Grand Theft Student: Strategies and Tactics for Political Science Recruitment
By Bobbi Gentry, Bridgewater College, and Christopher N. Lawrence, Middle Georgia State University
As students have become more career-oriented, it has become increasingly challenging to recruit them into political science, since connections between the major and many potential job opportunities are not immediately apparent. Consequently, departments are seeing declining numbers in majors. To counter this trend, departments need to identify new strategies to recruit students into our major. This work examines strategies and opportunities for recruitment of both prospective college students and current students from other majors. We also address strategies for current students, including introducing a cohort model, creating a departmental community, and making the work that we do more visible.
The Journal of Political Science Education is an intellectually rigorous, path-breaking, agenda-setting journal that publishes the highest quality scholarship on teaching and pedagogical issues in political science. The journal aims to represent the full range of questions, issues and approaches regarding political science education, including teaching-related issues, methods and techniques, learning/teaching activities and devices, educational assessment in political science, graduate education, and curriculum development.