A conference was held for college presidents, student work supervisors, and students who are involved in student-work programs. Attending the conference were representatives of the following colleges: Alice Lloyd College, Pippa Passes, Kentucky; Berea College, Berea, Kentucky; Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia; Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida; Blackburn College, Carlinville, Illinois; Bluffton College, Bluffton, Ohio; Le Moyne-Owen College, Memphis, Tennessee; Oakwood College, Huntsville, Alabama; Tuskeegee Institute, Tuskeegee, Alabama; and Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, North Carolina. During the course of the conference, representatives from each of these institutions presented definition papers in which they discussed the history of their colleges' work experience and work-study programs, means for supporting the programs, individuals and groups involved in the programs, and factors responsible for the programs' success. (Appended to the conference report are the texts of the 10 definition papers presented at the conference.) (MN)