This policy briefing aims to raise awareness and understanding among policy-makers and UK higher institutions of the international dimensions of academic staff recruitment and the factors that may influence it. This briefing summarises recent research and considers its implications for institutions and for national policies. Annex A contains:…

To discover the ways that superintendents describe their perceptions and beliefs regarding their roles as instructional leaders, researchers interviewed 81 California superintendents selected on the basis of continuing upward trends in student achievement in their districts over a 3-year period. The participants were divided into nine groups that…

The recruitment, selection, and continued development of faculty members is a shared function of nursing education administrators, present faculty, and departing faculty. Related to this is an understanding of prospective faculty goals in seeking an environment that meets their professional needs. Factors that influence these processes are…

Reported here are results of a survey done in 1974 by the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages on criteria for hiring language teachers in universities. Some more important qualifications are: a Ph.D., study in the foreign country of the language, ability to teach a second language, previous experience. (SC)

Recommendations concerning faculty recruitment, screening, selection, orientation, and development are presented as developed by the New Faculty Subcommittee of Miami-Dade Community College. The recommendations include the following: (1) the college should establish and fund the position of Recruitment Coordinator, adopt an organized recruitment…

Community college faculty play a vital role in the establishment and continuation of industry training programs. Faculty assist the company in determining the level, focus, and starting point of the course or program; develop instructional materials and techniques; present the subject; and interact with employee-students. During the delivery of…

Traces resistance to affirmative action in universities, noting that the federal agencies have backed off from their tough stance, and concluding that, "With the exception of an increase in lower-level employment and the very few successfully negotiated class action suits, the status of women in the university has changed little." (JT)

An exchange of letters focusing on affirmative action in higher education: the letters were written by Miro Todorovich, coordinator of the Committee on Academic Non-discrimination and Integrity, and Howard Glickstein, Director of the Center for Civil Rights of the University of Notre Dame, and formerly staff director of the U.S. Commission on…

ALTHOUGH THE PROBLEMS OF CHAIRMEN DIFFER DEPENDING ON THE SIZE AND NATURE OF THE INSTITUTION, TOO LITTLE ATTENTION IS PAID TO THESE DIFFERENCES IN THE RECRUITING OF A CHAIRMAN. IN ORDER TO FILL A VACANT CHAIRMANSHIP ADEQUATELY, A PROGRAM SHOULD BE SET UP TO INDUCT THOSE WITH THE RIGHT TALENTS AND INCLINATIONS INTO MINOR ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS,…

"A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH PROFESSION-WIDE ACCEPTANCE OF CERTAIN STANDARD RECRUITMENT PRACTICES" WAS PRESENTED AT THE DECEMBER 1966 MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH (ADE). ALTHOUGH ADE VOTED TO TABLE THIS RESOLUTION, DISCUSSION OF RECRUITING PRACTICES HAS CONTINUED. AT THE DECEMBER 1967 MEETING THE FUTURE PROJECTS…

The statement provides guiding principles designed to help Texas colleges and universities in evaluating the conditions of academic freedom, tenure, and responsibility that prevail on each campus. It suggests that faculty members should be free to pursue scholarly inquiry, and to voice and publish conclusions without institutional restriction or…

In this keynote address to the Association of Departments of English, the speaker likens himself to "the wraith of Hamlet" and, as an "old-time" chairman, offers his advice and general impressions on the role of the English department chairman. Emphasis is given to the importance of the attitude which the chairman has toward himself, the…

The data for this report were collected during a study of documents used by 164 public and 234 nonpublic institutions of higher education that grant the baccalaureate or higher degrees. A review of general characteristics of salary schedules and descriptions of their contents are provided. All but 2 of the institutions reported on structure their…

The impact of the current employment situation on hiring faculty for community college teaching is examined. It is concluded that prospects for improving the quality of learning in community colleges are not particularly enhanced by the apparently growing surplus of new PhDs in our field. On the contrary, it is suggested that hiring PhDs for…

Describes problems regarding faculty recruitment and promotion and tenure decisions faced by an English department with a major commitment to the teaching of composition. (GW)