This study presents evidence on the insight of accounting students and recruiters about the importance (to students) of six job attributes. Both students and recruiters underemphasized the importance of compensation; recruiters overestimated the importance of firm type; both groups overestimated the importance of opportunities for advancement and…

Discusses individual selection of a postsecondary educational institution, data relevant to proprietary school students, and the history of funded proprietary vocational education. Presents and summarizes data to substantiate the growth and extent of proprietary postsecondary schools. Cites evidence of increased competition between the private and…

The rising supply of doctors, less-than-optimal health of Americans, increased health care costs, and fewer students deciding to become physicians suggest the need for a new concept of medicine and medical education, including a broader view of health and more interdisciplinary study. (MSE)

Reports issued by the State Higher Education Executive Officers and the Education Commission of the States say that progress toward full participation of minorities in higher education has become stalled and must improve, both to benefit minorities and because that group is an increasing proportion of the college-age population. (MSE)

A 10-member task force reviewed the mission and goals of the University of Florida's graduate agricultural and natural resource academic programs, admissions procedures, number and types of graduate degrees granted, program capacity, student recruitment activities, teaching quality and methods, course offerings, support services, and international…

Inspired by victories in the South African divestment movement and fueled by the Iran-Contra affair, student activists are intensifying the perennial crusade to ban Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) recruiters from campuses, but other students dislike the interference and the CIA says that job-seekers are increasing. (MSE)

A number of forces steer talented undergraduates away from the choice of teaching as a profession. Both liberal arts colleges and professional educators have helped their brightest students to view precollege teaching as a career that is legitimate only for those who can't aspire to more prosperous fields. (KH)

College student protest of Central Intelligence Agency recruiting on campus has increased, but most university administrators feel that the federal agency meets guidelines for recruiters and the institutions cannot make political judgments about the organization. (MSE)

African Americans are underrepresented in adult literacy programs. African-American adult literacy students were interviewed on their reasons for program attendance and nonattendance. Timing was the most important factor determining attendance. Subjects believed the educational system made learning difficult for them, and increased literacy would…

A task force studied the undergraduate program at the College of Agriculture and the School of Forest Resources and Conservation at the University of Florida, ranging from recruitment techniques and strategies designed to attract students to the college to strategies to recognize and reward quality teaching at the undergraduate level. Data were…