"The network" has achieved a form of "institutionalized utopianism" in the recent past and is posited as a neo-liberal solution to social scientific researchers and education practitioners learning with and from one another. This paper first outlines why the metaphor of the network is so persuasive. It goes on to problematize some of the key…

This report presents issues and highlights from a California State University (CSU) workshop that had the following goals: (1) to present effective recruitment strategies and programs, including those for minorities, women, and the disabled, which have been employed on a CSU campus and which could be of benefit to others; and (2) to model faculty…

Urges employers to professionalize their recruiting efforts in order to achieve more effective hiring, training, and evaluation of their future managers. (JAC)

While student recruitment and the promotion of Catholic schools should always be community-wide efforts, neighborhoods traditionally producing large percentage of Catholic school students should be identified and targeted as natural school constituencies. Describes the marketing efforts of Saint Augustine and Saint Monica Schools in New York. (DMM)

An analytical decision-making framework is presented and described. Guidelines for strategy formulation and effective implementation of marketing concepts and techniques in educational planning are provided. (SK)

Few nursing administrators recognize what type of turnover is occurring, how much, and where. Availability of this information is essential to the control and reduction of turnover. (JOW)

Uses a microeconomic model to explain behavior of actors in school-to-work transition that proposes optimal strategies and explains causes of failure. Suggests that metafunctional criteria (personality, behavior, employment stability, productivity, adaptability, social involvement) are crucial factors in recruitment decisions. (Contains 56…

Argues that mentoring, as a workplace learning approach, can be used to address some of problems associated with the recruitment and attrition of academic staff in Australian higher education. Presents a strategy for how mentoring can be used within an academic environment and benefits that can be expected as a result of its successful…

Suggests that the increasing prevalence of the two-career couple on university campuses should be viewed as an exhilarating challenge rather than an unmanageable mess of contending views. (RS)

Good teachers like to be associated with good schools and school systems. The small rural school could become excellent in ways that would resolve its recruitment difficulties while improving education for students and teachers alike. (JOW)

The construction industry will be short of labor by the mid-1990s. A master plan must be devised by management, labor, educators, and government to train and recruit qualified workers. (JOW)

Discusses the business of higher education where, shielded by laws, traditions, and folkways, college costs have risen without regard to productivity. Looks at how some are offering tuition at bargain rates to attract students. (JOW)

Discusses the limited number of African Americans involved in any aspect of nursing programs--as undergraduate students, doctoral candidates, and faculty members. Also looks at the problems encountered by African Americans in academe. Offers strategies for recruiting and retaining African-American nursing faculty. (JOW)

Discusses how a growing number of states and school districts are using public service announcements (PSAs) to recruit students. Describes how a world-class decathlete appeared for free in a PSA for the Idaho Division of Vocational Education. (JOW)

Describes market segmentation and how the principles of segmentation can be applied to the adult education market. Indicates that applying segmentation techniques to adult education programs results in programs that are educationally and financially satisfying and serve an appropriate population. (JOW)