ide agreement exists that the work of counseling professionals on 2and 4-year college and university campuses continues to become more demanding and grow more complex. As always, college counseling professionals maintain their long-standing focus on traditional adjustment and developmental concerns, such as romantic relationship problems and difficulties stemming from use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs. In fact, their mission often includes looking for strategies that are effective not just with self-referred clients experiencing these concerns, but also with those students urged into counseling by various institutional constituencies or even mandated to attend counseling. These professionals continue to promote wellness, too. Simultaneously, today's college counselors encounter students with serious mental health problems-such as diagnosable personality disorders-many of whom present symptoms that cause problematic ripple effects throughout the institution. Furthermore, contemporary college counselors must be well informed about the unique dynamics found among today's highly diverse campus populations. They must also stay on the cutting edge of new technologies and judiciously seek to incorporate the best of these into their everyday practices. Finally, counseling center, mental health center, and health center staff must remain responsive to the institutional context in which they do their work.
The articles in this issue of the Journal of College Counseling (JCC) advance the discussion about these demands. Examining one traditional college concern, in the issue's first Research article, Amber Roberts and M. Carol Pistole offer findings about students in long-distance or proximal (i.e., geographically close) romantic relationships. Likewise, in the next article, Diana M. Doumas and Lorna L. Andersen report on outcomes of an innovative Web-based intervention strategy aimed at the perennial issue of alcohol abuse prevention. The remaining two Research articles address diverse campus population needs and dynamics. Shawn L. Spurgeon compares differences in wellness between African American male students at a historically Black college and those at a predominantly White institution. Michael S. Christopher and Gemma D. Skillman explore the connections between self-construal and distress for African American and Asian American college students. Two Professional Issues and Innovative Practice articles describe different recommended applications of the motivational interviewing (MI) technique for use with college student clientele who are urged or mandated to attend counseling. Mark B. Scholl and Dorothy M. Schmitt explain the close fit between MI and traditional young adult developmental models such as that of Chickering and illustrate the use of MI with a client who presented problems with heavy alcohol