Discusses the importance of motivating teachers and some techniques to encourage teachers to become self-motivating. (JOW)

The author tells how to establish and use an advisory board in a postsecondary training institution. (CH)

Indicates that research is needed about proprietary schools in two areas: a database of information about career schools and students in specific areas so that institutional planners can make good decisions; and information on current and prospective students. (JOW)

Discusses the why and how of evaluating occupational textbooks. (JOW)

Describes PTC Career Institute, the educational division of Philadelphia Training Center Corporation, which provides educational and emotional support for educationally, economically, and socially disadvantaged students. (JOW)

Describes the student loan management program at the Divers Institute of Technology. Includes preparation of student loan portfolios, entrance interviews, midpoint interviews, and follow-up. Indicates that there must be more and better communication among lenders, secondary markets, services, guarantee agencies, students and schools to reduce the…

Teachers have the greatest opportunity of all school staff to influence student persistence by virtue of the amount of time they are with students. Includes 17 items every teacher must have in his or her retention plan. (JOW)

Examines some major trends affecting the private career school industry and suggests methods for dealing with the effects of those trends. (JOW)

The author states that, contrary to popular opinion, profit-making schools are not more likely to exploit their students or employees than public or private, nonprofit schools. He gives examples of exploitation by the public education sector. (CH)

Describes the method used by the Denver Institute of Technology to measure student satisfaction with the school. (CH)

The author provides several tips and suggestions for marketing a proprietary school, involving newspaper advertising, television advertising, direct mail, high school marketing, and timing of promotional mailings. (CT)

Reviews major developments in statewide planning for postsecondary education and considers actions proprietary institutions can take to maintain a role in such planning. (SK)

Introduces a risk index that provides a way to understand the human dimension of student loan defaults. It correlates with default and the type of school attended and relates to the amount borrowed and help received from others during repayment. Students with high risk scores borrow smaller amounts and are less likely to be helped by others. (JOW)

The issue profiles nine owners of proprietary technical schools who are representative of people who have dedicated their lives to helping individuals learn specialized skills to enter the U.S. job market. The individuals were selected at random. (JOW)

Describes the New England Institute of Technology in Warwick, Rhode Island, which provides all types of training for major southeastern New England companies and a number of government agencies. Includes information on identifying strengths, making contacts, assessing the training, using graduates, networking, marketing strategies, and developing…