The arguments in favor of preferential treatment for some groups are faulty. An examination of these arguments is included. Although victims of discrimination should be helped, programs should promote race-, gender- or ethnically conscious hiring. Affirmative action has led to a increase in bureaucratically-caused discrimination. (PS)

Alarmed by the decline in the number of minorities graduating from high schools and colleges, representatives of 28 liberal arts institutions met at Swarthmore College in February 1987 to consider strategies to increase minority-group applicant pools and to improve retention rates. A consortium with 300 high schools nationwide was proposed. (MLW)

Selected references regarding recruitment into teacher education programs are listed, grouped according to recruitment issues and strategies, state policies, recruitment of the academically talented, and recruitment of minority students. (Author/MT)

Based on vision of reduced mechanical and production concerns for academic librarians within next decade, this article describes required skills, knowledge, attitudes, and abilities in areas of intellect and human relations; suggests revised educational requirements for academic librarians. Eighteen recommendations and 43 references appended.…

The University of Michigan's academic support program helps student athletes graduate. Intense, costly instructional services are provided during the first two years and result in little money needing to be spent later on. A description of the support program for at-risk students is provided. (MLW)

Results of a survey of four-year colleges and universities concerning faculty attitudes to and participation in student recruitment and institutional marketing efforts are reported, along with possible differences between private and public institutions' faculty attitudes and involvement. (MSE)

This article describes: (1) what one historically Black institution has done to provide quality in teacher education and (2) the ongoing strategy for maintaining equity and excellence in a city public school system. (MT)

Due to desegregation of formerly White schools, traditionally Black colleges must compete for enrollments with better financed institutions. The caste structure of American society prevents integrated schools from meeting Black students' psychic needs; therefore, active, honest recruitment can attract students by informing them of the advantages…

Overview of library educational system in Czechoslovakia (two university and three secondary schools) covers teaching staff; recruitment and admission; curriculum development; practicum; assessment; part-time courses; employment; manpower planning; library networks; and courses offered by federal agencies, the national library, and a research…

Notes the efforts of some universities to lure top professors from other universities. Reveals problems, such as raising the needed money and funding eminent scholars, and considers some positive aspects of the trend, such as the creation of new courses and emphases, and the clarification of priorities of a department. (EL)

Results of a survey of adults in northeastern Ohio indicates there is a substantial market for higher education, amounting to 33 percent of the adults not currently in school. Respondents identifying themselves as nonprospective students stated financial aid, employment, child care, public transportation, weekend classes, and academic counseling…

A survey of 56 Californian academic libraries was conducted to investigate use of selection committees to recruit, screen, and/or select professional personnel. Size of responding libraries, background on selection committees, functions and authority of committees, reasons for use of selection committee, and perceptions about hiring practice are…

Recruiting and selecting first-year residents is a laborious and costly process for both the applicant and the institution. A methodology which may improve the quality of selection and decrease the number of faculty hours invested is presented. (Author/MLW)

Academics and athletics must be distinguished, and athletes' roles at various levels understood and accepted. Each institution sets its own priorities for sports, and the athletes represent the institution. Three negative elements of professional sports must be controlled on campuses: pressured coaching, recruiting, and the encroachment of…

Discusses the problem of recruitment of Spanish-speaking Americans to the library profession from an historical perspective; offers reasons for recruiting failures; and notes the roles of the individual librarian, the library school, federal government, and library associations in solving problems. Twenty-one references are cited. (EJS)