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I apologize for not responding sooner to this request for information about Landmark. I'm currently on four listserves and some days it's a lot to dig through. Where to start? Landmark is a private two-year college in Putney, VT, exclusively for students with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorder. It was established in 1985 and currently enrolls 300 students with a 3:1 student to faculty ratio. About half our students are enrolled in non-credit skills development courses. The other half take credit courses which can lead to an associates' degree in general studies. Landmark's approach to working with our students is very skills-oriented. Every student has a regularly scheduled tutorial with a faculty member that meets between 2 and 5 hours per week. Classes are also small, usually between 6-10 students. A lot of attention is focused on diagnosing each student's particular learning profile and difficulties and placing them in classes that address their particular needs and move at a pace that is appropriate. Explicit teaching of reading/writing/ and study skills is incorporated into every class. There is also a great deal of time devoted to metacognition- helping students to understand their strengths and weaknesses and what strategies work and don't work for them to be successful. Since its founding, Landmark's student population has shifted in some ways. One striking change has been that now, instead of the most common diagnosis being "dyslexic", somewhere around 60% of our students have a diagnosis of AD(H)D, often in addition to a learning disability. We've had to work hard to understand this growing segment of our population and adapt our teaching to meet their needs. I think we've done some very exciting things in this area. This past fall we opened the college's new Center for Teaching and Learning, and I was appointed director. The CTL is an academic resource center for both students and faculty, and is new in that it is really the first time we've offered support to students from experienced faculty in a context where appointments are student-initiated instead of regularly scheduled and mandatory. I hope some of the "boot camp" image has worn off, and we've shifted more towards letting students take responsibility for their own educations. And yes, Landmark is very expensive, unfortunately. I would welcome further questions or discussion about Landmark's programs, on or off list. Sara Glennon Sara Glennon Director Center for Teaching and Learning Landmark College Putney, VT 05346 (802) 387-6746 email: [log in to unmask]