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Walters, Philip R. – Currents, 1990
Suggestions to institutions of higher education on how to go about selecting a planned giving consultant include ask colleagues from other institutions whom they've used in the past; examine written proposals from a wide range of firms; look for chemistry and credibility; check references; and button down the terms of the consultancy. (MLW)
Descriptors: Consultants, Fund Raising, Higher Education, Personnel Selection
Leske, Lucy Apthorp; Archer-Martin, Nancy – Currents, 1999
To succeed in recruiting development officers, colleges and universities must use more aggressive methods to reach alumni, people with ties to the campus, and local business people; expand their selection criteria, perhaps including candidates with little or no experience; streamline the hiring process; and train new professionals. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Fund Raising, Higher Education, Management Development
Benninghoff, Diane; Heinlen, Dan; Brant, Keith H. – Currents, 2000
Three chief alumni relations officers discuss their views on the importance of hiring graduates of the college or university as alumni relations staffers. Opinions ranged from the belief that it is helpful when alumni and staff share an alma mater, to alumni status is not particularly important, to an attempt to mix both in the alumni relations…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Selection, Alumni, College Administration
Battillo, Kathryn; Villanti, Suzanne A. – Currents, 1986
The same care must go into recruiting volunteers as paid personnel. Once the right volunteers have been recruited, there needs to be a systematic approach to retaining and rewarding them. A guide to obtaining, training, and maintaining, the best alumni volunteers is presented. (MLW)
Descriptors: Alumni, Guides, Higher Education, Interviews
Calvert, Steven L. – Currents, 1994
This article proposes that the success of an alumni travel program depends on finding the right faculty leaders. Advice for selecting appropriate faculty includes learning as much as possible about the individual's interests and strengths, matching trips with enthusiastic professors, and considering potential benefits and disadvantages of faculty…
Descriptors: Alumni, Alumni Associations, College Faculty, Continuing Education
Ciervo, Arthur V.; Janifer, Raymond E. – Currents, 1984
Racism remains a serious problem for Blacks working in institutional advancement at predominantly White colleges and universities. Blacks responding to a winter 1984 survey, however, expressed optimism about the future. (MLW)
Descriptors: Blacks, Employee Attitudes, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Futures (of Society)
Finn, Frank – Currents, 1997
In addition to resume and recommendation checks, writing samples, and interviews, editors hired for college/university public relations and publications should be tested for skills in proofreading, copy editing, writing, reporting, story assigning, and story-idea generation. Applicants may be reluctant to take tests; objections can be defused in…
Descriptors: College Administration, Editing, Editors, Employment Qualifications
