Notes the efforts of some universities to lure top professors from other universities. Reveals problems, such as raising the needed money and funding eminent scholars, and considers some positive aspects of the trend, such as the creation of new courses and emphases, and the clarification of priorities of a department. (EL)

This article describes a successful project to recruit math and science majors into a Master's level secondary school teacher education program. A collaborative effort between the university, public school systems, and industry with paid internships and economic and career incentives were an important element in this program. (DF)

Today's shortage of talented teachers--possibly a cyclical phenomenon--results largely from low teacher salaries, many survey indicate; moreover, a computer simulation confirms, recent institutional decisions aggravate the problem. Consequently, reforms that focus exclusively on teacher training practices and/or certification must ultimately fail.…

Recruiting options for securing sought-after teachers include one-time bonuses on hiring or after the first year; release-time with pay or a shortened workday; longer work year with paid time for professional development, accelerated sabbatical leaves, or paying teachers to take advanced courses; and supplementary salary schedules. (MJL)

The Houston Plan for Excellence in Education aims to achieve quality in staffing and in education by recruiting and rewarding excellent staff, initiating a competency-based selection process for all school personnel, and providing renewal and professional growth opportunities. (SK)

Addresses teacher supply/demand demographics in urban schools, as well as the legal and policy concerns typically faced by educational leaders responsible for staffing urban schools. Discusses basic principles educational leaders in urban schools must master to comply with the dictates of the law and sound educational policy. (GR)

A 4-week summer institute committed to helping talented minorities pursue graduate degrees in education immerses participants in a graduate-level curriculum of critical and cultural theory, increases their language and analytical skills, and prepares them for and supports them through the graduate school application process. In 10 years, the…

This article documents the teacher shortage, explains its effects on urban schools, presents contributing factors, and offers potential interventions. Argues that urban schools, where many students are perennial underachievers, will be most adversely affected by the teacher shortage. (Contains 39 footnotes.) (AUTHOR)

Attractive and well-funded programs designed to lure Black students into teaching may produce a political setback for the Black community if they result in serious reduction of Blacks entering professions which they have fought for years to enter. Alternative solutions to the shortage of Black teachers are proposed. (IAH)

This article describes the development, implementation, and refinement of a plan for identification, recruitment, and selection of cohort groups of able teacher education students. The nature and structure of an alternative teacher education program designed to attract and retain academically talented students are also discussed. (IAH)

By year 2000, the percentage of minority teachers will be 5 percent compared to 12.5 percent in 1980; while minority student enrollment is increasing. A collaborative program between a university and local school district recruits minority high school students to teaching, utilizing a three-phase strategy: early identification, induction,…

Examines the importance of local, regional, and national recruitment efforts and encouraging women and minority applicants for obtaining the best community college faculty available. Suggests that recruitment of new faculty should be accomplished systematically, rather than incrementally, and reviews recruitment, retention, and professional…

The "Ziegarnik effect," a learner's tendency to recall uncompleted tasks longer than completed ones and to remember failures more easily than successes, is applied to improving programs for the subgroup of students with emotional/behavioral disorders who show little benefit from special education interventions, and to teacher…

Ethnographic methods and conversation analysis were used to examine five teacher-supervisor conferences and their contexts. Passive, collaborative, and adversarial teacher conference roles were constructed in the conference process. Implications for supervision, educational leadership and reform, and teacher recruitment and placement are…

This paper describes the work of a nine-college consortium that aimed to address the minority teacher shortage. The consortium's beginnings, aims, and activities are presented. The collaborative process is analyzed in terms of nine factors that have been identified in the literature as contributors to effective collaboration. (Author/IAH)