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Hugo, Graham – Australian Universities' Review, 2005
It's no news that Australian academics, like Australian cricketers, are getting older (and perhaps tireder). But the exact dimensions of the sector's staffing crisis haven't been clear. Graham Hugo has been studying the figures in detail, and he suggests that the problem may in fact be worse than has been thought. Around a quarter of the academic…
Descriptors: Demography, College Faculty, Aging (Individuals), Teacher Supply and Demand
Abernathy, Tammy V.; Wiest, Lynda; Olive, Melissa – Teacher Education and Practice, 2003
Recent teacher shortages have led teacher preparation programs to more actively recruit postbaccalaureate students into teaching. The purpose of this exploratory study was to gain useful recruitment information by investigating why postbaccalaureate students are interested in teaching as a new career. A survey was constructed based on interview…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Graduate Students, Focus Groups, Teacher Shortage
McNeill, Elisa Elizabeth; Eddy, James M. – International Electronic Journal of Health Education, 2005
As the use of instructional technology continues to escalate, it is not surprising that universities are attempting to reach new student markets by using technology. Many of the benefits and barriers to asynchronous distance education (ADE) have been examined over the years; however, few have explored these constructs from the student's…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Technology, Intellectual Disciplines, Health Education
Hayes, Denis – Research in Education, 2004
Despite research into the factors that motivate prospective teachers and those already in post, relatively little attention has been paid to the perspectives of trainee teachers. This article is based on a survey of 550 undergraduate and postgraduate trainee teachers, using a Likert-type questionnaire, to discover whether particular patterns of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Motivation, Trainees, Student Teachers
Santiago, Deborah A., Comp. – Excelencia in Education (NJ1), 2008
As the college-age Latino population continues to increase throughout the nation, meeting the country's future human capital and workforce needs make it imperative to improve outcomes for Latino students today. As public attention is focused on existing achievement gaps, educators and policymakers are seeking ways to improve educational outcomes…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Human Capital, Hispanic American Students, Achievement Gap
Association of American Universities, 2006
The Association of American Universities (AAU) calls on the Administration, Congress, and academia, with the help of the business sector, to implement a 21st Century National Defense Education and Innovation Initiative aimed at meeting the economic and security challenges we will face over the next half-century. Government and America's…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research Universities, National Security, Innovation
Kayes, Pauline E. – Multicultural Education, 2006
In the last ten years, many colleges, universities, boards, and agencies have jumped on the diverse faculty/staff hiring bandwagon not only by issuing resolutions, policies, and mandates but also by inventing programs, initiatives, and strategies all intended to increase the number of faculty and staff of color in predominantly White institutions.…
Descriptors: Personnel Selection, Employees, Cultural Differences, Colleges
Hafner, Anne L.; Maxie, Andrea – Issues in Teacher Education, 2006
In September 1998, the California State Legislature passed SB 2042, legislation that authorized the reform of teacher recruitment, certification, and licensing in the state. Its provisions are unique in that they represent the first time in California's history that almost all of the standards dealing with teacher preparation and induction were…
Descriptors: Credentials, Performance Based Assessment, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change
Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 2006
This report provides an in-depth look at five different programs, all of which currently, or are making efforts to, include a broad range of students. The five Credit-Based Transition Programs (CBTPs) studied are located in five states--California, Iowa, Minnesota, New York and Texas--and included two dual enrollment programs (one with a career…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Dual Enrollment, Tech Prep, Advanced Placement Programs
Ng, Cheuk Fan – International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 2006
Research in distance and online education has focused on how to improve students' learning and support services. Faculty satisfaction, as one of the five pillars in Sloan-Consortium's quality framework for online education, has received less attention in research. Besides online teaching, little research has examined the experiences of academics…
Descriptors: Teleworking, Distance Education, Recruitment, Online Courses
Sagebiel, F.; Dahmen, J. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2006
The paper describes elements of engineering organizational cultures and structures in higher engineering education from the European project WomEng. Hypotheses, based on state of the art, refer to: women friendly presentation, attractiveness of interdisciplinary teaching methods, single sex education, perceptions of minority status, feelings of…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Single Sex Schools, Females, Negative Attitudes
Springer, Tom; Callam, Karen Girolami – W. K. Kellogg Foundation, 2007
In 1997, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation created a national education initiative, ENLACE (pronounced en-LAH-say), ENgaging LAtino Communities for Education. Its goal is to increase access and success in higher education for Latino students and their families. The ENLACE approach described in this document starts with partnerships as the vehicle for…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Academic Achievement, College Admission, Hispanic American Students
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2004
The issue of retention is a persistent problem in higher education. For the past 100 years, the institutional graduation rate has stubbornly held at the 50 percent mark: half of all students entering higher education fail to realize their dreams and aspirations based on earning a certificate or degree. For students of color in particular, the…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Graduation Rate, Higher Education, Student Diversity
Tennessee Department of Education, 2004
In 1987, the State Board of Education cited a shortage of minority teachers in Tennessee. In 1988, The Tennessee Task Force on the Supply of Minority Teachers issued recommendations to increase the number of minority teachers. In 1989, House Joint Resolution 36 also requested an annual report on the status of minority teachers be submitted to the…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Minority Group Teachers, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Recruitment
Maryland State Department of Education, 2004
The annual "Maryland Teacher Staffing Report, 2004-2006," provides information about teacher candidates completing programs from Maryland institutions of higher education and the hiring needs of local school systems. The report also outlines a number of critical incentives and strategies for the recruitment and retention of quality teachers for…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Certification, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Characteristics