American colleges and universities are facing their most difficult challenge since World War II - finding qualified faculty and administrators to manage and lead our institutions of higher education while grappling with budget cuts, public pressure for more and better educational programs, and resources that are strained to the limit. Studies point to a critical faculty shortage by the year 2010. In facing this shortage, these same institutions have never been less prepared to meet the challenge of hiring.
Hiring at colleges and universities is normally done by "amateurs" - educators...