Portfolios are an essential tool for demonstrating professional accomplishments and documenting professional growth in a variety of professions. Because of the competitive job market for new graduate nurses in health care, the development and use of an ePortfolio can be an essential tool for the application and interview process. The purpose of…

Empire State College, a non-traditional unit of the State University of New York, conducted a series of seminars related to the Watergate Affair, at which 23 students took part in this intensive exploration of a Watergate. It provided tremendous opportunity for insight into the concept of seminars within a college. (Author)

Describes a program utilizing faculty in an intrusive counseling approach. The results include a reduction in academic attrition, probation, suspensions and withdrawals; and an increase in Dean's Honor List and "B" average achievement. (Author)

The article contains an overview of the IDC-a learning laboratory initiated in September, 1973, at King College, Bristol, Tennessee. The article is focused upon the idea of developing such a Center, its goals, its services and conclusions. (Author)