Six of Abraham Flexner's proposals for improving medical education in the early twentieth century are applied to modern teacher education. These include closing some schools, improving admission requirements, recruiting faculty, identifying instructional methods best suited to specific skills, insuring adequate funding, and insuring that teacher…

Describes the detrimental effect the passage of a tax cutting bill has on institutions of higher education especially on supplies and on recruiting top new faculty members. (GA)

Proposes that a resident engineer program would be an effective way to prevent a future decline in the quality of engineering graduates. (SL)

Discusses the problems of being a department head and how best to deal with them. (SRT)

Techniques for developing a faculty recruitment and selection procedure, including establishing congruent goals, preparing the committee for screening and interviewing, and conducting the search, and for building collegiality within the committee are outlined. (MSE)

This paper examines what strategies are employed by the higher education institutions in the face of shortages of faculty members in business schools and engineering and considers whether these strategies can provide some options for elementary-secondary schools facing shortages in mathematics and science teachers. (Author/LMO)

There are significant pressures that may lead to the hiring of inbred faculty. Inbreeding is defined as: hiring an individual who has a degree and who will be teaching at the institution from which the degree was granted. The relationship of sex and institutional origin to productivity was studied. (MLW)

A survey developed by a task force composed of the Nebraska Council of School Administrators and the Nebraska Association of School Boards was completed by 226 school superintendents, mostly from rural districts. The respondents reported that 801 administrators were employed in their districts and supplied estimates of retiring administrators. An…

Follows up an earlier article the purpose of which was to describe a tentative affirmative model in higher education under which significant achievements had been made; this sequal describes and analyzes the results of the Affirmative Action Program through the University's first year of operation. (Author/JM)

A dean's prime responsibility is described as the recruitment and development of a faculty. Methods of development are promoting research, involvement in professional societies, and sabbatical leaves. The recruitment procedure involves maintaining a balance of new and experienced members as well as strong areas of concentration. (Author/TS)

Issues that divide the academy and predict continuing polarization. (Editor/IR)

Outlines serious problems at University of California at Santa Cruz, San Diego and Irvine. (IR)

In support of its academic programs in the sciences, the University of Texas has recruited noted scientists to its campuses (with substantial salaries and benefits). This support for the sciences includes funds for new equipment and programs. (Author/JN)

Encourages new PhDs in analytical chemistry to carefully consider college teaching as a career choice by pointing out some assets and liabilities of the profession. Discusses academic freedom, salary ranges, job security, and potential rewards of teaching college students. (SK)