Purpose: The paper aims to examine the impact of the Greek economic recession on workplace learning. Specifically, it surveys the views of Greek business professionals regarding whether workplace learning could be used as a competitive advantage in achieving business success. Design/methodology/approach: The paper follows a qualitative research…

This interview took place in several meetings over a period of two weeks in late spring, 2008. Carl Ehmann had spent the past five months working with multiple California community college districts to resolve numerous, and multilevel, shortages in senior leadership positions. Robert A. Frost and Ehmann had come into contact through Frost's…

Even in these extraordinary times of state budget shortfalls, furlough programs, and layoffs, school districts must still fill positions and compete for top talent among Generation X (those born between 1965 and 1980) and Generation Y (those born in 1981 or later). Every day, school district leaders are challenged to cultivate, assess, and retain…

British Columbia is facing challenging economic times. Indeed, the province is managing the effects of an economic recession that has been truly global in nature. In times like these, it becomes even more important to draw on the core strengths of the province and clearly recognize that the opportunities for everyone's future lie in the innovative…

Many companies make mistakes when identifying which schools to include in their college relations programs. This article describes which criteria can be used for identifying target schools, and how to deal with the issue of the reduction in numbers of schools due to financial constraints. (ADT)

Increasing costs without benefits worthy of the expense are causing colleges to seek alternatives to school visitations. Several solutions to the problem are briefly offered, and a multiple visitation program is described. (CJ)

Specific suggestions regarding wise time utilization, accurate brochure information, adequate training of recruiters, prompt followup of interviews with intention of setting higher professional standards. (CJ)

Prepared as a position paper for the Student Health Organization of the Pritzker School of Medicine at the University of Chicago. (AF)

From the monthly Saturday Review supplement, "Education in America, sponsored by the Charles F. Kettering Foundation.

Two urban Australian nursing students' stories of their experiences in clinical placements in rural and Aboriginal communities indicate their interest in and enthusiasm for returning to rural nursing after graduation. Unfortunately, many urban students are disadvantaged financially by the added expense of their rural clinical rotation. Assisting…