Maintaining essential counseling services despite severe budget reductions is a major problem for many colleges. This article describes one solution--the development and implementation of a computer-augmented system for academic counseling. Applications to other areas of counseling and advantages in terms of cost and increased productivity are…

The survey attempted to obtain the general outlines of academic advising in two year colleges and to describe the variety of processes. (Author/BY)

Counselors can aid students in developing an educational philosophy and, accordingly, help them design an educational program and participate in experiences congruent with the students' goals and values. (Author)

Study results suggest that the level of competence needed for the advising function is not beyond the capacity of most upper-division students. Given the minimal training and supervision provided to this nearly unselected group of seniors, advising outcomes appear to be at least equal, and frequently superior to those for faculty advisors. (Author)

This article applies student development concepts to academic advising. Advising is viewed as a teaching function based on a negotiated agreement between the student and the teacher in which varying degrees of learning by both parties to the transaction are the product. (Author)

Makes suggestions for organizing and coordinating an advising system. A delivery system is described that assumes a general advising staff and support systems related to three student developmental goals. (Author)

Summarizes data on sex role, career conceptions, self-confidence, risk-taking, and interaction with teachers. Implications for action are noted. (Author)

A follow-up of adults who obtained continuing education counseling revealed the majority made personally satisfying attitudinal or behavioral changes such as returning to school, but did not attribute the change made directly to counseling. Changers scored significantly higher on the powerful others subscale than did nonchangers. (Author)

Effects of appointment making and information variables on appointment compliance by students on probation were studied. Greater compliance occurred when appointments were set for students. (Author)

This article describes four special counseling programs that have been found to be quite effective in helping students achieve academic success. The programs, simple in concept and application, appear to have a positive impact on the new students enrolling in an urban open enrollment institution. (Author)

College students who fail to meet financial commitments to their institution appear to attempt more hours each term than their classmates and to receive more incomplete and/or nonreported grades. Early identification of and counseling with financially delinquent students might prevent their entrapment in a cycle of academic difficulties. (Author)

Examined the perceived orientation needs of college freshmen and transfer students (N=527) and whether these needs were met or unmet. Results showed that new students, both before and after orientation, saw academic and career planning as the primary objective of an orientation program. (WAS)

Discusses four ingredients of a successful academic advising program: (1) selection of academic advisors; (2) training of academic advisors; (3) evaluation of the advisement program; and (4) recognition of academic advising. (RC)

Academic advising is one of the most frequently used but poorest quality student services on a university campus. This article presents the theory and rationale for a departmental advising center as an alternative to the faculty advising system. The structure of the center and its personnel and operations are discussed. (Author)

Faculty and upperclass students were trained in group techniques for freshman advising. The 144 advisees had fewer course and room changes, disciplinary referrals and suspensions, and less residence hall damage. They also returned as sophomores in greater numbers than students who experienced traditional advising. (Author)