Discusses the decreasing interest in arts education and the decline in arts enrollments on some campuses. Presents a model of the factors which affect teacher preparation programs in the arts, examining the goals of recruitment, admissions, and retention of students. (GEA)

Employs concepts from the theory of discrimination in internal labor markets to analyze the declining enrollment of minority students in graduate schools. Describes problems and suggests solutions in recruitment procedures, objective admission standards, subjective screening criteria, and student retention. (KH)

Expresses the concerns about college admissions procedures that the National Association of Secondary School Principals' Committee on School-College Relations would like to see addressed in seven areas: college entrance requirements, college admissions tests, college recruitment, high-risk students, overrecruitment, letters of recommendation, and…

The author argues that to increase the ethnic representation of their student bodies, schools and colleges of allied health will have to increase recruitment efforts and incorporate diversity factors (e.g., consideration of ethnic background, sex, geographic areas, and ability to surmount academic difficulties) into admissions criteria. (Editor)

To be admitted to college is to be admitted to the House of Intellect--to borrow Jacques Barzun's phrase--and a card of entry must be clearly stamped: this student is articulate, is capable of dealing with abstraction, and is seriously interested in pursuing ideas in books. (Author)

If institutions of higher learning have admissions standards that admit the academically-disadvantaged student, then those same institutions should provide programs to assist the enrollee to be academically successful. (Author)

Study examined the relationship between football players' entrance examination scores and the corresponding college team's success. Although the more selective schools consistently recruit the more academically qualified players, no correlation exists between the scores and the team's success. Contains statistical table of entrance examination…

A comprehensive three-stage model of educational recruitment and student admission is proposed, consisting of preprogram vision, search, and choice; and program and postprogram activities. Raising the standards for recruitment and admission of students to programs in educational administration requires locating those activities within a more…

This paper describes the process of recruiting high quality liberal arts graduates into teacher preparation programs at Memphis State University, Tennessee. The two graduate programs, the Master of Arts in Teaching and the Lyndhurst, both require full-time attendance, have lock-step delivery systems and extended internships, and are intensive. In…

Colleges and universities are increasingly committed to achieving enrollment stability through raising student retention rates. The student retention model is designed to guide institutions toward enhancing both involvement and institutional fit for as many students as feasible, thereby increasing student retention. (MLW)

Factors related to the decline in applications for medical school include costs of medical education, student's desire to begin earning money quickly, publicity about the high cost of malpractice insurance and the increasingly bureaucratic nature of the medical professions, and the perception that there is a continuing overabundance of doctors.…

Recruiting and selecting first-year residents is a laborious and costly process for both the applicant and the institution. A methodology which may improve the quality of selection and decrease the number of faculty hours invested is presented. (Author/MLW)

This article identifies: (1) programs designed to remove barriers keeping minority groups from entering health occupational training programs; (2) fourteen institutions designing or offering this kind of curriculum; and (3) Federal programs which have offered sources of funding to institutions wishing to engage in activities to increase minority…

Describes fundamental guideposts for an effective private school admissions program. Included are a clear statement of purpose, informative literature, clearly stated admission requirements, standardized testing, a cooperative faculty, image positioning and a recruiting plan. (RC)

Student admission criteria and a college's advising and recruitment efforts are viewed from the perspective of a growing higher education establishment trying to attract students. A student selection model is proposed, derived from an "innovation-decision process" (Rogers and Shoemaker), which focuses on applicant behavior and decision-making…