Using Excel, an interactive program is designed to simulate the Solow and endogenous growth models to facilitate the understanding of these models for students of growth theory and macroeconomics.

Presents a typology of women's centers and provides an overview of state, regional, and national networks of women's centers, including the evolution of the Women's Center/Services Caucus of the National Women's Studies Association and the more recently organized National Association of Women's Centers. (NB)

Contends that orientation must be organized to address changing student needs. Presents comprehensive orientation model for 1990s which includes preorientation, first-year orientation day or week, orientation course, follow-up, multiculturalism, programs for parents/spouses, and evaluation. Concludes that multifaceted approach to orientation can…

Presents the Margaret Sloss Women's Center as a model to assist in the continued development of campus-based women's centers. Discusses the purpose and mission of the center and describes areas of advocacy, information and referrals, programming, and organizational structure. (Author/NB)

Presents framework by which counseling psychology training programs can react to demands for preparing students for an increasingly diverse array of services to an almost equally diverse clientele. Proposes that adequate training for responding to diversity is the foundation for moving from recognition of diversity to an affirmation of diversity.…

Presents an eight-step planning model that operationally defines a comprehensive delivery systems approach to campuswide leadership training. Lists four goals of the model: to increase efficiency of leadership training through shared resources, to decrease costs, to provide quality control, and to increase impact of programming effort by creating…

Presents and discusses model for increasing the participation of Hispanic students at predominantly white university by reducing the size of the campus for them and providing them with a sense of community and belonging. Various components of the model are described: a campuswide group, preprofessional societies by major, a student development…

Notes that suicide is especially traumatic event when it occurs on college campus. Describes format for workshop, "SUICIDE: Assessing Risk and Making Appropriate Interventions." Describes workshop in these sections: sources of information concerning suicide; basic notions concerning suicidal person; assessing suicidal risk; myths concerning…

Discusses theory underlying a developmental life-span adult career counseling center, summarizes a case which illustrates the developmental life-span model, and presents findings from an on-going formative evaluation study conducted at the University of Rochester Adult Counseling Center. (NB)

Discusses quality circle programs in educational systems and describes a successful application of quality circles within a residential life program at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kansas. Presents findings from program evaluation which focused on quality of committee products and which illustrated success of quality circle…

Describes Alternative Education program coordinated by a juvenile probation department providing tutorial instruction by university students to secondary school students who have been referred through the juvenile court for minor delinquency and/or truancy. Discusses benefits which include providing an option for school districts for chronic…

A study was conducted of off-campus instructional programs offered by the College of Agriculture of the University of Florida to describe the programs being conducted, the resources needed, the policies for teaching courses at community colleges, and the potential for using Ag Sat and other remote delivery systems for off-campus teaching. Data…

Recent national policies and legislation have made it imperative for the United Kingdom's further education (FE) institutions to adopt strategic approaches to the management of quality, change, and organizational development. It is necessary that any strategic approach developed by an FE college integrate processes, culture, and structure into a…