Issues discussed include origins, trends, and long-term effects of faculty aging. Measures of new faculty are discussed, as are policy constraints. Institutional policies with inherently self-regulating incentives are recommended as a partial solution. (MSE)

The personnel profession is in a state of change in higher education. Personnel directors must be ready to assume the contemporary role of human resource manager and question separate academic and staff personnel offices and functions. (MLW)

Lists the essential criteria for justifiable dismissals of employees, the sources of evidence to support dismissals and the minimum standards for such evidence, the points by which to judge employees, and the questions certain to be asked by an arbitrator or judge. (JW)

Presents a form designed to help administrators easily identify positive and negative characteristics of candidates for teaching positions. These characteristics, in the areas of educational philosophy, instructional skills, professional interests, and suitability to the school's working climate, can then be matched with the school's needs. (PGD)

A survey of the leading executive search firms indicates an increased willingness to consider older personnel for top positions--particularly at the executive level. Factors affecting this more positive outlook include changed attitudes toward older people in general and the importance of experience as an issue in selection. (Author/SK)

Two groups are in conflict regarding the temporary employment of aliens in agriculture. One group is in favor of government planning, and of direct government intervention in the market place. The other group is very reluctant for the government to intervene in the market place, and would prefer free enterprise to operate. (NQ)

Recent cases in which the courts have either ordered reinstatement of dismissed tenured faculty or refrained from doing so are surveyed, and the themes that generally distinguish one decision from the other are examined. (MSE)

A statewide survey by the New Jersey Education Association indicates that instructional aides are being misused and misassigned in many school districts. Abuses cited include use of noncertificated aides as teachers, violation of pay practices, and ineffective program administration. The Association's recommendations for change are listed.…

Explains a point system developed by the Antioch Community High School (Illinois) that stresses equality of compensation and is well received by teachers. (JM)

Covert discrimination has replaced overt racism and sexism in hiring programs, and relatively few women are hired in line areas. New issues, such as the rights of handicapped and older workers, are beginning to appear. Training and development professionals will be called on to ensure that equal employment opportunity is achieved. (CT)

Studies of the relationship between women workers' attitudes and withdrawal from work identify two major attitudinal factors, role conflict and job dissonance. Good personnel practices, especially in the areas of orientation, training, supervision, and scheduling flexibility, do influence the development of favorable job attitudes. (SK)

Two discussions explore the issue of part-time and temporary teaching appointments in colleges. The first discusses the negative impact these assignments have on the discipline of English. The second recognizes that these appointments are here to stay and offers suggestions for making a bad situation productive. (HTH)

Although the use of date of birth is a method of classifying people has certain legal advantages because it provides a convenient dividing line, it results in misclassification of people into inappropriate categories. (Author/AM)

Traces the evolving judicial standards on employment tests and applications, beginning with the Supreme Court decision in Griggs v. Duke Power Co. through the Court's more recent decision in Washington v. Davis. Available from: Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 S.W. Peterson Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60646, $3.00 single copy. (Author/JG)

Examines ways in which technology is changing staffing office practices. Discusses features of the worldwide web, some of the potential problems in establishing a web site, and the importance of carefully planning a web site. Looks at digital resume warehouses and the increased power such warehouses offers recruiters. (RJM)