From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Human services is an interdisciplinary discipline with the objective of meeting human needs through an applied knowledge base, focusing on prevention as well as remediation of problems, and maintaining a commitment to improving the overall quality of life of service populations.
Oklahoma and Oklahoma State were grouped with the four newcomers in the Big XII South, while the remaining 6 teams of the Big 8 (Kansas, Kansas State, Colorado, Nebraska, Mizzou and Iowa State) formed the Big XII North.
The 16 teams were located in ten cities, all in the northeastern and midwestern United States: New York City had three teams and Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, and St. Louis each had two teams. St. Louis was the southernmost and westernmost city with a major league team.