A model of interagency cooperation the Windham County (Connecticut) Student Environment Center was begun entirely with resources available in most counties of the U.S. and is currently cooperating as a field based training center for pre-service elementary teachers andan educational camp for elementary and secondary students. (JC)

A study of graduate student recruitment practices was conducted in the spring of 1986 to determine the current practice of graduate schools and to determine the extent to which they are using marketing techniques. The members of the Council of Graduate Schools were surveyed; 250 graduate schools responded (69% response rate). Questions concerned…

Divided into departments focusing on water analysis, marine studies, wildlife studies, and air analysis, Project Laboratory of Scientific Testing (LOST) is an exemplary ecological action program initiated by teenagers and furthered by community participation in Ithaca, New York. (JC)

The article discusses the tendency to treat nature and outdoor education as museum pieces - something not a part of man's life. Several outdoor education programs that the Buffalo Museum of Science developed to prevent this are presented. (KM)

Describing the outdoor program at the Lorado Taft Field Campus (Northern Illinois University) which is served by an instructional materials center specializing in outdoor learning, this article illustrates how to organize a small, centrally located resource center for outdoor education materials. (SB)