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Forde, Dana – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2008
When North Carolina native Evan Raleigh was in search of the perfect college, he had three things in mind: (1) the strength of the school's academic reputation; (2) the size of the school; and (3) the school's location and proximity to home. He found all three in the form of Wake Forest University. But Raleigh, who received a full academic…
Descriptors: Mentors, Reputation, Credits, Minority Groups
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Yew, Bee K. – Journal of Information Technology Education, 2008
This paper highlights relevant curriculum issues that were identified in a Management Information Systems (MIS) program review undertaken by a group of business faculty in a small regional university. The program review was initiated to improve job marketability of graduates and student enrollment. The review process is described as a collective…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elective Courses, Job Placement, Systems Approach
Fischer, Karin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
This article deals with issues of community-college transfers of students from Alamance Community College to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This article discusses the involvement of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation in the issue of community-college transfer. The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, based in Lansdowne, Va., near Washington,…
Descriptors: Student Recruitment, Low Income Groups, Disadvantaged Youth, Grants
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Simmons, Sara Coble; Mebane, Dorothy J. – Action in Teacher Education, 2005
Since 2000, North Carolina has offered an alternative route to licensure for adults who desire to move into teaching from other careers. NC TEACH is a statewide alternative teacher preparation program aimed at recruiting, supporting, and retaining highly skilled mid-career professionals who seek to enter the teaching profession through the lateral…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Alternative Teacher Certification, State Programs, Online Courses
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Andersson, David; Reimers, Karl – Journal of Educational Technology, 2009
The fields of Computer Information Systems (CIS) and Information Technology (IT) are experiencing rapid change. In 2003, an analysis of IT degree programs and those of competing disciplines at 10 post-secondary institutions concluded that an information technology program is perceived differently from information systems and computer science. In…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Information Technology, Certification, Computer Science Education
James Sprunt Inst., Kenansville, NC. – 1968
In Duplin County, North Carolina, a summer 1968 institute for the county's Negro and Caucasian teachers and principals was planned and operated by local educators in response to local problems of desegregation. Although recruitment began late, more teachers and principals than were expected volunteered in equal numbers from each race. One of the…
Descriptors: Institutes (Training Programs), Principals, Racial Relations, Rural Areas
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White, Richard – Remedial and Special Education, 2004
This article provides a review of the arguments for and the history of recruitment of paraeducators into teacher education and special education. Paraeducator recruitment is portrayed as an effective response to the problems of teacher shortages in special education and the problem of inadequate diversity of students in teacher education.…
Descriptors: Recruitment, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Education, Teacher Shortage
Buchanan, Bruce – Teacher Magazine, 2005
Rural districts usually have a tough time attracting new teachers; but one in North Carolina is defying the odds. Teacher recruitment and retention is the number one challenge of John Parker, Roanoke Rapids Graded School District superintendent. Until recently, Roanoke Rapids had a 13 percent faculty turnover rate--not unusual among rural schools.…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, School Districts, High Schools, Superintendents
Collins, Mary Elizabeth; Mowbray, Carol T. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2008
Because of advances in psychotropic medications, psychiatric rehabilitation methods, the implementation of civil rights legislation, and empowerment movement of consumers with psychiatric disabilities, students with mental illnesses are increasingly able to access and complete higher education. Disability services offices on college campuses can…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Civil Rights Legislation, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Disabilities
Santiago, Deborah, Comp. – Excelencia in Education (NJ1), 2009
By 2025, 22 percent of the U.S. college-age population will be Latino, a level already exceeded in four states: California, Florida, New York, and Texas. However, today, only seven percent of Latinos ages 18 to 24 have an associate's degree or higher compared to 9 percent of African Americans, 16 percent of white, and 25 percent of Asians of the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Human Capital, Hispanic American Students, Achievement Gap
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Allred, Stephen – School Law Bulletin, 1987
School systems must comply with numerous federal and state requirements in filling positions. This article sets forth those requirements in four areas: (1) advertising positions; (2) interviewing candidates; (3) selecting a candidate; and (4) verifying a candidate's legal status. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Selection, Board of Education Policy, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
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Tolley, Kim; Beadie, Nancy – History of Education Quarterly, 2006
Much good work has recently been done on the socioeconomic history of teaching in the United States, particularly in relation to the "feminization" of the profession that occurred over the course of the nineteenth century. This article brings together evidence from disparate local sources in both North Carolina and New York to explore…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Advertising, Travel, Teacher Employment
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Hancock, Dawson R.; Black, Trasha; Bird, James J. – Journal of Educational Research & Policy Studies, 2006
Attracting and retaining highly qualified school leaders is becoming increasingly important in our nation. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that motivate or inhibit practicing teachers from seeking administrative positions. Using exploratory factor analysis, survey responses of 329 students enrolled in Master of School…
Descriptors: Altruism, School Administration, Educational Administration, Factor Analysis
Hairr, V.B. – Agr Educ Mag, 1969
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, College Graduates, Inservice Teacher Education, Teacher Certification
Dewalt, Mark W.; Graham, Patricia L. – 2000
This year-long research project documented critical issues of supply and demand for teachers in the Carolinas. Researchers focused on the number of public and private school education positions advertised in the four major newspapers serving South Carolina and the Charlotte metropolitan region of North Carolina. They documented advertising trends…
Descriptors: Advertising, Elementary Secondary Education, Newspapers, Private Schools
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