Representatives from all parts of the United States attended a conference designed to: (1) explore ways and means of involving older persons--primarily welfare recipients--as employees, (2) delineate the wide variety of tasks that have been and can be undertaken by older persons, (3) determine the kinds of recruitment, selection, training,…

A mathematics and science tutorial program at the University of California, San Diego is described to provide a model for other university tutorial programs. Descriptions of the format of various components of the program are provided. Detailed information is also provided on the required tutor training class, tutor and tutee recruitment,…

The Minnesota Private College Research Foundation - Indian Education Project (MPCRF-IEP) provided additional financial support for programs that were unique, developmental, and Indian in their approach to expansion of higher educational opportunities for Native American students. Funding allocated by the Project was made on a dollar for dollar…

The Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, a separate organizational unit within HEW, is a grant-making organization that covers the entire range of postsecondary education and that funds policy-oriented and feasibility studies directly related to reform, innovation, and improvement. Directions for improvement are outlined in this…

To aid employers in providing equal opportunities for women workers, this book describes working women today, their education and training, laws, regulations, and programs providing employment protection, and suggests ways of recruiting, employing, and working with women. An overview of women in the present workforce is presented--their…

Presidents and chancellors from all sectors of higher education discussed how they might help in the improvement of the nation's schools. Commitments to speaking out for education, school collaboration on the attractiveness of teaching as a career, teacher preparation improvement, and minority teacher recruitment are discussed. (MLW)

Reports on three studies conducted by the Engineering Technology Division of the American Society of Engineering Education dealing with four-year engineering technology programs. Addresses funding, faculty development and recruitment, student characteristics, enrollment, retention, graduate employment, and alumni participation. (TW)

There is a continuing demographic shift toward a multiethnic school population, but the teacher population includes few minorities. Teacher selection procedures should examine personal qualities such as adaptation, creativity, self-renewal, and moral orientation. Incentives for attracting minority populations to teaching are proposed. (BJV)

Proposed National Collegiate Athletic Association rules changes concern Presidents' Commission grouping, academic standards and transfer, financial aid, amateurism, championships and extra events, drug testing, administrative regulation, financial audits, coaches' outside compensation, voting privileges, membership and classification, enforcement,…

Urges the youth camping movement in the United States to internationalize by vigorously seeking and including children of the world in their summer communities. Provides practical and specific guidelines regarding recruitment of international campers, financial aid, communication with parents, legalities, travel considerations, and adjustment to…

A program to recruit and retain minority group optometry students is described, including the program's design, student financial aid, a preenrollment enrichment program to ease the adjustment to professional school, and the personal and academic program outcomes. (MSE)

Northland College's strategy for redevelopment included substantial program expansion in environmental studies, building a Native American studies program, and aggressive student recruitment. (MSE)

Colleges and universities are attracting and retaining a significant adult market partly by scheduling classes to conform to adult life-styles, including lengthening the academic day, week, and year; altering the timing patterns, sequencing, and distribution of courses; and offering courses at a variety of locations. (MSE)

Describes library education's development and characteristics of students admitted into the first library training schools. Characteristics of students admitted into master's degree programs today are reviewed, including their sex, undergraduate background, library work experience, and personality. Student recruitment trends and future outlook of…

Having undergone major improvement in recent years, state governments were able to respond decisively when the public showed alarm over the condition of education. Since educational reform depends on leadership by teachers, enhancement of the teaching profession in terms of status, participant quality, and training must be encouraged. (PGD)