Surveys newspaper editors finding that editors with journalism degrees are more favorably predisposed toward journalism programs--in positive attitudes, in stated preference for hiring journalism majors, as well as in actual hiring practices--than those without. (SR)

Notes that academic administrators who are frequently involved with employment references and hiring should view the increasing legal implications of employment references with apprehension. Offers guidelines for checking references and for giving out references. (RS)

Examines mistakes often made in administrative searches. Discusses qualifications, advertising, salary, and interviewing. Argues that hiring an administrator is not like hiring another faculty member and that it does not pay to save money on the search, to hire someone like the person who left, or to hire someone who is like other faculty members.…

Reports that women are now provosts at four Ivy League colleges and are holding an increasing number of the chief academic positions at major colleges and universities. Discusses implications for increasing the number of women who hope to become presidents of these institutions. (DB)

A Welsh study of 22 nurses serving as mentors and 11 student nurses/mentees showed that nurses with teaching and assessment qualifications rated themselves as more effective and supportive. Students rated mentors positively regardless of their qualifications; they rated mentors more positively than mentors rated themselves. (SK)

Declining enrollment in the physical sciences at university is causing concern among higher education institutions, governments and industry. In response, renewed attention is being paid to the tertiary science background of school teachers, given their key role in both preparing and enthusing students for tertiary science study. A recent study,…

It is argued that increasing pressure on graduate students and new doctorate recipients to publish is confusing entry-level faculty employment issues and stressing skills that may have little to do with the jobs available. Faculty are encouraged to protest the escalation of entry-level requirements and change unrealistic hiring practices. (MSE)

This handbook offers an introduction to a comprehensive array of disability-related careers. The first eight sections examine occupations that involve direct contact with people who have disabilities. The direct service careers are organized according to the particular type of service offered: advocacy, counseling, education, health and medicine,…

A counselor's ability to form an accurate and complex clinical hypothesis which models the client and guides the counseling process is an important aspect of counseling. This study was conducted using Masters level counseling students to explore clinical hypothesis formation and counseling effectiveness in a semi-natural counseling task. Each of…

This paper advocates that principal preparation programs should be designed on traditional bases. By reviewing existing literature, this article suggests that exemplary principal preparation programs should be founded on a combination of research data, theory, and practice or craft knowledge, and that the contributions of each should be made…

Since few debate tournaments can be administered successfully without employing some hired-judge pool, one of the fundamental ethical concerns facing the tournament director is the balance between filling all judge responsibilities and securing competent judges. The responsibility of securing competent judges can be met through a more extensive…

Eighty-six instructors of business communication at four-year institutions responded to a survey designed to determine (1) who teaches business communication, (2) what courses were offered, (3) which departments offered business communication courses, (4) class sizes, (5) number of assignments given, (6) number of instructors involved in…

The author contends that a teacher training program for teachers of gifted should present the historical and philosophical antecedents of education for the gifted and generate within the trainee an awareness of his/her philosophy. Listings of teacher qualifications are given, and various components of a teacher training model (including a plan for…

Helpful advice for selecting an architect. (MLF)

English educators must prepare superior teachers of English, teachers who know their subject matter, instructional methodology, and the needs of their students. (DD)