Suggestions from recruitment consultants for working with an executive search firm to recruit an advancement officer include drawing up a clear and candid job description, streamlining the search committee, providing the candidate with information about the institution and prospective peers, and giving a positive impression. Advice for candidates…

This article describes the University of Illinois's telemarketing test to recruit new alumni association members. The computerized calling program resulted in 379 new members (out of 9,278 alumni contacted), netted a profit, and indicated that different groups of alumni react to phone solicitations differently. (DB)

Issues facing the academic community concerning a multicultural workforce are examined, including improvement of racial minority representation, the importance of minority role models, congressional expectations and the federal judiciary's position on affirmative action, and myths impeding progress toward a multicultural professional workforce.…

Examines how colleges and universities can rededicate themselves to equal opportunity for minority students. Because of cutbacks in higher education and reduced opportunities for minorities at the postsecondary level, colleges and universities must make a concentrated effort to recruit and retain minority students, and to increase their chance for…

Alumni get involved in a network when they share their professional expertise with undergraduates. Programs to bring alumni and students together include: mentor, alumni hosts, alumni rosters in which former students are listed by profession and geographic area, credentials service, etc. (MLW)

McMaster University's experiment with alumni involvement in student recruitment consisted of matching an alumnus with an accepted applicant to make a personal contact to encourage enrollment and answer questions when possible. The experiment correlated with a decrease, not increase, in the capture rate in the area it covered. (MSE)

The future of student recruitment is discussed covering demographics, marketing, technology, personalization, global citizenship, and financial aid. The culmination of several trends--from an increase in competition for fewer students to a decrease in public confidence in higher education--will radically change student recruitment. (MLW)

The advantages and disadvantages of the externally funded graduate assistantship for students, employers, and the university are presented, as well as strategies to "sell" potential corporate employers on the graduate assistantship concept. (IAH)

Describes the WI/SE Choice Scholarship program for non-traditional adult students offered by Wichita State University and Sedgwick County to encourage recruitment and enrollment of adult students. (TE)

Discusses summer camps' difficulties in recruiting college students as staff, suggesting camps have "image problem." Describes study of job descriptions to evaluate whether camps offer useful career experiences. Examines frequency and types of job tasks. Examines how camp directors might use job descriptions to recruit more effectively. (TES)

This article describes a 2-week summer program, Urban Summer Education Program, for 40 Black high school students who expressed an interest in teaching. The program is 1 of several that are outlined, whose aim is to encourage minority students to enter the teaching profession. (IAH)

By year 2000, the percentage of minority teachers will be 5 percent compared to 12.5 percent in 1980; while minority student enrollment is increasing. A collaborative program between a university and local school district recruits minority high school students to teaching, utilizing a three-phase strategy: early identification, induction,…

Discusses an engineering faculty pipeline. Provided are the statistical figures showing: (1) gender differences; (2) engineering doctorates by race and institutions; (3) foreign faculty; (4) citizenship of engineering doctorates; (5) doctorates who attended a two-year college by race; and (6) plans of foreign citizens receiving doctorates. (YP)

This article examines selected basic assumptions that relate to minority student recruitment into teacher education programs. Four categories of minority recruitment endeavors are discussed and examples of each are provided. (IAH)

Affirmative action is defined by: reviewing its historical development; analyzing the meaning of quotas, goals and timetables; and distinguishing affirmative action from equal employment opportunity. Strategies for affirmative recruitment and retention of underrepresented faculty are proposed. (MLW)