This article reviews 20 uploadable iPads applications (apps) that provide school counselors diverse options to use in any phase of the comprehensive school counseling program. A brief explanation of each app is presented, and the cost and web address for acquisition are provided in the appendix. This information can be a helpful guide to the busy…

The purpose of this study was to determine the value of business education at the secondary school level as perceived by three groups of people who have great impact on course offerings, student advisement, and teacher hiring decisions. Specifically, high school counselors, high school principals, and local board of education presidents in a…

This special issue contains seven articles, addressing rehabilitation in the information age, computer-assisted rehabilitation services, computer technology in rehabilitation counseling, computer-assisted career exploration and vocational decision making, computer-assisted assessment, computer enhanced employment opportunities for persons with…

If the three ingredients of career decision making are self-knowledge, accurate occupational information, and effective strategy for analyzing data, it appears that computer-based career information systems are far more efficient than manual systems. (SK)

The author proposes seven presuppositions that seem to underlie the use of computers in career counseling. He urges counselors to make sure that the data in the programs are accurate, that the instructions for processing that data are reasonable, and that clients know that what is true on the average may not necessarily be true for them. (CT)

Discusses advantages and disadvantages of utilizing computer information systems in making career and educational alternatives decisions, describes three types of computer-based guidance systems currently available, and describes three direct inquiry systems with monitoring--Educational and Career Exploration System, System of Interactive Guidance…

The use of computer technology to assign preselected faculty advisors to students, enhancing faculty-student contact with incoming students is discussed. A computer program that has created an advisor file and links advisor information with student records is described. (MLW)

In order to help assess the effectiveness of the academic advising system at Houston Baptist University, an "Advisor Perception Inventory" was used to add information to the computer data bank. The two summary reports generated are discussed. (MLW)

To answer students' questions about predicting grade averages or projecting grades needed to attain specific grade goals, academic advisors can use computerized grade calculations. Spreadsheet and HyperCard versions of grade calculation software are discussed and illustrated, and suggestions are offered for using them in specific advising…