state profiles compiled for the Regional Resource Center Network SIG Report. Results of the analysis found: (1) 18 states were awarded SIGs in 1999 and the average SIG award was $1,002,949; (2) recruitment and…

Despite recruitment efforts, San Antonio community college was experiencing a marked decrease in Latino enrollment, particularly from neighborhood high schools that traditionally had been their feeder schools. The Intercultural Development Research Association examined the problem and found that the college, like many two- and four-year…

This article offers concrete steps schools must take to remedy the under-representation of minority persons in the health profession. Small institutions can band together in an educational consortium like the Philadelphia Center for Health Careers, Inc., to provide comprehensive information, guidance, admissions assistance, financial aid and…

Focuses on the issue of inadequate black health manpower, and the non-availability and inaccessibility of blacks of both emergency and non-emergency health care facilities. (Author/JM)

It is possible to select personnel with greater staying power by utilizing biographical data from preemployment application forms, while simultaneously improving the image of the organization as an equal opportunity employer. (Editor)

Author offers suggestions for improving sagging enrollment at community colleges. (RK)