College faculties often use votes of "no confidence" to try to push out the leaders of their institutions. Many do so, however, without giving much thought to what such a vote actually means, whether they are using it appropriately, or how it will affect their campus--and their own future. Mae Kuykendall, a professor of law at Michigan State…

Organizational policies regarding termination of volunteers should specify careful screening, consideration of all alternatives (resupervise, reassign, retrain, revitalize, refer, retire), and documentation. When termination is necessary, it should involve the volunteer administrator, supervisor, and an ombudsperson; counseling and confidentiality…

Points out that few firms in Britain have alcohol recovery policies and that management will have little incentive to introduce such policies as long as it is relatively easy to dismiss employees for alcohol-related offenses. (JOW)

Suggests that being fired is not the stigma it once was. Looks at 20 famous "failures" and where they are now, including Steven Jobs, Michael Milken, William Agee, Jimmy Johnson, and Ivan Boesky. (JOW)

Discusses teachers' options when they learn that their jobs are in jeopardy and acceptable and unacceptable reasons for being fired. Also looks at teachers' legal rights and responsibilities. (JOW)

Outlines the components of corporate outplacement programs and provides guidelines for assessing the merits of using in-house personnel or outside consultants to manage the process. (SK)

Presents a light-hearted, yet serious, look at how to survive termination of employment. (SR)

Responds to case of 34-year-old White female employee relations assistant who lost her job when it was upgraded to a position for which she was unqualified. Suggests three issues to consider in counseling: handling the current situation, analyzing causes of the current problem and how to avoid them in the future, and planning and achieving her…

Responds to case of 34-year-old White female employee relations assistant who lost her job when it was upgraded to a position for which she was unqualified. Discusses information needed by counselor who might work with this client through the corporation's Employee Assistance Program and considers an intervention strategy. (NB)

Discusses ways to evaluate outplacement services that are designed to provide displaced executives with skills assessment, resume development, interview preparation, a place from which to work, and continued training and counseling to ensure a smooth career transition. (JOW)

Boards can soften the termination blow by assuring employees that layoffs are not personal and offering to write letters of recommendation. School systems should also give early notices and reasonable explanations, eliminate positions through attrition and early retirement, and place certified administrators in lesser administrative or teaching…

The causes for executive dismissal are discussed, including the special problems involved in the development of effective administration in the educational field. The importance of ethics and honesty in professional organizations is emphasized. (MD)

The unemployed are a varied group; being unemployed may be related more to individual circumstances than the overall state of the economy. The unemployed are discussed in terms of job-losers, job-leavers, new entrants (job searching for the first time), reentrants, age groups, minority groups, and the discouraged worker. (SR)

Discusses the difficulties in telling a student editor that the work being done is not satisfactory and in relieving the student of the job. Suggests some kinds of early preventative action an adviser can take to keep that step from being necessary. (TJ)

Two thematic articles are included: "Career Counselors as Vocational Experts: Determining Earning Capacity" (Maze) discusses the value of counselors as expert witnesses in forensic settings; "Vocational Examinations in Family Law and Wrongful Termination Cases in California" (Miller, Schwadron) suggests that vocational expert…