The introductory section of this brief on counseling in the community college reviews the major concerns presented in the literature relative to student counseling services, professional associations, the Computerized Vocational Information System, peer and paraprofessional counselors, cultural factors influencing counseling, counseling special…

A program rationale within the overall Mountain-Plains structure is outlined along with current program practice and evaluation. The new personal counseling program includes extensive use of group settings, objectives derived from evaluation, program options for students, and the introduction of evaluation instruments keyed to objectives. The…

Providing students with the opportunity to explore academic/career alternatives during the first two years of college is a basic mission of the Division of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) of the Fayette campus of Pennsylvania State University, which provides the first two years of numerous baccalaureate programs. Effective academic advisement, which…

Major elements of the British experience with career education from which implications for American education can be drawn are addressed in this report, which (1) reviews British research and theoretical literature pertinent to current counselor roles, changes in counselor roles since 1965, forces shaping counselor roles, relationship of counselor…