Describes the Native American Pharmacy Program at North Dakota State University (Fargo), which recruits Native American students into the field of pharmacy, offers summer enrichment programs for Native American secondary and college students and provides scholarships and student support services. (LP)

Offers some perspectives regarding philosophical and practical issues that need to be considered before decisions are made regarding initiatives to develop an entry-level certification program and development of accreditation standards for college and university environmental and related programs. (ZWH)

Describes one university's undergraduate human services program, designed to integrate theory and practice as foundation for training human service workers. Focuses on course in cultural diversity taught from multicultural perspective. Also describes program's attempt to weave multicultural perspective throughout the curriculum. (Author/NB)

The University of New Orleans plan for cultural diversity received recognition for its "exemplary" accomplishments in "making diversity work on an urban campus" from the American Association of University Administrators. Offers five reasons for diversity programs, lists the conditions existing in 1989, and the actions that have…

The little known Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers in the 1920s is an example of the marginalization of women in adult education. Its story, focusing on women as adult students and as makers of social change, enriches the history of the field. (SK)

About 900 gifted teenagers attend the Summer Residential Program of the Talent Identification Program at Duke University's East Campus or Marine Lab in North Carolina each summer. The program offers accelerated academic instruction, an on-campus residential experience, and planned social and recreational activities. (DB)

Describes 10-day universitywide Celebration of Diversity held to increase awareness of issues of diversity and to promote racial and cultural harmony on campus. Also reports results of follow-up survey designed to measure 220 attendees' general attitudes toward diversity and specific reactions to the program. (Author/NB)

Surveyed 53 counseling psychology programs about sport psychology training. Found that most respondents had students who were interested in sport psychology; counseling faculty were perceived to be receptive to their colleagues and graduate students having interests and pursuing research in sport psychology; and most program directors thought best…

Discusses difficulties in effecting change in campus climates and describes Portland (Oregon) State University's (PSU) efforts to combat sexual harassment, and the creation of the PSU Sexual Harassment Resource Network. Defines sexual harassment and explains the response to the Resource Network's prevention strategies. (NB)

Discusses the use of marketing by college career services offices. Defines marketing, explains the marketing process, and discusses needs assessment. Section on the marketing mix identifies the product, price, place, and promotion components of both faculty and employer marketing programs. Includes results, in tabular form, of faculty survey on…

Barriers to interdisciplinary teamwork in allied health education include loss of revenue, schedule conflicts, differences in degree level, identity and status protection, and content control issues. Ways to foster teamwork include all-inclusive cross-enrollment, web-based curricula, and hiring of faculty across disciplinary lines. (SK)

Article examines best practices in diversity found in Research I institutions in the Southern Association of College and School Administrators region. Best practices in diversity were self-defined by the participating institutions based on the initiatives and programs they submitted as noteworthy examples. Diversity issues were viewed from four…

Experiential education considers nature a classroom, but nature is also the teacher. Quiet watching and walking meditation are two exercises informed by Taoism, that when added to the normal experiential education fare, help students encounter nature with an open mind. An outdoor university course that incorporates the sentiments of seeing nature…

Considers whether information about outcomes can improve what and how things are done on campus, and whether improvements provide information that can help make important changes to strengthen programs and services. The University of Missouri-Columbia addressed these questions and this paper provides some of the answers they discovered.…

Used 23 years of federal, state, and institutional student-aid data to investigate the effects of federal grants to students on the behavior of higher education institutions. Pell grants, exemplifying "redivision federalism," appear highly fungible and inversely related to institutional grants to students, while campus-based federal…