The State University of New York at Buffalo offers its volunteer clinical faculty (VCF) several benefits and privileges. A survey of 233 VCF examined benefit value and use. Results indicated that VCF value, in priority order: tuition waivers, library privileges, faculty parking, photocopying service, clinical faculty awards, use of recreational…

One of the most effective ways to evaluate student recruitment campaigns is by conducting research among admitted applicants. Effective planning begins with obtaining three types of knowledge: accurate self-knowledge; sound understanding of the competition; and understanding of the marketplace in which the institution operates. (MLW)

In a program developed at Merrywood School (Bellevue, Washington), four key components were identified as critical to successfully placing disabled children in foster care: identification and recruitment of stable, motivated, and qualified foster parents; preparation of foster parents; support for foster parents' needs; and development of creative…

The Pennsylvania debate between higher education officials and civil rights activists over how aggressively states should order public colleges to recruit minority students may be a preview of controversy in other states where court-ordered desegregation plans have expired or been removed. (MSE)

Discusses the decreasing interest in arts education and the decline in arts enrollments on some campuses. Presents a model of the factors which affect teacher preparation programs in the arts, examining the goals of recruitment, admissions, and retention of students. (GEA)

Changing demographics necessitate that more minorities be recruited for teacher prepration programs. A pilot project to identify talented Hispanic high school students and to recruit them for teacher education programs is described. The program's future goals are discussed. (JL)

A discussion of common practices in and literature about faculty recruitment and selection concludes that (1) little has been written about the process or issues, (2) great reliance is put on personal judgment, and (3) each institution controls the selection process exclusively. (MSE)

Stanford University's unique combination of high academic standards and successful, broad-based intercollegiate athletics provides a model for other institutions, and it is working hard to continue to attract smart, talented athletes. (MSE)

Methods for attracting and retaining minorities and women in higher education for nontraditional careers, and strategies to assist educational planners in developing programs for this group are reviewed. Recommendations are outlined for administrative and program concerns, faculty role, and student support services. (MSE)

Administrators who have been successful in recruiting minority faculty members suggest that institutions develop innovative, goal-oriented affirmative action plans, challenge entrenched campus attitudes, find new ways of seeking out qualified applicants, and prevent unwritten campus rules from hindering the process. (MSE)

Rapid turnover is posing a threat to fund-raising efforts. Suggestions on how to find a more systematic way to reduce it are provided including: define needs of the institution, define type of person needed, prepare the job description, match professional backgrounds, and characterize the ideal person. (MLW)

Pettigrew and Martin overstate the causal priority of structure over social psychology in maintaining barriers to equal employment and downplay the importance of the research they review. Braddock and McPartland present a plausible case for the existence of institutional barriers to equal employment, but their research is not conclusive. (PS)

Delineates the decision and priority-choosing processes inherent in the hiring of higher education foreign language faculty. Appropriate expectations and responsibilities of new faculty are presented, suggesting that the major hiring goal should be to attract not only the most promising individual but also the person who will benefit most from the…

Discusses a study conducted to determine how 69 community colleges coped with declining enrollments and to assess the effectiveness of their actions in reducing, halting, or turning around the decline. Reveals that the majority of respondents coped with declines through reductions in staff/administrators or part-time faculty, or curriculum…

Administrators at small colleges are devising innovative policies to compete with recruiters from corporations and large universities to attract computer-science professors and hold on to them. Williams College offers higher salaries, while Middlebury College pays computer-science instructors as administrators on 11-month contracts. (MLW)