Guidelines to help colleges and universities encourage equality and diversity within a framework of quality are presented. Recommendations are offered concerning: institutional leadership in promoting equal opportunity; effective recruitment, advancement, and support of personnel, especially of women, minorities, and disabled persons; the…

Documented shortages of secondary mathematics and science teachers have occurred for over a decade. Yet a program developed to enable individuals with academic preparation in mathematics and/or science to become teachers encountered difficulty in placing the students in paid teaching internships. Although benefits to school districts for…

Data are presented on faculty and administrator salaries in the California community colleges, with comparative figures for the University of California (UC) and the California State University (CSU). Section 1 presents UC and CSU comparison group average salaries for 1982-83 and 1987-88, including information on compound rates of interest,…

The life cycle of a faculty member from pre-employment through retirement is examined in these proceedings. Paper titles and authors are as follows: "The Role of Faculty in Obtaining Quality in Higher Education: Facing the New Realities" (Frank Newman); "The American Professoriate: Rewards and Satisfactions" (Eugene Rice);…

Institutional progress in implementation of Maryland's desegregation plan for public postsecondary education institutions is reported. Midyear status reports are presented by each institution. Information is also given on desegregation activities of the State Board for Higher Education for August 1979 through July 1980 and on funds appropriated in…

This report outlines problems in California's public school teaching force, from training to recruitment to retention. It describes who currently teaches, notes the lack of minority teachers in an increasingly diverse student population, and examines pathways to teaching and barriers to certification. It details the teaching crisis in the state's…

These two newsletter issues address topics in special education teacher preparation. The feature article of the first issue, "Data Sources for Analyzing the Teacher Preparation Pipeline" (Albert A. Paschall), discusses three informational tools used in monitoring and analyzing the special education personnel preparation pipeline. The data from the…

This paper discusses who will teach American children in the current political environment. Americans consider education a top political priority. The conversation must be moved from campaign rhetoric to real dialogue about education's critical role and the readiness of all schools to help shape the nation. Major trends transforming society…

This book is designed to help department chairs with three stages of junior faculty socialization: recruitment and hiring; the critical first year; and evaluating the performance of new faculty. The book is organized in three parts with 15 chapters. Chapters in Part 1, "Managing the Recruitment and Selection of New Faculty," include: (1)…

This collection of papers describes pre-collegiate and collegiate programs that are models for successful minority teacher recruitment and preparation. The papers include: "Correcting the Minority Teacher Shortage: Framing the Issue, Meeting the Challenge" (Elaine P. Witty); "Response of the Southern Education Foundation to the…

These guidelines are derived from the five basic National Commission on Teaching and America's Future recommendations presented in "What Matters Most: Teaching and America's Future," a research-based proclamation that improving the quality of classroom instruction is the most important, direct, and cost-effective route to improving…

In an effort to revitalize Bennington College (Vermont), its president recently fired 26 of 79 faculty members, reduced and reorganized academic departments and divisions, replaced tenure with multi-year contracts, and recruited new faculty. Some claim violation of academic freedom. Enrollment has increased, particularly among first-time students,…

To examine the hypothesis that alternative routes to teacher certification are more likely than traditional routes to recruit successful urban school teachers, beliefs and practices of 45 secondary English and mathematics novice teachers from both routes were studied. Findings confirm the importance of teacher sensitivity to urban multicultural…

This document presents data and findings from a study and review that analyzed how to effectively recruit and support a diverse population of teachers for California schools as they enter the 21st Century. Section 1 presents a review of California itself, its multicultural population and education needs, teacher candidate pipelines, and opinions…

The information age has introduced new methods of delivering educational materials to students. One method is two-way interactive television (ITV). As more schools utilize ITV, for distance education and other educational purposes, certain administrative, legal, and ethical issues need to be addressed. This paper focuses on human and ethical…