10.1177/0011000003261377THE COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGIST / March 2004Hoffman, Carter / CALL TO COLLABORATION • Editorial Counseling Psychology and School Counseling: A Call

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 profes-sional 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 psychol-ogy 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 psycholog