Shannon Schnepp of The Purdue University Team #461 put together this very good white paper about starting a college FIRST team....check it out.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/pa...er&paperid=210

I also reccomend contacting people from 461, Eric O of 229, Anne Bergeron of 1002, Amanda Morrison of 1020, or Erin Rapacki of 125. These people helped start up teams or helped get a team back in line (and they also spoke at the success in college with FIRST confrence at the championships).