Anatomy departments across Africa were surveyed regarding the type of curriculum and method of delivery of their medical courses. While the response rate was low, African anatomy departments appear to be in line with the rest of the world in that many have introduced problem based learning, have hours that are within the range of western medical…

Employment routes into teaching, such as the Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP), are making an increasingly significant contribution to teacher training, but does such training provide opportunities for education in professional values? In the light of Ofsted reports which suggest that GTP trainees often bring particularly well-developed…

This pamphlet provides information for those who may be interested in working in the junior college field and those in the colleges who are looking for staff for their campuses. Opportunities are plentiful in either the large public colleges, with their diverse student bodies and curricula, or in the smaller independent institutions. Those…

The present nursing faculty shortage is real and a continued shortage can be expected. Possible solutions include adding more education courses in graduate programs, obtaining increased funding for graduate education, recruiting from new areas, mentoring, giving more flexible teaching assignments, and changing the way clinical instruction is…

Describes how a combination of professional interests, sought-after expertise, and good fortune produced appealing first jobs for four new Ph.D.s in political science, philosophy, literature, and physiology. (EV)

Several recent studies have shown that a large-scale turnover is likely to occur among community college instructors over the next several years, as veteran faculty retire in large numbers. As colleges begin to experience this mass retirement, researchers and administrators must consider the side effects of a faculty turnover, especially in…

Staffing the nation's community colleges with qualified faculty is an emerging problem. The problem results from massive retirements among members of the post-WW II "baby boom" generation and intense competition from other sectors of the economy for scarce human talent. This study was a faculty-recruitment simulation designed to investigate the…

In Mexico there is no policy of lifelong learning; however, the idea of focusing on students and learning--especially on appropriate knowledge-acquisition skills at various points in one's life--is spreading through post-secondary education. Since about ten years ago, institutions of higher learning, mostly universities, have initiated…

DECISIONS TO TRAIN TECHNICIANS IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES MAY HAVE TO DEPEND MORE ON FEASIBILITY THAN DESIRABILITY. ALTHOUGH LOCAL INDUSTRIAL NEEDS CAN USUALLY BE DETERMINED WITH EASE, THE COLLEGE MAY NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO INTRODUCE AND MAINTAIN PROGRAMS OF SUFFICIENTLY HIGH QUALITY TO MEET THEM. EVEN WITH INCREASING FEDERAL AID, THE NEW OR SMALL…

Teacher preparation is a critical problem for the 2-year college in terms of recruitment and training and the varying qualifications among states, communities, schools within a community, and even within a single college. AAJC, with Carnegie funds, has undertaken a Faculty Development Project. More than 30 experts attended a conference, at which…

This study concerns two questions regarding staff recruitment and balancing in junior colleges: (1) should college administrators attempt to balance staff in terms of marital status, religion, age, politics, etc.; and (2) do they achieve the balance they are seeking. Administrators involved in faculty recruitment in the Kern Joint Junior College…

Examines the relationships between organizational characteristics and earnings differences between male and female faculty. Results show that the greater an organization's power and autonomy, the more likely it will exercise discriminatory preferences by hiring more males and paying them higher salaries than females. (Author/JDH)

Hiring new colleagues is a matter that engages individual faculty members intensely, for peer control of admission to the professoriate has been a highly successful source of academic quality in American higher education. "Super Stars and Rookies of the Year" analyzes the fixation on research acclaim as a negative version of academic hiring…