College recruiters (N=55) and 64 placement directors rated 19 career-planning and placement services and 8 kinds of student data on their value to recruiters. Recruiters and directors seem to agree about values of services and student data but less agree about the best times for using the student data. (Author)

Discusses the 1993 termination of postsecondary education programs in Canadian prisons. Contrasts this with a follow-up study of 654 released offenders, showing the effects higher education had on their successful post-prison lives. (SK)

Provides advice on marketing campus events to the local community at large, using the experiences of the programming board at Eastern Oregon State University. Focuses on the development of a marketing team, interviews with community organizations and the media, a market survey snapshot, marketing strategies for various local media, and examples of…

Provides a brief overview of the process of outcomes assessment and examples of its application in professional health science education. Provides a background for other articles in this issue describing ongoing activities in outcomes assessment in veterinary education and for programs considering developing a plan. Focuses on health professions…

Discusses how LaGuardia Community College's urban studies courses have reintegrated and reinvigorated the school's core commitments to liberal, career, and developmental education, nontraditional students, and connection to the locale. (EV)

A national survey found that 46 of 91 responding university home economics units offered 104 wellness and health promotion courses. Although most respondents felt that wellness and health promotion are part of home economics' mission, surprisingly few offer related programs. (SK)

Presents a brief history of public relations education. Proposes a model program for public relations education and discusses where such a model program logically fits in the university structure and where it would be most likely to receive necessary resources. (MS)

Defines biological engineering and discusses why it is needed. Lists some interesting areas of biological engineering. Presents a table of four phases of scientific disciplines. (YP)

Describes the general education process of the Netherlands and the system of higher education in engineering. Discusses possibilities for postgraduate students and some differences from other European educational systems. (YP)

Presents collection of audiovisual programs, educational programs, publications, and research studies that won the College Placement Council's 1989 Awards of Excellence. Nine award-winning projects are described. Information is provided and an entry form is included for the 1990 competition. (NB)

Provides survey results indicating the relative health of undergraduate writing programs in four-year universities. Reports a significant increase in undergraduate writing programs. However, technical and professional writing programs are not increasing as rapidly as a new broad-based program encompassing creative writing, composition, journalism,…

Adventuresports Institute offers a two-year degree program at Garrett Community College (McHenry, Maryland) that combines courses in adventure sports with economics, marketing, environmental science, and events management. The goal is to develop an infrastructure for the adventure sport industry and promote economic development in Appalachia based…

Examined psychometric properties of problem checklist used as part of counseling center intake procedure. Collected data from closed client files and examined frequency with which items were endorsed as presenting problems, factor structure, and reliability of subscales. Results indicated that checklist could be reduced to about one-half original…

This article describes a successful four-year student recruitment effort initiated by Florida State University's teacher preparation program in visual disabilities. The article discusses a survey to determine the target population, use of current students to attract new ones, harnessing of campus resources, and obtaining funds for recruitment…

Examined graduate student views of leadership education in college student personnel preparation programs. Results of qualitative study revealed that many college personnel service graduate students saw their programs as significant in their development as leaders. Students most often cited practicum and assistantship supervisors as those…