This CD-ROM presents 220 documents collected in Harvard University's Faculty Appointment Policy Archive (FAPA), the ZyFIND search and retrieval system, and instructions for their use. The FAPA system and ZyFIND allow browsing through documents, inserting bookmarks in documents, attaching notes to documents without modifying them, and selecting…

This article proposes a "recruitment specification," with guidelines that include not only a description of duties, skills, and physical demands, but also such personal qualifications as persuasiveness, creativity, and acceptance of routine needed in a job applicant. (Author)

Traditionally, the admissions office has provided the college with "quality education" by admitting quality students while, at the same time, providing adequate budget by finding and admitting affluent students. According to the author, this adds up to "selling," because it is based on the quotas and needs of the institution. "Marketing," on the…

More effective recruiting is needed to overcome the shortage of vocational agriculture teachers. It is the responsibility of all those concerned with vocational education in agriculture from the local to the national level, but primarily of teacher education institutions and State departments of education (Arthor/AG)

Having a total program designed to hire, utilize, and keep track of summer hires can be a meaningful way to find and keep good candidates after they graduate. (Author)

Use of various communications media is discussed. (SP)

As long as the admissions task was to choose a freshman class from a long list of applicants, the problems of unethical practices remained subdued. But the recent advent of competition for students has brought more of the practices of marketing and salesmanship and more demands for their control from the purists. (Author)

The author describes the group interview, the meeting of recruiter and students for what could be an honest, objective, and stimulating challenge. (Author)

The establishment and practices of a recruiting committee for minority students entering the College of Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University are discussed. Practical problems and solutions are described. (TS)

Comprehensive model recommended for training in apprenticeable trades. (Editor)

The preconference on Recruitment of Minorities featured a diversified program with an array of speakers, a panel discussion, concurrent sessions on problem solving, and summaries and critiques from two conference "floaters." (Author)