Examined perceptions of high school seniors, parents, and high school counselors concerning factors influencing college choice. Although students' and parents' expectations were highly correlated, counselors' opinions varied significantly. Implications for college marketing are discussed. (TE)

Reports on the Minority Education Initiative included in the American Association of Community and Junior Colleges' 1990 public policy agenda. Focuses on issues related to government policies and guidelines, effective teaching environments, and institutional effectiveness. Provides an assessment of each issue and strategies for change. (DMM)

Six recommendations from the 1985 report "A Call for Change in Teacher Education" are analyzed with regard to actual and potential conflicts between goals for minority recruitment and the five other recommendations (testing, integration of liberal arts and teacher training, extended induction-internships, certification standards set by state…

The imminent problem of a potential national shortage of special education faculty, as current faculty reach retirement age, was investigated through determining the retirement plans of 24 faculty, aged 55 or older, in special education departments at Pennsylvania institutions of higher education. A national registry of doctoral level special…

A committee of the North Carolina Board of Governors will recommend that each state university create or enhance programs to improve campus race relations, engage minority students in campus life, increase numbers of black students and of black doctoral candidates, and achieve higher minority enrollment. Focus is on both recruiting and retaining…

Discusses radically transformed library organizations and the characteristics of the library leaders who will create them. The development of posthierarchical libraries, reasons for reeingineering traditional libraries, characteristics and roles of posthierarchical library leaders, critical leadership strategies, and impediments to transforming…

Summarizes the mentoring component of a large federally funded partnership project, the Urban Teachers Project, which is designed to support future urban teachers. Twenty-four minority teachers served as mentors. Recruitment and selection of mentor teachers, typical mentor-student activities, and student attitudes are described. (SLD)

Reports on a study of high school students' perceptions about the importance of academic and sociocultural factors to their participation in college level music and the relationship of these factors to the higher education recruitment process. Finds significant differences related to race, years of experience in a musical group, grade level, and…

Discusses concerns for academic libraries identified by a survey of editors and manuscript readers of this journal. Highlights include technology; leadership; library users; management issues, including recruitment, communication, and new services; access versus ownership; funding; copyright; licensing; teaching and research; electronic…

Presents data on recruitment and selection practices in the field of teaching in California and Wyoming. Questionnaires examined the perspectives of 271 administrators and 264 recent graduates of teacher education programs who are employed as teachers. Suggestions for preparing students for the recruitment and selection process are presented. (SM)

Reports on an evaluation of a 1989 summer program at the University of Colorado (Colorado Springs) designed to motivate and prepare low-income minority sophomore and junior college students to go on to graduate study. Results with 23 Chicanos, 2 Native Americans, and 1 Asian American support the program's effectiveness. (SLD)

Provides a national perspective on the prevalence and nature of interventions in grades 4 through 8 to increase participation of minority students and females in mathematics and science. In all, 163 programs responded to the request for information. The range and extent of these interventions are described. (SLD)

Includes "Community Education" (Bennett); "Community Struggle for Education" (Shaif); "Role of Women in Literacy Campaign" (Moqbil); "Access with a Difference" (Steyne); "Bringing English as Second Language into the Mainstream" (Ahmed); "Accreditation for a Change" (Kerton); "Working…

Recognizes California as a culturally diverse, rapidly growing state. Identifies key issues for the development of teaching in such an environment. Argues that California education will need: enthusiastic teachers; minority teachers, corporate support developed through school-business partnerships, greater professional recognition, lower…

A study of 28 graduate teaching assistants' socialization experiences identified 171 salient experiences signaling and intensifying identification with the departments and their roles as fledgling academicians. Experiences are categorized as (1) changes in intellectual self-evaluation; (2) encounters with students, peers, and superiors; and (3)…