College faculty salary costs are rapidly increasing at a time when real resources are declining, and there is little capacity to shift faculty resources from declining to emerging areas of specialization. One solution is to provide faculty with career alternative options. (Author/MLW)

Discusses some of the ways the role of agronomists in agriculture is changing. Cites a recent study which indicates that there will be fewer graduates going directly into farming and ranching in the near future, and those that do will need to be more highly trained. (TW)

Stresses the importance of clearly establishing goals for and level of services to be offered by academic library microcomputer centers when determining staff requirements. Questions to be considered when developing goals and a profile of the majority of tasks involved in center operation provide some guidelines for the planning process. (EM)

Presents the model of the Information Service of the Wisconsin Small Business Development Center Information Service, including the objectives and tasks necessary to develop an information service, and staffing and funding guidelines for the first two years. (EJS)

Argues the increasing importance of volunteers as social service funding declines and provides an instructional unit on volunteerism designed for college students preparing for helping professions. The unit integrates students' practicum experiences as volunteers with information about volunteerism, service delivery models, and the…

Discusses aims and techniques of information workforce management for coping with problems caused by labor shortages and accelerated growth, including development of forecasting and planning systems sufficiently simple to be integrated with overall development plans. Unesco sponsored projects and national and regional dimensions are noted. (15…

A review of relevant literature and legal developments contributes to this analysis of the deleterious effects on female faculty's careers of personnel policies concerning institutional inbreeding, antinepotism, leaves of absence, part-time employment, and child care. Proposed remedies for existing problems are given. (MJL)

A method of estimating resident staffing needs is evaluated, including discussion of (1) methodological changes needed to estimate needs for service care and assisting attending physicians with private cases; (2) data collection; (3) representative findings; (4) using cost, ease of use, understandability, communicability, and validity as…

Annual elementary school surveys have tracked the effects of funding and policy changes on Ontario's publicly funded education system since the funding formula was introduced in 1997. In 2002-03, surveys were received from 886 public, Catholic, and French-language schools, representing 22 percent of Ontario's elementary schools and 71 of 72…

As the population of minority pupils continues to increase, the need for special education personnel to identify and educate culturally and linguistically diverse exceptional students will also rise. Continuing shortages of qualified personnel in special education have been declared a national emergency, with "diagnostic staff" ranked as…

Few colleges and universities are utilizing the computer to its full potential or to fulfill the needs of higher education. (IR)

Evaluates special education and rehabilitation needs and programs in Ghana and Nigeria. Finds tht Ghana is more committed to date to the needs of the disabled, but holds that both countries should devote more resources to short and long term personnel needs such as preservice and inservice training and research. (AOS)

Examines strategies to optimize hiring effectiveness for new employees. Discusses how to develop a philosophical, legal, and ethical personnel structure. Presents basic principles for making personnel decisions. Discusses basic steps in making effective hiring decisions, including identifying job prerequisites, looking at a reasonable number of…

In Scotland, school counseling and guidance are provided by teachers who are not trained counselors. Two recent reports provide the policy rationale for introducing full-time guidance counselors trained from the ranks of experienced teachers, similar to a New Zealand model. Professional counselors would be part of an interdisciplinary team…