Author describes his career changes as he moved from being a career planning and placement administrator at the university level to being a college recruitment coordinator for a private industry, and back again to become the director of the Career Planning Center at Tufts University. (Author/NB)

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)

Conducted national survey to determine how career changing/job seeking alumni are served by career services offices and how alumni are used by career services offices to help current students with their career planning. Responses from 767 colleges and universities revealed that most career offices offered career services to alumni and used alumni…

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…

Relates experiences as a recruiter for college theater programs in Florida. Provides tips for students in finding an appropriate monologue, developing the audition, and performing the audition. (PA)

Examined how to make Harlaxton, British manor house donated to University of Evansville to internationalize college's program, source rather than user of university funds. Reviewed scholarly literature and government publications on international college recruiting systems; surveyed college counselors currently stationed at U.S. high schools in…

Notes difficulty for career services staff to pursue professional development activities with little extra time and no extra budget. Explains importance of cost-effective professional development programs from career development and placement center staff and describes strategies used at University of Cincinnati to provide such programs.…

Reviews some contraceptive education programs designed for adolescents that differ in educational process based on delivery setting. Reviews school-based, community-based, and college/university-based programs and discusses them in terms of their effectiveness, potential, and limitations. Notes that educational accountability in each setting…

Explores literature across several specific disciplines in effort to delineate contributions campus leisure makes toward fulfilling mission of higher education. Concludes that campus leisure services and academia are not poles apart, since both are working toward enrichment of life for individuals. (NB)

Describes the Workforce Education and Lifelong Learning (WELL) program at the Ohio State University, ranked as the number one school for vocational-technical education by U.S. News & World report for the last three years. Includes a list of the top schools in the field. (JOW)

Niche programs are defined as specialized training for unusual occupations such as stone carving and blackjack dealing. Describes college-career and technical-education niche programs. (JOW)

A student satisfaction survey in a British college used input from the student charter and delivered questionnaires on paper at one campus (289 responses) and through an intranet at another (71 responses). Issues identified were embedded in the college's quality framework. (SK)

Describes how Temple University ended Virtual Temple, its for-profit distance education effort, saying that such companies cannot make money. However, universities with similar programs--such as Columbia, Cornell, New York University, and the University of Maryland--disagree. (EV)

Explores: (1) What are recent trends in the regionalization of higher education (RHE)? (2) What are preconditions for effective RHE? (3) What is envisioned for RHE in the Southern African Development Community's Education and Training Protocol? (3) What are strengths and weaknesses of this protocol? and (4) What guidelines can be set for southern…

Explores how college programs for prisoners have won new support as research shows that they reduce the rates of recidivism. Includes descriptions of several such programs. (EV)