Through 15-plus years of direct experience and research coupled with the concerns and truths of many adult education colleagues, Daquanna Harrison gives a call to action for adult education. This call asks adult educators throughout the U.S. to better and more quickly transform the field of adult education into a viable career choice for minority…

The purpose of this article is to review the rural area administrator's role in the areas of teacher recruitment, hiring and staff development. State and Regional Policies reveal that these areas are chief among the concerns of rural school leaders (Johnson, 2005). The rural school administrator's role often requires him/her to become involved in…

Uses the sports analogy to criticize recruiting policies for assistant professors, claiming current policies violate the profession's promise of open access to openings and devalue all candidates who are not Rookies of the Year. (NH)

After the quality of a school's teachers, the quality of a school's leaders is the most influential school-based factor affecting student learning, and research indicates that leadership impacts student achievement the most in academic settings serving students who traditionally have not done well in school. In an effort to provide high-quality…

This essay focuses on the preparation of high school mathematics teachers. Sections discuss what needs to be changed in the current system, what can be done to effect this change, and exemplary practices. The article suggests the following: (1) make connections to school mathematics; (2) look at different models of classroom organization; (3) put…

BellSouth Foundation has supported various alternative teacher certification programs. Teacher development also requires that the school be at the center of talent identification, teacher preparation, recruitment, induction, and continuing education. (SK)

This paper discusses who will teach American children in the current political environment. Americans consider education a top political priority. The conversation must be moved from campaign rhetoric to real dialogue about education's critical role and the readiness of all schools to help shape the nation. Major trends transforming society…

Discusses a five-phase faculty development model consisting of recruitment, orientation, communication, support services, and evaluation. Indicates that these phases are critical to the professional growth of a continuing faculty member and must be considered. (JOW)

Reports findings from interviews of 22 faculty that elicited perceptions of their career paths, early-stage career roles, and the role played by faculty development. Finds that the majority chose the community college because of its emphasis on teaching and that their career roles changed over time. Makes recommendations for faculty recruitment,…

Student diversity is significantly different than diversity in the teaching staff. Educational leaders must identify methods to bridge the gap in teacher diversity so that students of all backgrounds see adult role models and images of themselves in the classroom. Recruiting, developing, and retaining qualified minority teachers is an important…

Recommendations concerning faculty recruitment, screening, selection, orientation, and development are presented as developed by the New Faculty Subcommittee of Miami-Dade Community College. The recommendations include the following: (1) the college should establish and fund the position of Recruitment Coordinator, adopt an organized recruitment…

The success of the entire academic enterprise depends directly on the contributions of the junior faculty members. The quality of the junior faculty, the diversity of talent, the promotion/appointment process, and the incentives to value teaching and university citizenship as well as scholarship are discussed. (MLW)

Describes recommendations related to engineering faculty pipelines by the American Society for Engineering Education task force. The recommendations are: (1) enlarging the faculty pool; (2) enhancing the graduate school environment; (3) enhancing the faculty environment; (4) attracting non-traditional faculty; (5) working on foreign faculty…

True college-faculty development must be holistic and integrative of all the needs and activities of individual faculty members, and undertaken by faculty and institution together to shape the fabric of academic life. Faculty must also work with professional associations to help ensure that doctoral programs are preparing students for a sufficient…

This paper presents two reactions to the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences' (CBMS') "The Mathematical Education of Teachers" (August 2001). The reactions were written by professors of mathematics at American universities. It is concluded that the report benefits from an underlying assumption that an alliance of concept and…