Students should also investigate institutional orientation programs.
"And some colleges have added debt orientation programs.
The federal government should increase support for legal orientation programs and provide appointed counsel.
"Orientation Is Given the Old College Try Educationon page, Aug. 22) observes that colleges and universities now provide excellent orientation programs, especially for parents.
The training and orientation programs run by these dedicated offices will have to negotiate a tense balance to avoid coming to blows.
Clark, a private liberal arts college that has long prided itself on diversity and inclusion, is far from the only university stepping up discussions of racism and diversity in orientation programs this year.
"Haiku Tunnel," billed as "an office comedy," asks the question: can a feature-length movie be built on minutiae like jammed copying machines, unsent business letters and orientation programs for new employees?
Program organizers are quick to tick off support services that make up a big part of the cost difference: cultural outings, security briefings, orientation programs, on-site staff to help get credits transmitted and sort out visa problems.
At Purdue, we offer Boiler Gold Rush International, which welcomes international students and is designed to acclimate and incorporate students into campus life even before the actual orientation programs begins.
One of them, "A Million Strong," describes the panoply of programs that colleges have created to support veterans, including opening veterans centers, hiring specially trained counselors and creating veterans-only courses, orientation programs and even housing.
About a third of N.Y.U.'s 4,350 first-year students who are planning to live on campus have found roommates on their own, however, perhaps through Web sites like URoomSurf or the university's orientation programs.
