The Program for Educational Opportunity, an institute based at the University of Michigan and established by the Office of Education pursuant to Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, is designed to assist school districts in the process of desegregation. The Program annually conducts a series of conferences. The Conference on The Personnel Director in the Desegregation Process, held June 19-21, 1972, was designed to explore the role of the personnel director in developing and implementing administrative policies and regulations as they relate to the recruitment and placement of minority personnel. This document presents the following papers: "What does desegregation mean to minority personnel?," B. A. Sizemore; "An analysis of the socio-historical factors in the development of community controlled schools," J. C. Buntin; "The law and personnel policies: the need for equity in minority hiring," H. T. Edwards; "Assessing the need for a racially balanced staff," C. D. Moody; "Socio-psychological implications in recruiting and hiring minority personnel," U. Byas; "Once hired, then what? Problems encountered by new minority teachers," K. A. Flynn; "Placement, transfers, promotions, and equal retention," F. C. Leonard; "Teacher training and the minority student: need for more effective preparation for working with integrated staffs," J. J. Bellon; and "Special Areas of Concern for Evaluating Minority Personnel," J. Hill. (JM)