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Recruiting Sales Students: The Value of Professionals in The Classroom
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Nielson, Blake; Cummins, Shannon – Marketing Education Review, 2019
It can be difficult for employers to recruit sales students because of the supply/demand gap. This is true despite increases in university sales education programs. This study investigates the impact of a sales organization representative giving an in-class presentation about student intent to pursue employment at the organization. The results…
Descriptors: Recruitment, Sales Occupations, College Students, Career Choice
Collaborating to Train the Next Generation of Pilots: Exploring Partnerships between Higher Education and the Airline Industry
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Lutte, Rebecca K.; Mills, Russell W. – Industry and Higher Education, 2019
The airline industry is experiencing a pilot supply problem that has dominated headlines across the world. Boeing estimates over 790,000 pilots are needed worldwide in the next 20 years to accommodate growth and staffing retirements. Regulatory reforms implemented in the aftermath of the crash of Colgan Air 3407 resulted in collegiate aviation…
Descriptors: Air Transportation, Partnerships in Education, School Business Relationship, Labor Supply
Learning from Graduate Training in Related Fields: A Model Online School Psychology Program
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Waldron-Soler, Kathleen M.; Ruby, Susan F.; Chaffin, Jamie M. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2019
Since the enactment of Public Law 94-142, school districts have struggled to hire and retain required special education personnel (i.e., special education teachers, school psychologists, and related service providers). Data show that shortages of these qualified personnel are even more magnified in rural school districts. Distance education can…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Models, Special Education Teachers, School Psychologists
Attracting Students to the Field of Measurement
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Finney, Sara J.; Pastor, Dena A. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2012
To address the shortage of professionals in measurement, it is essential that we make young career-seekers aware that measurement is an option as a profession. In this paper, we discuss how creating a strong pipeline of students into our field involves personal interactions between faculty representing the graduate programs in measurement and…
Descriptors: Recruitment, Labor Market, Labor Supply, Supply and Demand
The Impending Leadership Crisis in Historically Black College and University (HBCU) Libraries: A Mixed Methods Study
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Youmans, Tasha Lucas – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to disclose the claims of an impending shortage of librarians in academic libraries as it relates to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The target population of this study was HBCU libraries that had a full-time equivalent enrollment of 3,000 students or more and that were accredited by the Southern…
Descriptors: Librarians, Black Colleges, Academic Libraries, Leadership
Changing Mental Models of the IT Professions: A Theoretical Framework
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Agosto, Denise E.; Gasson, Susan; Atwood, Michael – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2008
It is widely recognized that the current and projected shortage of adequately-educated IT professionals could be greatly reduced if more female and minority students would major in IT disciplines, yet the dramatic under-representation of these populations appears to be worsening. This under-representation is reflected in Drexel University's…
Descriptors: Mentors, Females, Minority Groups, Information Technology