their clinical needs. The triage system used by one university counseling center involved the scheduling of intake appointments by front desk staff for students who called or walked in, while rotating clinical teams provided emergency walk-in coverage. After the implementation of the triage system, a higher proportion of clients kept their appointments, no-show rates declined, and clinicians increased their caseloads, without any change in the severity of clients' symptoms at intake. (17 ref)-Division of Applied Behavioral Sciences, In a study of the campus smoking ban at Florida International University, a geo-spatial analysis was applied to the location of cigarette butts. The largest concentration of butts was found around the administrative and classroom buildings, followed by the parking lot, both areas where smoking was prohibited. Contrary to expectations, few butts were found around student housing. Campus police can use these findings to determine which areas require the most monitoring. (26 ref)
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