Outlines the academic interview process from the institutional and faculty interviewers' perspective. Includes a checklist of issues to be considered by the interviewee. (JOW)

The present nursing faculty shortage is real and a continued shortage can be expected. Possible solutions include adding more education courses in graduate programs, obtaining increased funding for graduate education, recruiting from new areas, mentoring, giving more flexible teaching assignments, and changing the way clinical instruction is…

In Mexico there is no policy of lifelong learning; however, the idea of focusing on students and learning--especially on appropriate knowledge-acquisition skills at various points in one's life--is spreading through post-secondary education. Since about ten years ago, institutions of higher learning, mostly universities, have initiated…

Examines the relationships between organizational characteristics and earnings differences between male and female faculty. Results show that the greater an organization's power and autonomy, the more likely it will exercise discriminatory preferences by hiring more males and paying them higher salaries than females. (Author/JDH)

Suggests that a well-balanced journalism faculty must be prepared in a variety of areas and of proven distinction in both scholarship and media performance. (TO)

Argues that mentoring, as a workplace learning approach, can be used to address some of problems associated with the recruitment and attrition of academic staff in Australian higher education. Presents a strategy for how mentoring can be used within an academic environment and benefits that can be expected as a result of its successful…

Profiles an economist, a literary scholar, a bioinformatics researcher, and an expert on Islam who found good jobs in a tight academic market. (EV)

Suggests that the increasing prevalence of the two-career couple on university campuses should be viewed as an exhilarating challenge rather than an unmanageable mess of contending views. (RS)

Discusses the limited number of African Americans involved in any aspect of nursing programs--as undergraduate students, doctoral candidates, and faculty members. Also looks at the problems encountered by African Americans in academe. Offers strategies for recruiting and retaining African-American nursing faculty. (JOW)

Presents estimates on a rational scale of current sex differentials in academic employment and of the extent to which equity has been approached since antibias regulations have been in effect, 1968-69. Three criterion variables were used: academic rank, tenure status and base institutional salary. (Author/EB)

This issue of CURRENTS focuses on the selection and evaluation/retention of college faculty as 2 means of improving college teaching. The review of selected literature on hiring and evaluation practices includes summaries of successful and proposed criteria for measuring faculty performance and barriers to their use. Twenty-two sources document…

Uses the sports analogy to criticize recruiting policies for assistant professors, claiming current policies violate the profession's promise of open access to openings and devalue all candidates who are not Rookies of the Year. (NH)

Shows how using videotapes proved to be a decisive factor in selecting prospective faculty among a handful of highly qualified candidates. Discusses the equipment and methods used, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of the procedure. (EL)

This monograph suggests ways in which an institution can diversify its faculty and facilitate the work of the search committee before a candidate ever reaches the interview stage. It outlines a step-by-step process to improve the likelihood of a successful search, and it recommends items to consider after a hire is confirmed to ensure that the new…

For the most part colleges and universities are not opposed to nepotism in faculties except husband and wife in same department. (Editor)