This article introduces a method to critical reviews and explores the ways in which problems have been formulated in knowledge production on career guidance in Denmark over a 10-year period from 2004 to 2014. The method draws upon the work of Bacchi focussing on the "What's the problem represented to be" (WPR) approach. Forty-nine…

Career services at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UT-Knoxville) had always strived to serve students with disabilities, but didn't know how many students with disabilities actually "were" being served. Then, in the summer of 1998, Alan Muir walked into UT career services and things began to change. This article details how that change came…

The Career Guidance Center of the American University of Beirut was established to counteract the effects of limited knowledge of the world of work and lack of school counselors and career education. The decision-making model used is consistent with Lebanese cultural beliefs. (SK)

With limited funds and resources, one trained director and three enthusiastic student co-directors can establish a useful career counseling center which will meet the needs of both the students directing the center and those using it. Good publicity, faculty support, and staff cohesion are key ingredients. (JG)

Presents findings from the 2001 "Career Services Survey" conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Survey focuses on the facilities, finances, and staffing of college and university career services offices. Where possible, results are compared with results of previous career services surveys. (GCP)

Reviews eleven conditions that are prerequisite for career guidance improvement to take place. Five of these conditions are (1) an expanded concept of career guidance, (2) comprehensive development programs, (3) more career guidance centers, (4) a focus on adults, and (5) equity for all. (LRA)

This study addresses itself to these topics: (1) the current state of the art in California Career Centers, (2) those materials and programs which students are finding most helpful, (3) the effect the Career Centers are actually having on students who use them, and (4) the effectiveness of Career Centers in providing career guidance services to…

This conference handout includes five brief papers presented by a panel to the Employment and Training Division of the American Vocational Association. They are "Assessment Center (Cerritos College)" (Patricia Cook); "Assessment Is the Future. Can You Afford Not to Be a Part of It?" (Bob Cumming); "A Comprehensive Academic and Career Assessment…

A Career Center may be defined as an operational delivery system designed to provide students at the junior high, senior high, and adult levels with exposure to occupational, vocational, college and financial aid information. The Career Center provides the means to: disseminate career information, assess students' interests and abilities,…

The Ohio Vocational Interest Survey (OVIS) has two aims: (1) to assist youth in understanding themselves in relation to the world of work and, (2) as a result, to provide a background for career choice. To do so, OVIS provides a functional system for relating an individual's interests into broad homogeneous clusters of jobs. OVIS consists of a…

The various services of the VA guidance centers are described to assist professionals in referring clients eligible for these services. (Author)