Legislative staffing is briefly reviewed. In dealing with legislative education staffing specifically, the authors describe and analyze significant characteristics of legislators and staff populations, and specify legislative education leadership structures in the 50 states. The impact of such staffing is discussed. (Author/AL)

The personal interview examines the potential skills of the employee in relation to the organizational needs of the district for the present and the future. This paper analyzes capabilities of first-year teachers as evidenced by traits observed during the personal interview conducted by the secondary school principal. Research findings with…

The exit interview, while widely practiced, has been largely ignored as an instrument for organizational change. A review of the literature reveals that eight out of ten firms in the United States use exit interviews to control attrition and identify areas where changes need to be instituted. Persuading an employee to tell the truth about why he…

This statistical profile is a followup to a previous National Association of Parish Catechetical Directors' (NPCD) study of catechetical leadership. Since 1985, the NPCD, which is a professional association of approximately 1,700 parish catechetical/religious education leaders, has surveyed parish Directors to profile their training and…

Research examined in this review shows that when women and men perform the same acts or produce similar products, evaluations often differ, frequently in ways which are not consistent. In general, evaluation favors men over women when a competent performance is being assessed, while women are favored over men when an incompetent outcome is being…

This paper reviews the methods and findings of published research on the validity of police selection procedures. As a preface to the review, the typical police officer selection process is briefly described. Several common methodological deficiencies of the validation research are identified and discussed in detail: (1) use of past-selection…

In the public school the tension between the public's right to know and the individual's right to privacy is clearly played out in questions surrounding the employee personnel file. The document discusses the relationship between employee and employer as well as between the public and the records. An issue often raised is what may or may not be…

This report offers an analysis of college faculty supply and demand as well as an evaluation of currently available data on this issue. The report was undertaken in response to three concurrent trends which point to significant faculty shortages beginning in 1995. The report begins with a descriptive overview of current faculty demographics that…