This book guides the novitiate (and those who aspire to be professors) through the intricacies of survival and gives much tongue-in-cheek advice on how to be good at professoring. The author explains the mechanics of the hiring process, unique to academia, in which supply greatly exceeds demand, and nobody seems to pay much attention to the matter…

The question of entrance requirements for teacher education program is discussed; in particular, the relationship of student quality to program quality is examined. Selection procedures, recruitment, curricula, faculty, students, resources and facilities, and program review and evaluation procedures are analyzed in detail. Also mentioned is the…

This summary report of staffing patterns in 6 medical schools established between 1952 and 1960 is the first phase of a proposed study of biomedical staffing requirements in institutions of higher education, 1965-1975. The 6 schools are: the University of Miami, Albert Einstein College of medicine at Yeshiva University, the University of Florida,…

Some 175 Black professors have established the National Congress of Black Faculty to deal with issues such as the recruitment and retention of Black faculty and the problems Black faculty members encounter in trying to undertake or publish research. (MLW)

This study examined faculty recruitment advertisements placed by educational administration departments during one faculty recruitment cycle. The study reviewed 108 faculty recruitment advertisements placed by educational administration departments in "The Chronicle of Higher Education," using 22 criteria identified by the literature as effective…

Outlines the need for society to develop the will to make relevant educational changes. Offers four major areas for change at university level: (1) changes at universities where no sizeable black community exists; (2) qualifications and selection of black faculty; (3) Black Studies programs; and, (4) the admission of black students. (DM)

Presents step-by-step guidelines to the administrator for hiring a college music teacher, from the determination of a vacancy, through advertising and screening, to the employment interview and salary negotiation. (SJL)

Despite Federal efforts to increase minority participation in university level research and development (R & D), there is a disproportionate underrepresentation of minority men as trainees. Reasons seem to lie in R & D recruitment strategies and practices. (Author/GC)

Discusses the department head as an advocate for the department, a recruiter, and a human being; describes the relationship between department heads and faculty. (DD)

Views extra departmental and intradepartmental development and comments on the faculty from two different viewpoints. (HOD)

Using data from the National Survey of Hispanic/Latino Theological Education, recommends that accrediting agencies convene alliances of seminaries and theological schools that are publicly committed to increasing the number of their Hispanic students, faculty, and administrators. Suggests that seminaries can expand their pool of students by…

Describes how, despite the economic downturn, some colleges have found ways to hire droves of faculty members. (EV)

Describes how, after hiring decisions that led to highly public embarrassments at several colleges, a wave of resume checking has put some coaches on the hot seat and a few others out of work. (EV)

Discusses the realities in the present and future recruiting of minority faculty members. Argues that the securing of an appropriate representation of minority faculty, although a current resolve of most institutions, will be an extended process that faces numerous obstacles and will not easily be achieved. (KEH)

Among the problems faced by unorthodox colleges are prevention of stagnation and attracting faculty members who share the institution's vision of undergraduate education. Representatives of 16 colleges at a "Meeting of Innovative Colleges" suggest that innovative programs have often taken on institutional lives of their own, making…