international relations at Johnson & Wales University describes the school. " Johnson & Wales is a very unique institution,'' he explained. "It's not a traditional state or liberal arts institute. We are a specialised career institution. We focus only on business, hospitality, the culinary arts and technology. We don't offer liberal arts courses.'' Johnson & Wales University has its main campus in Providence, Rhode Island but also has campuses in Florida, South Carolina and Virginia. The school is host to students from 81 different countries as well as all 50 US states. There are 920 international students out of a total population of 8,000 students at the main campus. And as of May '97, there were eight undergraduate students from Bermuda. According to Mr. Tavares, Johnson & Wales University is the largest hospitality school in the world, and as such, has much to offer its students. "Our definition of hospitality, is hotel and restaurant management and travel and tourism. So basically, we're the biggest hotel school and that includes travel and tourism. As well, we're also the biggest culinary arts school in the world and the second oldest culinary arts school in America. "We have 30 different business areas and also a school of technology. We spend a lot of time in tourist regions because of the large travel/tourism progression in the hospitality area. What makes us different is that most of our classes involve practical, hands-on training in hotels and restaurants.'' The University, he explained, owns and operates two hotels, several restaurants, a travel agency, a retail store that specialises in women's training and even its own stables.

"Our students spend much time in their work area. Our reputation is built on the fact that for the last 16 years, we've had a 98 percent placement record, which is unusually high. Our placement record is good because there tends to be lots more jobs available to students in the hospitality industry than to those who take traditional liberal arts courses but also because we spend a lot of time making sure our students can be employed. In order to achieve that, we have real-life facilities where our students work and can get hands-on training. I don't know of any institution that does that. It's all so very hands-on, whereas in traditional schools, much time is spent in the classes and studying out of books. It's really what makes us very different and if there is any student that wants to study culinary arts, hospitality or anything else we offer, this would be an ideal place to do it.'' COLLEGE--UNIVERSITY FAIR MINI SUPPLEMENT SUP