Describes a writing assignment (intended to counter some students'"writing is irrelevant" attitude) in which students write resumes and letters of application that are reviewed by personnel officers of "real world" corporations. (SR)

Reports on a nationwide survey to gain information about the current status of the student personnel profession. Questions were designed to provide a profile of the institutions surveyed, a profile of the chief student personnel officers, and a profile of student affairs staff. Discusses several areas of concern about the results of the data. (PC)

The personnel director may find that his role in labor relations is broadened to include faculty as well as staff. (HS)

Recent emphasis on employee training in higher education is due to the financial crises faced by most colleges and the pressures exerted upon them by unions. (HS)

The personnel profession is in a state of change in higher education. Personnel directors must be ready to assume the contemporary role of human resource manager and question separate academic and staff personnel offices and functions. (MLW)

A college president's view of managing the realities of community colleges is offered. He emphasizes the complexities of personnel management as it is integrated with the governance process. (LBH)

A survey of 62 academic library appointees new to the profession (1995-96) investigated the perceived importance of 46 resume items. Resume items were ranked according to importance and compared with rankings in Thomas M. Gaughan's (1980) survey of personnel officers in research libraries. Considerable overlap between surveys suggested more…

The executive director of the College and University Personnel Association reviews activities of the 1973-74 year, points up the need for developing a constructive role on the legislative scene, and challenges personnel administrators to realize their role, as colleges and universities begin to think of themselves as service institutions built…

According to the director of Higher Education Management Services for the New York State Education Department, the offices of admissions and student financial aid have long been excluded from the institutional planning process. In an era of projected enrollment declines and increased competition, these offices need to assume a critical new role.…

The purpose of this study was to obtain information from deans of American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business accredited colleges of business and from human resource managers from the 200 largest companies in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. A questionnaire containing 49 selected business communication competencies was developed and mailed to…

The expanding role for personnel administration is following two patterns: the evolution of the traditional staff personnel function and the administrative implementation of a new system of personnel administration. (Editor)

Academic personnel administration, characterized by a decentralized decisionmaking structure based on professional standards and judgments of academic peers, would be seriously deminished if a bureaucratic pattern of centralized and coordinated personnel administration was to occur in universities. (Editor)

A study to determine any change in direction of the personnel function in higher education during the 1980s is described. Personnel professionals, it is suggested, will spend less time on employment and employee benefits and more time on human resource planning, training, development, labor relations, and compliance with government regulations.…

In a speech to CUPA's 1976 convention, a college president examines the personnel function of an institution. He calls for a human resources planning system that includes (1) a manpower forecast, (2) a succession plan, (3) a development plan, and (4) a staffing plan. (LBH)