This article focuses on the growing minority teacher shortage and the problems this shortage will produce. The status of minorities in higher education and the teaching profession are examined, and Bowling Green State University's new minority recruitment program is described. (MT)

Provides a philosophical/theoretical contextualization of how two movements (the Zapatista social mobilization uprising and the constitutional reforms and state decrees on education, culture, and customs) impacted the formation of Indigenous Teachers in Mexico, examining the considerations needed and pitfalls encountered by social activists,…

Discusses the realities of "Native America," addressing shortcomings of teacher education programs related to indigenous peoples. The paper examines the development of a course, "Issues in Indian Education," which explores history and social justice issues involved in educating Native peoples, and describes a course, "Personal Inventory of Native…

Discusses recruitment and retention of minority faculty and staff, especially Blacks, in higher education. Recommendations for successful employment and retention of minority faculty include a higher education partnership consortium, visiting professorships and faculty exchange programs, provision of housing and other financial benefits, mentoring…

Discusses the shortage of minority educators in the United States, focusing on community colleges as a missing rung of the teacher education ladder. The article examines lessons learned from an innovative community college/four-year college initiative to expand the minority teacher education pool. (SM)

Proposes a Maori framework with which to view Maori secondary school teachers' experiences in relation to teacher education, asserting that an akonga Maori framework based on a kaupapa Maori theory provides an indigenous perspective on Maori teachers' roles which, in turn, may allow education providers to better engage with Maori student teachers…

Describes a university/public school collaborative model to increase the number of minority teachers and instructional quality for urban students. Paraprofessionals were recruited and trained to return as teachers. The program emphasized competencies and attitudes for teaching urban students. Preliminary results suggest the program offers one way…

Investigated the nature, development, and effectiveness of teacher training programs for American Indians, contending that historical marginalization within and limited access to educational contexts have silenced Native communities' voices in school planning. Effective American Indian preservice programs provide access to university resources;…

This article describes the Hunter College/District Four Collaborative Program, an induction program for first-year elementary minority teachers. Through mentoring, counseling, tutoring, and graduate courses, these teachers acquire survival skills, attitudes, and behaviors to help them succeed in an urban multicultural setting. (IAH)

The Teacher Track Project focuses on recruitment of instructional aides and high school students from minority groups into teacher education programs and retention of these individuals as they work toward a degree. (IAH)

This paper provides strategies used by several teacher education programs to enable beginning and continuing teachers to celebrate diversity in curriculum, faculty, and student body. Explains that successful programs identify and overcome such barriers to diversity as geographic location, limited pool of faculty applicants, unspoken prejudices,…