College health services are usually staffed by a variety of competent professionals. Although this staff performs essential clinical services, they may be overlooked as a resource for student development. A campus that includes the health service in its total student development program by design is described. (Author)

Pertinent considerations involved in the delivery of career development services at the college level are reviewed. Specific examples of possible career programming alternatives are discussed and summarized in an organizational grid. A detailed case is included as a concrete example of career program development. (Author)

Describes a social work role that was developed at the City University of New York in response to the needs of an increasing number of economically disadvantaged students. (Author)

Describes an orientation program established to aid returning women students over the age of 25. The program's purpose is to acquaint women with the facilities of the school and to discover the needs and problems of women returning to school. (EJT)

Describes special services available for disabled students at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York. These include special registration, individual counseling, tutoring, special testing, community outreach, and special classes. (JAC)

This article describes a summer orientation program used by a liberal arts college in New York. This orientation program utilized the systems approach as most appropriate for the development of a personalized humanistic orientation for newly admitted students. (Author)

Discusses how existing college career centers can be expanded to be more responsive to the needs of adults. Describes how adjustments in staffing patterns and training in the environment, resources, and public relations efforts at the University of Missouri created an effective evening career counseling service for community adults. (JAC)

Maintaining essential counseling services despite severe budget reductions is a major problem for many colleges. This article describes one solution--the development and implementation of a computer-augmented system for academic counseling. Applications to other areas of counseling and advantages in terms of cost and increased productivity are…

This dialogue description demonstrates how simple approaches to innovation--a few physical environment and floor management--can result in significant outcomes. (Author)

Three different uses of the term student development--humanism, complexity, and developmental stage theory--are reviewed. Two examples of the use of stage or hierarchal developmental theory for making changes in student personnel structures are described. (Author)

The data suggests the program was successful because it made a big, impersonal university familiar to parents and because it lessened their main fears that their son or daughter would not succeed. It showed them that academic and social success are probable, that there are people and services well-equipped and ready to help all students. (Author)

This report details the purpose and development of a student volunteer program at the University of Florida which evolved from the idea that students who volunteered to serve as informal helpers would be an effective force in orienting freshman students. (Author)

Two models for planning activities in student personnel services are presented. One is highly centralized and the other incorporates planning in decision-making processes. The Office for Student Affairs at the University of Minnesota involves elements of both models in their approach to planning. (Author)

Describes the role of the Learning Needs and Evaluation Center at the University of Virginia, which provides diagnostic testing for learning disabilities as well as psychological consultation. Usage trends are discussed as well as coping patterns of LD students. (JAC)