Introduces articles in this special issue on campus children's centers, more commonly known as "campus child care." The first set of articles focuses on challenges to the campus children's centers' adaptation to the campus system and vice versa. The second set highlights the response of campus children's programs to current issues in…

Examines the history and development of the National Coalition for Campus Child Care. Discusses the coalition's plans to move closer to a connection with its constitutents and their interests. (SH)

Examines the development of the field of campus child care over the past two decades in terms of Katz's constructs of the developmental stages of teachers. The discussion is framed in a national context to bring attention to the importance of the ecological nature of the development. (SH)

Identifies developmental challenges and a research agenda for campus children's centers that are based on the issues and programs discussed in this special issue on campus children's centers. Discusses the types of demographic, descriptive, experimental, and clinical studies included in the agenda. (SH)

Discusses the functioning of campus children's centers in the college community. Communities that are an integral part of of the center's functioning are identified as sponsors, producers, and consumers. The conditions under which they establish relationships are common geographic location, values and interests, history, and tasks. (SH)

Two motifs of the Prehensive Leadership Model (PLM) are applied to efforts to solve problems related to stepchild status and low morale that are typical of campus child care centers. The importance of the PLM distinction between general and special leadership is discussed. (SH)

A brief historical perspective on the function of campus child care is followed by a discussion of the agenda of the Holmes Group, a teacher education reform group. The potential of campus child care centers to become professional development schools for universities is considered. A case study of Kent State University Child Development Center…

Examines complex issues and challenges faced by a comprehensive child care system in its efforts to meet its teaching, research, and service missions. These issues and challenges are examined in terms of an expanded, integrated model for comprehensive child care. (SH)

An expanded base of leadership and support in campus child care programs is needed for the purpose of facilitating professional advancement of the field. Described are potential contributions of campus child care programs to an expanded leadership role in the areas of research, teaching and community service. (SH)

Discusses family-related needs in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) community. Describes efforts of a Committee on Family and Work to reexamine policies, services, and benefits bearing on family and work at MIT. Offers the group's recommendations for a comprehensive approach to meeting the needs of university families. (SH)

Gallaudet University uses integrative models to provide services, professional development, cooperative planning, and interagency agreement in its Child Development Center. The center integrates deaf children and children with other special needs and provides special services to children, families, and early childhood professionals. (SH)

Discusses funding from state, city, and university sources for child care for children of faculty, staff, and students at state campuses in New York. Quality of child care programs varies by campus, and state funding has created bureaucratic difficulties. Proposes a state campus child care organization that would provide a network of support for…