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Meerts-Brandsma, Lisa; Furman, Nate; Sibthorp, Jim – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2017
In 2003, the University of Utah and the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) completed a study that developed a risk management taxonomy in the outdoor adventure industry and assessed how different outdoor expeditionary programs (OEPs) managed risk (Szolosi, Sibthorp, Paisley, & Gookin, 2003). By unifying the language around risk, the…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Outdoor Education, Adventure Education, Risk Management
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Bell, Brent J. – Journal of College Student Development, 2012
This study compares a first-year experience (FYE) course utilizing outdoor adventure experiences to a more traditional FYE class at a large mid-Atlantic university. This study compares the quantitative differences between responses by participants in the two classes using the First Year Initiative Survey (FYI), a measure of FYE outcomes related to…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Higher Education, Comparative Analysis, Scores
Gerstein, Jackie, Ed. – 1992
This directory lists 257 organizations with therapeutic adventure and experiential programs for special needs populations. The information was generated from a survey of members of the Association for Experiential Education. Special needs populations include youth-at-risk, persons with addictions, juvenile and adult offenders, inpatient and…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, At Risk Persons, Camping, Counseling