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STEINHOFF, CARL R. – 1966
EIGHTY-SEVEN SUMMER MUSIC AND ART PROGRAMS FOR PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOL DISADVANTAGED FIRST TO SIXTH GRADERS WERE EVALUATED. THE PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED BECAUSE OF THEIR INTEREST AND THEIR ABILITY TO READ AT GRADE LEVEL. THE AIMS OF THE PROGRAMS WERE TO PROVIDE AN EXPERIENCE IN THE ARTS, IDENTIFY AND ENCOURAGE THE TALENTED, AND BROADEN THE…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Art Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Enrichment Activities
Goldenberg, I. Ira – 1975
The purpose of the study was to investigate three separate aspects of the process by which ex-addicts-in-treatment are prepared for, enter into, and function in the world of work. These aspects were the actual labor market conditions in two different urban settings--New York City and the greater Boston area; the specific institutional supports…
Descriptors: Drug Addiction, Employer Attitudes, Employment Opportunities, Employment Services
Priest, Simon – Camping Magazine, 1987
Discusses effective outdoor leadership as the key to successful adventure programs in camping. Emphasizes unique qualities of adventure tripping and required leadership skills and styles: activity/safety skills, organizational skills, instructional skills, group counseling skills, and experience-based judgment. Provides suggestions for selecting…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Counselor Training, Empathy
Dawson, Thomas C.; Billingsley, K. Lloyd – 2000
This study examines the quality of California's K-12 education, discussing how the system protects mediocrity and how to improve educational quality in the state. It explains that what most ails the teaching force is that excellent teachers are not rewarded for superior work, and failing teachers are rarely held accountable for poor performance.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Hum, Derek – 1998
This monograph examines tenure and pay structures in Canadian universities, focusing on hiring, tenure, promotion, salaries, and termination; and examining the employment relationship from both economic and managerial perspectives. After briefly reviewing the concept of tenure, the discussion moves to career hierarchies and pay structures,…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, College Faculty, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Cleary, Robert E. – AGB Reports, 1979
A survey showing how presidents and board chairpersons agree and differ in their interpretations of what is policy (board's responsibility) and what is administration (President's responsibility) is discussed. Significantly different responses regarded: (1) appointment of dean over faculty objections, (2) budget process, and (3) dispensing of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Board Administrator Relationship
Mackenzie, Calvin G. – Political Science Teacher, 1989
Discusses the problems new political administrations encounter trying to staff the executive branch of the U.S. government. Identifies three major problems: (1) not enough time and too many appointments; (2) recruiting talented appointees; and (3) delays in start up. Suggests options for dealing with problems. Expounds on the George Bush…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government (Administrative Body), Government Employees, Higher Education

Bechtel, Joan M. – College & Undergraduate Libraries, 1994
Discusses restructuring a college library staff to provide adequate library services by employing librarian generalists who specialize in several areas of librarianship. Highlights include the professional benefits; planning for change; staff development and hiring; and specific guidelines for restructuring jobs to meet the information needs of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Guidelines, Higher Education

Russell, Thyra K. – Journal of Library Administration, 1995
Discusses the information on academic library practices provided in student employment manuals. Highlights include the mission statement, expectations of employment, enrollment and eligibility requirements, employment eligibility verification, application form, the hiring process, program policies, release of employment verification information;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Employment Practices, Guides, Higher Education

Opp, Ronald D.; Smith, Albert B. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 1994
Describes a nationwide study of the percentage of minority faculty employed full-time at community colleges and strategies used to recruit them. Suggests that successful strategies include placing minorities on the board of trustees, recruiting from industry, and hiring minority faculty as chief academic administrators and ethnic studies…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Community Colleges, Faculty Recruitment, Minority Group Influences
Vozzola, Elizabeth C.; Higgins, Ann – Moral Education Forum, 1994
Maintains that affirmative action hiring policies play a key and unstudied role in adult lives. Reports on a study of 115 full-time faculty at a state university and a community college. Finds that faculty members' moral reasoning complexity played a significant role in solving an affirmative action issue. (CFR)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Blacks, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)

Stier, William F.; Quarterman, Jerome – Physical Educator, 1992
Survey of physical education chairpersons at historically black colleges examined the characteristics of physical education faculty, policies, practices, and procedures. Results indicated faculty members were highly educated and experienced. A significant number maintained dual teaching and coaching roles. There were inconsistencies in policies…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Athletic Coaches, Black Colleges, College Athletics

Lavigna, Robert J. – Public Personnel Management, 1992
Background characteristics (grade point average, degree level, college quality, major, work experience, and recruitment source) were correlated with performance appraisal scores of 564 entry-level public employees. Although most agency managers surveyed believed performance was linked to those characteristics, grade point average was the only…
Descriptors: Educational Background, Educational Quality, Employment Experience, Entry Workers
Barron, Daniel D. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1998
Lists 55 skills and personal attributes that were identified by a panel at the 1998 Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) Conference as essential for new library/information science employees. It is indicated that a solid professional knowledge base is assumed in potential employees by virtue of a degree from an…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Qualifications, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education

Blackburn-Smith, Jefferson; Lembo, Laura – College and University, 1998
A discussion of student-employee management in the college admissions office looks at the philosophy underlying student use in this function, employee recruitment and hiring practices, training and compensation, monitoring of student-employee performance, and the personal and professional rewards of working with student employees in this context.…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Admission, Employment Practices, Higher Education