An examination of letters of recommendations written by English literature and chemistry professors for colleagues seeking academic positions in other universities revealed that particularism, nonprofessional and, perhaps, irrational factors were as much a part of the evaluation of their colleagues as were criteria usually thought to be germane to…

Teacher characteristics were compared to student achievement and combined with data on recruitment costs for new teachers. Recruiting and retaining teachers with high verbal scores as found to be 5 to 10 times as effective per dollar spent as obtaining teachers with more experience. (BC)

Personal integrity, honesty and a professional attitude are needed by both recruiters and placement personnel if a better way of reaching, hiring, and motivating our young people is to result. No less important, states the author, is the commitment the students must make to find their own directions. (Author)

How a pre-technical program, established to maintain the high engineering technology program standards, succeeds while maintaining an open door" policy. Technical Education is a bimonthly supplement to Industrial Arts and Vocational Education. (GB)

Chief executive officers and recruitment personnel participate in a study to pinpoint what can be done to upgrade the educational preparation of students readying for finance careers. (Author)

Reviews educational and social change, and suggests need for reexamination of old social premises and new educational promises. First of three articles on the '70s, all in this issue. (CJ)

Survey of graduate departments of psychology indicated: (1) minority employment prospects are improving; (2) research and teaching skills are prerequisites for employment; (3) insufficient research activity and excessive minority service bar tenure; and (4) minorities may choose one offer over another because of higher salary, preferred location,…

Warns that the future of social work appears precarious due to the termination of the welfare state. However, studies of student motivation indicate service, social change, and concern for the individual and environment remain primary motivators. Social workers are struggling between the demands of altruism and self-interest. (JAC)