Describes the University of Massachusetts' efforts in obtaining various types of counselor education accreditation. Discusses incorporating the life-style and career development standard into the curriculum. Recommends that the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs make terms less ambiguous, consult position…

This report describes the University of Southern California's (USC) gerontology career preparation project, which was funded for the following training activities in mental health and aging: (1) traineeships for graduate students in USC's doctoral track in clinical psychology and aging and in the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology master's track…

This paper describes the Project for Training Counselors of Women, a project designed to identify existing innovative practices and curriculum models for training counselors of women. A history and rationale for the project is followed by a presentation of six selected models, with names and addresses of model developers included in the…

The nature of graduate training in school psychology is described. The article covers the following areas: (1) historical perspective; (2) current training trends; and (3) curriculum analysis of doctoral and special programs. Implications of the data are discussed and suggestions are made for change. (PS)

A study of psychology department statistics in the United States from 1970 through 1980 revealed little change over a 10 year period in the number of undergraduate majors, graduate students, faculty, and secretaries. Statistics are broken down by region, institutional character and size, and type of graduate program. (Author/APM)