Reports on the exchange of chemistry professors between the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Oakwood College in Alabama. Explores the Madison Plan which has a long term goal of working toward educational excellence by taking advantage of the strengths inherent in ethnic diversity. (MVL)

This guide deals with issues of recruitment and retention of both regular and special educators, and emphasizes the need for school administrators to upgrade or establish formalized recruitment programs. Factors impacting on teacher recruitment and retention include education reform, societal changes, demographic factors, personnel shortages, and…