There is an increasing interest in how to train and use national experts around the world. Major advanced countries are putting their national efforts into attracting global experts overseas and preventing domestic experts from flowing out of their countries. China has also endeavored much to attract global experts for its economic development and…

Ongoing globalization and immigration bring diversity and rich cultural elements to American organizations at all levels. An educational environment with faculty and leaders from people of colors will set a good example for all students, especially for students of color who are eager to explore ideas and arguments at a thoughtful level to rethink…

With all the rhetoric on education appearing in the form of reports, legislative proposals, opinion polls, and statements from the profession, the observation of Lortie (1975) that "teaching, from its inception in America, has occupied a special, but shadowed, social standing. Real regard shown for those who taught has never matched the professed…

The purpose of this paper was to examine the procedures a state may use to implement a teacher incentive program to recruit individuals into the profession. This paper describes the selection and monitoring process Missouri uses to implement its state incentive program. The intent of the Missouri Teacher Education Scholarship program is to attract…

A recent study measured the attitudes toward teaching as a career among selected United States military personnel. The study dealt with persons leaving two branches of the armed service, the Army and the Navy, based on the assumption that they represented the bulk of the persons on active duty who comprise a potential source of teacher candidates.…

In response to the need to draw academically able students into the teaching profession, the College of Education and Human Services at Wright State University (Ohio) has initiated several new programs and policies that form part of a comprehensive plan to recruit, select, and retain potentially talented teachers. The special programs include: (1)…

The SunCoast Area Teacher Training Program (SCATT) is an honors program for teacher education undergraduates in the College of Education, University of South Florida. Originally funded by the state, but now fully supported by the university, the SCATT Program has three goals: (1) to attract and retain bright, talented students in the teaching…

This pilot study addressed questions related to teacher recruitment of college graduates. The first part of the study reports the findings of a mail survey designed to gauge the plans of graduating seniors at Columbia College and Barnard College. Part two reports on the findings of a follow-up mail survey of those seniors who said they would…

Successful strategies for increasing ethnic minority representation in the teaching force must emphasize significant efforts at the two-year college level. These colleges are often the point of access to postsecondary education and professional career exploration for many ethnic minorities. For example, 54 percent of all Hispanic and 45 percent of…

This paper provides insights into the historical and contemporary status of black faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), to revisit the traditional and more current roles and responsibilities of HBCU faculty, and to introduce new knowledge about HBCU faculty negotiate culture and manage to cope professionally and…

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 (IDEA) reiterates the mandate that students with disabilities receive their education with nondisabled peers to the maximum extent possible. This paper examines issues in the implementation of IDEA in rural settings. A survey of members of the American Council on Rural Special Education…

Thirty-five experts from several fields of research participated in a discussion to explore whether future research is needed on issues related to teacher quality, what kinds of research are needed, and in particular, what issues could best be addressed by a National Research Council study of teacher quality in elementary/secondary science and…

Approximately 20% or 400 teachers leave the public school system on Guam every year. This attrition rate has been attributed to a host of interrelated local issues. Frequently, many of these teachers are recruited from off-island for 2-year contracts. The Guam Public School System (GPSS) spent an average of nearly $2 million per year on…

Testimony was presented by representatives of the St. Croix Valley Association of Teacher Educators (SVCATE) and the Minnesota Association of School Administrators (MASA). SCVATE recommendations are presented on the topics of teacher recruitment, preservice teacher education, inservice teacher education, and teacher retention. MASA testimony,…

Staff development problems faced by new engineering education institutions in developing countries are examined in detail in this report. Some of the root problems of staff development identified and discussed here are: the need for planning, varied practical work experience, pedagogy, study abroad, and expatriate staff. A number of possible ways…