Recognizing that there are numerous organizational models and strategies that can be used by Montessori school administrators, this handbook provides a guide for shaping the Montessori school's unique administrative practice. The handbook's seven parts address organizational and financial foundations, a developmental perspective of the prepared…

This digest presents principles of enrollment management for institutions of higher education. It reviews the three decades since the introduction of the term "enrollment management," noting the goals of: (1) defining the institution's nature and characteristics for appropriate marketing; (2) incorporating all relevant campus…

The college-choice process is complex and affects many high school students, family members and public policy-makers, as well as institutions of higher education. This report provides an overview of the college-choice process for traditional-age students and examines how it has evolved during the last half of the 20th century. Material from the…

Ten years ago higher education scholars predicted a major faculty turnover in the late 1990s and into the twenty-first century--a prediction based on demographic data on an aging faculty. The turnover is under way, accelerated by early retirement policies. Currently blocks of faculty positions are opening up at regional colleges and universities,…

Discusses Bathurst Heights (Toronto) Secondary School's unique daytime program for undereducated adults. Reports 800 adults in a school population of 1,600; 400 of these adults are in mixed-age classes. Notes availability of day care and full-time municipal social worker services. Finds school has rebounded from a severe enrollment decline. (BRR)

The need to attract academically talented students to teacher education and to retain these teachers in fields such as mathematics, science, English, and foreign language teaching is discussed. Honors programs in teacher education offer one means of recruiting and holding superior students. (PP)

The concept of international cooperation for educational development is exemplified in the Asian Institute of Technology, unique in its international funding base, faculty recruitment, and student enrollment. It is in Australia's best interest to participate more in higher education in Asia and the Pacific through faculty exchange and increased…

Lack of public confidence has created a crisis in American education. To regain public support for the schools, educators can (1) mobilize educational agencies into an action force to support public education; (2) focus school goals on teaching content; (3) improve teacher quality; and (4) increase the supply of science and mathematics teachers.…

The University of Georgia's computer-based recruitment file of about 20,000 annual freshmen prospects has several primary sources: Georgia achievement award winners, names purchased from the College Board, and superior prospects who submit scores. The file can also record various student interactions with the admissions office and students'…

Traditional remedies for attracting competent people to teaching will probably fail. Along with the usual recruitment of career teachers, the field should attempt to recruit undergraduates in the liberal arts and sciences whose long-term career goals are undecided, thus forming a domestic educational peace corps composed of short-term teachers.…

The University of New Hampshire's five-year teacher education program attracts students who are academically able and compare favorably with students in other graduate departments. The program is described, and information about students' attitudes and aspirations is given. (PP)

Surveyed college admissions officers, secondary school counselors, and college-bound seniors to determine the effectiveness of the college recruiting visit. Found students viewed college reputations as their most important reason for attending a visit. Counselors gave the visit its highest marks but tended to overestimate its value. (JAC)

Describes the distinguishing features of a cult and the recruitment practices of cults on college campuses. Considers the psychological, social, and developmental reasons why students are attracted to cults, and describes the conversion process. Reports on campus policy, implications of litigation, and recommends strategies for dealing with cults.…

Data from 45 school districts in western South Dakota indicate that the principal administrative problem of rural superintendents is maintaining a quality staff of teachers who can work with the unique strengths and weaknesses found in a rural setting. (CM)

Universities can provide small schools with special placement office services, special faculty consultant help in specific problem areas, extended classes for inservice faculty training, special teacher education scholarships, summer programs for the exceptional small school students, and periodic conferences to address special problems of the…