As the number of campus child care centers increases to meet the needs of a growing and diverse student and faculty population, many college campuses are struggling to recruit and retain faculty and staff. There are currently about 2,500 campus child care centers, and almost 35% are managed by an academic unit of the university, with another 30%…

This proceedings contains papers, abstracts of papers, and descriptions of professional development workshops at the 1999 International Conference of the Association for Outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE). Following conference schedules and session information, substantive entries include: "The 1999 National Outdoor Book Awards";…

In the 1970s a new form of outdoor trip programming appeared. Known as "common adventure," its best known trait is the absence of a designated leader. In 1970, Gary Grimm, the University of Oregon's first outdoor program coordinator, laid out the key principles: self-directed learning, formation of groups of people with similar interests…

The purpose of this article is to give a brief, general description of Empire State College, in question and answer form, in order that the counseling profession can gain additional information about this innovative approach to higher education. (Author)

Changing models for providing broad-based mental health coverage emanating from consolidating pre-existing services are discussed in relation to service, staff change, and organizational issues. These include issues internal to the counseling center itself and issues related to its external relations with other university components. (Author)

The office of admissions of a large, private university recognized the need of students seeking admission, who wanted to be reassured that their secondary education would be compatible with admissions requirements. Article is a general statement on how the university intended to meet secondary school demands. (Author/RK)

To remain a significant force in higher education, the student personnel field must contribute to the total organizational development of colleges and universities and not just focus on the development of the individual student. This article suggests some needed steps to this added role. (Author)

Reports on classroom experiences at American University of inmates from Washington, D.C.'S Lorton Reformatory enrolled in a special rehabilitation program known as LAWCOR. (DS)

The basic thesis of this article is that student personnel trainers need to attend more closely to the existing knowledge about organizations and human behavior as they develop graduate programs. Illustrations of several applicable theories have been presented to provide examples of how such theories would be extremely useful in shaping programs.…

Community colleges are faced with determining whether there are limitations to the services they can provide to their communities and if so, what is the basis of those limitations. (MB)