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)

Offers ideas to encourage working engineers to pursue their education and to support engineers who teach. A market-sensitive plan is advocated whereby stipend and salary supplements from industry are collected and allocated by engineering societies, adding little to industrial salary costs while adding greatly to resources of beleaguered schools.…

Discusses recruitment and retention of minority faculty and staff, especially Blacks, in higher education. Recommendations for successful employment and retention of minority faculty include a higher education partnership consortium, visiting professorships and faculty exchange programs, provision of housing and other financial benefits, mentoring…

To maintain strong, predominantly Black faculties, historically Black colleges must work to increase the pool of potential Black professors and provide salaries and working conditions that attract top educators. Black colleges must also expand their programs beyond the traditional curriculums and help to develop talent in Black youth. (Author/MJL)