Summarizes expert forecasts on the probable responsibilities of industrial teacher education department leaders in 1990, as presented in a survey of 25 experts. Responsibilities will include resource management, recruitment of academically able students, and acquiring adequate funding. (CH)

Reviews the current status of Black Americans at all levels of education and asserts the need to begin to prepare youths early in their school years for higher education and for careers in teaching. Examines the role of testing in this context. (Author/GC)

The authors state that gifted education programs would serve a twofold purpose. First, high-powered programs would demonstrate that agriculture is more than farming. Further, in attracting superior students, agricultural education programs would recruit those students with the abilities needed to fill positions requiring such advanced technical…

The following issues in identification of the gifted and their recruitment into special programs are discussed: (1) characteristics of diverse populations that hinder identification; (2) recruitment procedures; (3) selection criteria; (4) quality of measures used for identification; and (5) training and skills of examiners. (PS)

Reports on a study of engineering students at the Technical University of Norway (NTH) which focuses on the factors that influence women to become students at NTH. Compares study results to national and international studies concerning women and work. (ML)

The author looks at the Canadian short-term employment model and then examines characteristics of the Japanese employment model (recruitment methods, matching rewards to performance and investment, dealing with skill obsolescence and aging, and the advantages of Japan's long-term model). (CT)

Reports progress toward increasing representation and improving the status of women in counselor education and higher education in general. Presents strategies and action steps for recruiting, selecting, and advancing female faculty members. (Author/MCF)

A New Jersey plan to turn people without education degrees into schoolteachers is discussed. Some New Jersey education officials are concerned that schools have hired relatively few of the new provisional teachers, and some are critical of the quality of preparation the teachers receive. (MLW)

The training and retention of teachers is discussed including: academically able students not attracted to teaching, elimination of teacher education programs and assumption of their role by the liberal arts, improving teacher education, satisfactory career environment, and teacher surplus or shortage. (MLW)

Suggests that colleges look to retired military personnel as sources of science, mathematics, technology, and occupational teachers. Looks at cooperative ventures between the Department of Defense and Department of Education. (DMM)

Examines the problem of attracting an adequate supply of high-caliber individuals to the teaching profession. Proposes student aid as an incentive to talented students and investigates prior uses of financial aid as a recruitment device. Recommends the establishment of "Teacher Corps Fellowships" that would use both service-payback and…

Nontraditional students are identified as evening students, older adults, part-time students, blue-collar workers, the handicapped, etc. Two reasons to attract nontraditional students are money and mission. The challenge is to develop the unreached and not-yet-served students. (MLW)

A study to provide some measurable benchmarks of the advancement process at small colleges is described. Data are presented on budgets, spending per function, professional staff, chief advancement officer, support staff, recruitment costs, fund-raising revenues and costs, and developing institutions. (MLW)

Public commentary on the status of teacher education falls into the areas of: supply and demand; academic standards; academic preparation; campus faculty; and fiscal support. Trends of teacher education programs in Georgia are briefly discussed. Suggestions for program reform are offered. (DF)

Presents follow-up data on the careers of a group of innovative elementary school administrators and teachers originally interviewed in 1964-65. Considers implications for understanding teacher recruitment and retention. Suggests career variations that would make education more attractive and focuses on society's view of teaching as a "woman's…