RECRUITING TRIP TO NORTH CAROLINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00985R000100060036-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 27, 2006
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: January 28, 1975
• Content Type: MF

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28 January 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: chief, Production Group
SUBJECT
Recruiting Trip to North Carolina
. I accompanied OP rester to the University STAT
of North Carolina (Cha l Hill) 22-24 anuary, ana while there visited
Duke University alone. ad visited Duce late last year and his STAT
appointments at Chapel several of which I sat in on) kept him
busy both days.
2. Our, reception by students and staff was cordial and friendly
at both universities. Although no embarrassing questions were asked
about the Agency and its current problems, one or two people were
curious about the effect current and proposed hearings might have on
the Agency's ability to continue hiring. Interest in the Agency
apparently is high: a placement counselor at Chapel 'Hill reported
that students wanting interviews with the Agency recruiter filled
the lists within a short time after they were posted and many disre-
garded the qualification requirements that had been spelled. out. The
counselor said that in weedin .oJ~ out unqualified people she reduced the
list by almost 50 percent. complained that the list still STAT
contained too many undergrads in view of his having specified an
interest mainly in grad students.) Placement officers at both univen-
sities were pleased at the language-position flier., remrk?ng that
it was good to have something in writing and in detail that could be.
discussed with students. One placement officer said the flier is a
far cry from the days when the local recruiter would call them for
an appointment and identify himself as "from a federal agency."
However, remnants of the past still exist and the placement officer
at Duke felt compelled to introduce me sotto voce to a dean and the
recruiter from the Trane Corporation.
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3. Since neither university has strong language or foreign-
area studies departments, I do not see them as highly productive
sources for linguists. Neither university requires a foreign language
for graduation and this has cut drastically into language study. The
Slavic Department chairman at Duke told me that prior to the campus
unrest in the late 1960s, his department had over 500 students taking
all sorts of courses; presently there are about 125. He said he had
great difficulty persuading the Academic Council to offer a masters
in Slavic studies, then when he advertised the program he received
only one application.
4. I believe the contacts made with the below--,na ned Jnd vi duals
will pay off over time because they have a clearer unrerstandin of
our needs I left fliers with placement officers and department heads
and they prc ised to post and circulate them. For reference by - sub-
sequent visitors, my contacts on the university staffs were.
a. University of North Carolina
Mr.. Joseph Galloway, head of the Career Planning and
Placement is , seemed well acquainted over a long period
with, Agency recruiters.
Ms. Carol Badgett, Counselor in the Career Planning
and Placement Office, who handles non-science m3.jors and w .th
whom we had most of our dealings.
Ms. Doris. McCauley, Counselor who handles science majors.
Dr. Christoph Schweitzer, Chan of the Germanic Depart-
ment, studied at Yale at the same time as Ray Falls, once head
of {YI'R's language school. Dr. Schwei tzer+ wan i,-~t~r~et art i n +ha
Dr. Paul Debreczeny, Chairmen of the Slavic Department,
did not appear very interested in Agency needs. His comment
that "anyone who went to work for the Agency would not be able
to travel in Eastern Europe" was made in such a way that I
felt the matter had been discussed by him, his staff and
students previously.
b. Duke University
Ms. Patricia O'Connor, Head of the Placement office, seemed
genuinely pleased at my visit and the open information I conveyed.
She arranged a lunch meeting with:
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