Key elements in providing college services for adults are (1) a comprehensive, integrated approach; (2) commitment of staff and development of appropriate attitudes and practices; (3) a flexible, responsive student-centered approach in which procedures and curricula are tailored to client needs; and (4) a comprehensive student support system. (SK)

Surveyed curricular materials provided by 33 master's-level Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) approved community counseling programs at 32 institutions. Found variations among responding institutions in nature of degrees offered, program length, environmental studies course titles, environmental…

Presents and discusses model for increasing the participation of Hispanic students at predominantly white university by reducing the size of the campus for them and providing them with a sense of community and belonging. Various components of the model are described: a campuswide group, preprofessional societies by major, a student development…

Study seeks to determine the effects of an Illinois mandate on publicly supported universities forming and promoting community service corps. Interviews were conducted with personnel at all 10 four-year public universities in Illinois. Data were gathered about the history of the programs; definitions, roles of students, faculty, student…

A survey of 300 Elderhostel participants in four southern states found that those with intellectual or social motivations were most likely to be satisfied. Expectations were highly related to satisfaction; demographic characteristics and health showed little relationship to satisfaction. (SK)

The literature of Appalachian Studies is examined in light of Keresztesi's model of the evolution of academic disciplines. Political activism drove the creation of Appalachian Studies in colleges and universities, but the discipline has not yet reached full respectability due to lack of funding, accrediting agencies, graduate programs, textbooks,…

Discusses how summer session programs increasingly make sense for students seeking early graduation, as well as for colleges with growing enrollments,. (EV)

Having a designated safety expert at camp creates a culture of safety. The Gene Ezersky Camp Safety College, which certifies safety directors, has identified seven areas of camp that should be the focus of the safety director: kitchen and food services, health and sanitation, emergency preparation and management, leadership training, facility…

Considers why scholastic journalism is an excellent opportunity to recruit high school students into college journalism and mass communication programs. (SR)

Offers suggestions to members of the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) on using the Internet to improve their dealings with college buyers. Briefly describes providing event information through Web sites, password-protected administrative sites, NACA's Web site, virtual offices, and high-speed Internet access. (EV)

Former inmates who took college courses in a Massachusetts prison (n=32) were compared with 32 similar former inmates with no college. Results show inmates who completed at least one college course while incarcerated were 21.9% less likely to recidivate 5 years after release. (SK)

This study details the procedure and results of developing a mission statement at a language institute for the purpose of obtaining a program accreditation from an international language commission. A serious self-study process results in the development of a solid, true and ambitious mission since the mission covers all areas related to achieving…

This study describes the presence of professional skills found in poster session proposals in order to consider the use of poster sessions for developing the skills required by the 2012 Ecuadorian Standards for English teachers, specifically related to the fifth domain professionalism. Thirteen poster session proposals for a national English…

This study reports on a mixed methods study which explored 32 Iranian pre-service teachers' perceptions of attending online asynchronous discussion forums during two seven-week online introductory courses in corpus linguistics. Data were collected through a questionnaire, discussion forum entries and online text-based semi-structured interviews.…

This paper looks at how corpus data was used to design an Italian as an L2 language learning programme and how it was evaluated by students. The study focuses on the acquisition of Italian verb-noun collocations by Chinese native students attending a ten month long Italian language course before enrolling at an Italian university. It describes how…