Examines issues that counselors should address in helping students decide on military career. Discusses in-school military recruiting, military's recruitment message, military issues that must be addressed, basic role of the military, discrimination against gays, sexual harassment of women, counselor role, and group counseling. Describes…

Describes a college-level, senior-year capstone course about the profession of college teaching. Asserts that the primary goal was to attract better students to the teaching profession. Discusses the 14 major topics that comprise the course outline. (CFR)

As a first step in analyzing sources of teacher supply, the flow from each source, and characteristics of teachers entering or reentering the field, data from Indiana databases of teachers from 1965-88 (n=897) and new teachers (n=741) in 1987-88 were analyzed. (SLD)

For improving participation of blacks and Hispanics in higher education, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board focuses on changing institutions rather than removing barriers. Initiatives have included recruitment, college dropout prevention, and dissemination of institution-specific participation and achievement data. Follow-up site visits…

A study investigated Australian students' reasons for choosing an extra year's study (honors) in economics when good employment opportunities were available without the added training. Factors considered include student background, current circumstances, achievement, course structure, perceived demand for honors graduates, opportunity costs, and…

Describes Council of Europe meetings on teacher education. A 1987 meeting examined new challenges. In 1990, one seminar discussed selection and development of teacher trainers, and another examined training classroom teachers for working with varied abilities and backgrounds. The All-European Conference of Directors of Educational Research…

The Vocational Education to Work model is a system of communication and support between vocational and special educators, designed to train students with disabilities in mainstreamed vocational education. The model's four sequential components include active recruitment, guided placement, continuing support, and job placement followup.…

A longtime teacher in the United Kingdom uses his own work experiences and those of his colleagues to describe teachers' attitudes regarding teaching terms and conditions. He examines the Secretary of State for Education's "Terms and Conditions of Service" document and its implications for teacher supply and quality. (SM)

All 15 Southern Regional Education Board states have alternative teacher certification programs (many limited to critical needs). The article examines similarities and differences in state policies, who is entering teaching through the programs, how effective the programs are in preparing teachers, and what the program strengths and weaknesses…

The Los Angeles Unified School District Intern Program uses alternative teacher certification for recruitment and training in large, urban, multicultural school districts. The article examines program effectiveness, candidate characteristics, the kind of professional education provided by alternative routes, and how alternatively educated teachers…

Thomas Jefferson University (Pennsylvania) has two dental professional hygiene education programs, one a prelicensure, entry-level clinical education program and the other a postcertificate or baccalaureate degree completion program. Recruitment strategies include prerequisite restructuring and part-time programs, and retention efforts begin with…

Without an institutional research office to look at recruitment and retention programs, DePauw University (Indiana) relies heavily on institutional trend data and comparative information to assess the effectiveness of three initiatives: recruitment of large numbers of minority students, strategic use of financial aid, and use of market…

Describes initiatives developed in Connecticut to increase minority participation in higher education, including the Minority Enrollment Incentive Program, Urban Marketing Initiative, Greater Hartford Community College's Hispanic Family Support and Pre-Nursing programs, Norwalk Community College's English as a Second Language program, high school…

Provides an annotated bibliography of ERIC documents and journal articles on community college efforts to enhance minority participation and success, focusing on access, recruitment, retention, transfer, leadership, and revitalization efforts. (DMM)

Examines the interinstitutional career mobility of Black college faculty, using a twice-stratified random sample of mobile faculty recruited to Black colleges during the 1981-82 academic year. Findings indicate little evidence of "brain drain" or "raiding" of Black faculty from Black to White colleges and universities in the…