Points our the reasons speech communication is particularly fortunate among academic fields today. Reviews criteria that will ensure the preservation of college programs: (1) quality of research; (2) interrelationship with other disciplines; (3) a balance between competence instruction and theoretical instruction; and (4) a public constituency.…

Examples of engineering management departments at various types of colleges are given. (BB)

Reviews the history of the creation of the College of the Virgin Islands in 1963 to satisfy local needs. Describes its programs since then until the present. (EF)

The Friday Club provides adult education classes for people over 50 within a further and higher education college in Ipswich. A diverse range of lifelong learning opportunities is fully integrated into the college. (SK)

Describes the plan being implemented at Northern Illinois University to assess its multicultural initiatives. Discusses findings from the assessment and recommendations for improving the initiatives. (EV)

Explores how building comprehensive, integrated links among the many programs that have each found a small place in college life over the last decade (for example, curriculum improvement, diversity, learning communities, and service learning) could lead to a powerful "big picture" of undergraduate education that moves beyond these individual…

Presents interview of two counseling psychologists of the Career Counseling Center of the University of California, Los Angeles. Describes aspects of a relatively unique career counseling service which is composed of three intensive individual interviews and 15 to 25 hours of educational and psychological testing. (Author/ABL)

Author describes his career changes as he moved from being a career planning and placement administrator at the university level to being a college recruitment coordinator for a private industry, and back again to become the director of the Career Planning Center at Tufts University. (Author/NB)

Presents a typology of women's centers and provides an overview of state, regional, and national networks of women's centers, including the evolution of the Women's Center/Services Caucus of the National Women's Studies Association and the more recently organized National Association of Women's Centers. (NB)

Conducted national survey to determine how career changing/job seeking alumni are served by career services offices and how alumni are used by career services offices to help current students with their career planning. Responses from 767 colleges and universities revealed that most career offices offered career services to alumni and used alumni…

Contends that orientation must be organized to address changing student needs. Presents comprehensive orientation model for 1990s which includes preorientation, first-year orientation day or week, orientation course, follow-up, multiculturalism, programs for parents/spouses, and evaluation. Concludes that multifaceted approach to orientation can…

Relates experiences as a recruiter for college theater programs in Florida. Provides tips for students in finding an appropriate monologue, developing the audition, and performing the audition. (PA)

Examined how to make Harlaxton, British manor house donated to University of Evansville to internationalize college's program, source rather than user of university funds. Reviewed scholarly literature and government publications on international college recruiting systems; surveyed college counselors currently stationed at U.S. high schools in…

Notes difficulty for career services staff to pursue professional development activities with little extra time and no extra budget. Explains importance of cost-effective professional development programs from career development and placement center staff and describes strategies used at University of Cincinnati to provide such programs.…

Reviews some contraceptive education programs designed for adolescents that differ in educational process based on delivery setting. Reviews school-based, community-based, and college/university-based programs and discusses them in terms of their effectiveness, potential, and limitations. Notes that educational accountability in each setting…