Among the barriers facing refugee-background students (RBS) in accessing Higher Education (HE) in the UK is reaching the required academic English standard, and accessing courses to support them with this (Ashlee & Gladwell 2020: 13). In response to these barriers, the Universities of Leicester and Leeds (both in the UK) have developed the…

Health psychology has emerged as a potentially distinct specialty within counseling psychology. To determine the nature and extent of health psychology training in counseling psychology programs, 55 training directors of counseling psychology programs that are either members of the Council of Counseling Psychology Training Programs (CCPTP) or are…

With budgets limiting counseling staffs and an increased need to retain students, a more effective method of providing services is needed. The objective is to bring paraprofessionals to the point where they can recruit, screen, select, evaluate, promote, train, supervise, and administer their own programs. (Author/PC)

In planning a program of remedial English, college English faculties should ask several questions about the necessity of such a program, the needs of the students, the interests and capabilities of the teachers, the content of the courses, and the methods which can be applied in the remedial classroom. In addition, an effective remedial program…

Nine recommendations are offered for making the Teachers' Insurance Annuity Association (TIAA) and College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF) more attractive and competitive retirement investment vehicles for college faculty. They include broadening of account choice, fund transfer and management options, and counseling services. (MSE)

Discusses the history of a collaboration between an academic department and student affairs on a university campus. Provides details regarding the development and evaluation of a sexual assault prevention and counseling program. Highlights the advantages to this collaboration for both the psychology department and student affairs. Discusses…

This paper is an account of content and development of the programs and services of the University of British Columbia, Centre for Continuing Education's Women's Resources Centre. The centre is designed to meet the needs of adult women who wish to move toward emotional and economic self-sufficiency. An educational, learning skills approach is used…

Pertinent considerations involved in the delivery of career development services at the college level are reviewed. Specific examples of possible career programming alternatives are discussed and summarized in an organizational grid. A detailed case is included as a concrete example of career program development. (Author)

This paper describes a five-stage process for the development, implementation, and evaluation of counseling outreach programs. State I takes the reader from the formulation of a germinal program idea through the procedures of assessing need for the program, assessing of agency resources, building a program planning team, and conducting a thorough…

While being responsive to needs for campus mental health/counseling services, health professionals must act responsibly in meeting these needs by determining how they are to be met and by being responsive but not subservient to demands for action. (MJB)

An interim program (a job search skills seminar for college students) is described which can facilitate the incorporation of career development courses into university curricula. (TA)

A field-training pilot program at Richmond College in 1973 is described. It used undergraduates as leaders for multifamily counseling groups. Discussed are program planning, student selection, training procedures, supervision methods, and project benefits. (ND)

A broad-based task force at the University of Delaware has systematically developed both a theoretical and a programmatic model of career development. From its findings a coordinated, universitywide career development program with an experiential component has been implemented. (MSE)

Current literature reveals little with regard to the delivery of programs and services to the visually handicapped by university and college counseling centers. Philosophically and logistically counseling centers are in the position to not only sensitize the academic community to the needs of the visually handicapped, but also to support the…