Professions have theoretical knowledge, autonomy, public sanction, an ethical code, a professional culture, and credentialing. The articles included here present considerations for professionalizing health education, leisure, dance, aquatics, and coaching. Each area is represented by a national association of the American Alliance for Health,…

The paradoxical state of academe's attempt to crowd individuals into institutions of higher education at a time when jobs for them are evaporating has created a conflict within the academic personnel community for non-tenured faculty struggling to survive. Case studies representing actual experiences of some individuals directly involved in the…