Romano and Kachgal's (2004 [this issue]) proposal and article sparked for us a belief that their ideas might provide an opportunity for the readers of The Counseling Psychologist (TCP) to engage in a dialogue about greater professional and formal collaboration outside of counseling psychology. We therefore decided to feature their article and invite a broad group of professional leaders and scholars to respond and share their perspectives on the ideas presented. Part of our motivation has to do with current changes in our profession, and part to do with the vision of recent presidents of the Society (Carter, 2001;Fouad, 2002;Vasquez, 2003).One significant change that has taken place over time is the number of counseling psychology programs that are housed in schools or colleges of education. Twenty years ago, nearly 50% of programs in counseling psychology accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA) were located in departments of psychology (APA, 1982). In contrast, today only about 20% of counseling psychology programs are located in psychology departments (APA, 2002). The change from psychology to education has occurred because of the large increase in the number of accredited counseling psychology programs in colleges of education in recent years. During the past 20 years, nearly 40 programs have received APA accreditation in counseling psychology. Of these, only 3 have been housed in departments of psychology. What this means is that the majority of counseling psychology programs are now located in colleges of education. At the same time, psychology has moved away from some areas of importance to education (e.g., school counseling, counselor education, school psychology).The above statistics help set the stage for understanding the importance of Romano and Kachgal's (2004) contribution that focuses on the collaborative model between counseling psychology and school counseling. In the past, some counseling psychology and school counseling programs were physi-