Problems encountered by young minority faculty members at Old Dominion University (Virginia) in the institution's attempt to diversify its faculty are examined, including expectations perceived by new faculty as unreasonable, lack of mentoring or institutional support, and perceptions of racial bias. Difficulties in retaining black faculty members…

Reports on 15 tasks, as outlined by the Pipeline Implementation Committee of the American Society for Engineering Education, that are within the sphere of influence and the responsibility of university engineering deans for sustaining a vital corps of engineering practitioners and professors in an era of increasing technological change. (JJK)

A discussion of hiring strategies in a university foreign language department includes the following: the preconvention (Modern Language Association) process; convention interviews; campus visits; final selections; and hiring foreign nationals. (Contains two references.) (LB)

The Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges' initiative to recruit more black faculty is described, its accomplishments are outlined, and lessons learned are noted, based on the experiences of participants in a visiting scholars program. (MSE)

The article addresses the demographic characteristics of students in school psychology programs nationwide with respect to providing a rationale for the importance of increasing the proportion of minority school psychologists who are underrepresented. Emphasis on training culturally competent psychologists is reviewed within a historical context.…

Six of Abraham Flexner's proposals for improving medical education in the early twentieth century are applied to modern teacher education. These include closing some schools, improving admission requirements, recruiting faculty, identifying instructional methods best suited to specific skills, insuring adequate funding, and insuring that teacher…

Describes the detrimental effect the passage of a tax cutting bill has on institutions of higher education especially on supplies and on recruiting top new faculty members. (GA)

Discusses the problems of being a department head and how best to deal with them. (SRT)

Techniques for developing a faculty recruitment and selection procedure, including establishing congruent goals, preparing the committee for screening and interviewing, and conducting the search, and for building collegiality within the committee are outlined. (MSE)

This paper examines what strategies are employed by the higher education institutions in the face of shortages of faculty members in business schools and engineering and considers whether these strategies can provide some options for elementary-secondary schools facing shortages in mathematics and science teachers. (Author/LMO)

There are significant pressures that may lead to the hiring of inbred faculty. Inbreeding is defined as: hiring an individual who has a degree and who will be teaching at the institution from which the degree was granted. The relationship of sex and institutional origin to productivity was studied. (MLW)

In support of its academic programs in the sciences, the University of Texas has recruited noted scientists to its campuses (with substantial salaries and benefits). This support for the sciences includes funds for new equipment and programs. (Author/JN)

Encourages new PhDs in analytical chemistry to carefully consider college teaching as a career choice by pointing out some assets and liabilities of the profession. Discusses academic freedom, salary ranges, job security, and potential rewards of teaching college students. (SK)

Describes a feature of the School of Chemical Sciences within the University of East Anglia at Norwich, which incorporates yearly a visiting faculty member chosen from an industrial or government laboratory. (CS)

Details the establishment of the $750,000 James N. and Helon Y. Allison Endowment Fund and the Allison Chair of Journalism at Midland College in Texas, the first endowed chair in a community college. (AEA)