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Outward Bound USA (OBUSA) is the collection of outdoor education organizations in the USA which are officially registered as schools by Outward Bound International. In the U.S., more than 60,000 people participate in its programs every year. OBUSA operates "Schools" under the Outward Bound Wilderness division focusing on expeditions and travel and "Centers" which are based-in large cities and provide similar expedition and educational services to the public school systems of their respective cities. ==History== In 1961, Joshua L. Miner, the first president of Outward Bound USA (OBUSA) and one of the men responsible for bringing the innovative ideas of Kurt Hahn to the United States, inspired US legislation approving a training and development model to prepare Peace Corps volunteers in Puerto Rico. This first camp, and then the more famous Colorado school, became OBUSA's first presence in the USA. A history of the first 20 years of OBUSA is provided by Miner and Boldt (1981).〔Miner, J., & Boldt, J. Outward Bound USA: Crew Not Passengers (2nd edition). Mountaineers Books〕 NOLS founder Paul Petzoldt was an early OBUSA instructor. The development of OBUSA lead to several other offshoot programs, including Project Adventure. Following a decline in enrollments and financial difficulties during the 1990s,〔Pereira, J. (1997, July 24). Into the woods: Leader of the pack in wilderness training is pushed to the wall. ''The Wall Street Journal'', A1.〕 in May 2005 four legacy Outward Bound Schools were combined into a new division of Outward Bound called (Outward Bound Wilderness ) (Outward Bound Wilderness.) The four legacy schools known as 1) Hurricane Island Outward Bound School, 2) Outward Bound West, and 3) Voyageur Outward Bound School are now operated under one central office, but still offer the same programs and expeditions. There are five Outward Bound Schools and Centers: () NCOBS (North Carolina Outward Bound School), POBC (Philadelphia), BOBC (Baltimore), (TIOBC ) (Thompson Island, Boston) and (NYCOBC ) (New York City). From their respective beginnings, each of the schools and centers operated individually and was audited by OBUSA for safety and international policy standards. During 2005, OBUSA unified several of these schools into one larger OBUSA, sharing all resources alike. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Outward Bound USA」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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