Three institutions (Rochester Institute of Technology, California State University at Los Angeles, and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale) reveal what it takes to find, hire, and retain faculty of color, raising the bar nationwide for recruiting a diverse faculty. (EV)

Discusses the situation at Virginia Tech in which the university made a double employment offer to a same-sex couple, then at the last minute, amid reports of an anti-gay e-mail message to board members, decided not to hire one of the partners. (EV)

Offers some general principles for college faculty search committee members to follow. Analyzes the search process and discusses advertising and initial screening, preparing applications, setting up Modern Language Association (MLA) interviews, interviewing on campus, and negotiating an offer. (SG)

Suggests that educational trends indicate that English departments should redefine faculty recruiting away from competing with other departments and toward competing with the other interests that seek public funding. (RS)

Offers excellent tips for candidates' interviewing preparation. Cautions that candidates need to be themselves in interviews. Stresses that candidates must remember that they too have rights, and primary among them is the right to selfhood. (RAE)

High-quality sports facilities are an essential tool in recruiting top collegiate athletes and coaches. They enhance the school's competitiveness and enable expansion of the school's sports programs. In choosing schools, top athletes and coaches assess the quality of the stadium, playing fields, track and courts. But they also will be looking at…

Focuses on four issues: (1) recruitment of faculty members, (2) employing organizations' responsibilities, (3) supervisor's role, and (4) challenges for professional associations. (JOW)

This CD-ROM presents 220 documents collected in Harvard University's Faculty Appointment Policy Archive (FAPA), the ZyFIND search and retrieval system, and instructions for their use. The FAPA system and ZyFIND allow browsing through documents, inserting bookmarks in documents, attaching notes to documents without modifying them, and selecting…

In the 60s many universities experienced difficulties in recruiting adequate numbers of suitable qualified staff. (Author)

Focuses on the hiring process from the interviewee's viewpoint. Provides additional information that will help search committees do their jobs well. Suggests six broad categories of concern in recruiting: advertising the job, providing adequate information, treating candidates honestly, conducting campus interviews, avoiding problems in searches,…

Identifies the types of positions available at domestic four-year institutions of higher education for faculty whose specialty is educational technology. Analyzes educational job postings listed in the "Chronicle of Higher Education" from August, 2000, through July, 2001. (Author/SOE)

Recruiting programs aimed at the spouses of potential faculty members are becoming more common at universities and colleges. Among the reasons most frequently cited for this phenomenon are: there are more dual-career couples; more women are attending graduate school, raising the likelihood of academic marriages; and competition for faculty. (MLW)

A search and screen process was conducted to fill the position of chairperson for the Division of Education, Indiana University at South Bend, during the school year 1975-76. A cost analysis of this procedure was done based on certain assumptions: (1) the long history and general acceptance of the process in higher education; (2) the collective…

This book guides the novitiate (and those who aspire to be professors) through the intricacies of survival and gives much tongue-in-cheek advice on how to be good at professoring. The author explains the mechanics of the hiring process, unique to academia, in which supply greatly exceeds demand, and nobody seems to pay much attention to the matter…

Some 175 Black professors have established the National Congress of Black Faculty to deal with issues such as the recruitment and retention of Black faculty and the problems Black faculty members encounter in trying to undertake or publish research. (MLW)