There seems to be a great need for institutions with common goals to know how they compare to each other. Academicians and educators are also invested in determining what the better programs are and how they compare to these programs. In this study different indicators of Counseling Psychology program quality were assessed and examined for their…

This digest focuses on issues of supervisory evaluation and feedback. It suggests that there exist some fairly basic premises from educational psychology, educational evaluation, and counselor supervision literature that can improve supervision evaluation practices, and thus reduce the ambiguity and uncertainty about evaluation in supervision.…

The author, a counselor educator, spent his year's sabbatical leave from Morehead College as a secondary school counselor to get back in touch with the realities of school counseling. He offers his impressions in this article. (HMV)

Article describes the development and suggested application of a scale which writer developed for the evaluation of individual counseling interview competencies. The scale, called the Counselling Interview Proficiency Scale, can be used by the counselor himself or by an independent rater and can be applied to live or taped interviews. (Author)

Rehabilitation counselor education has shifted its curriculum and focus to conform to changes in federal policy as a means of gaining federal training funds. Changes have jeopardized rehabilitation counseling's identity and status as independent profession. Rehabilitation counselor education must reassert the field's competence in the area of…

This article contains highlights of an interview with John Rothney concerning his personal and professional life and career of research, counseling, and teaching. (Author)

This article concerns the depersonalization of graduate study and the consequent reduction in the quality of education and proposes an alternate model for the preparation of counselors. (JC)

Reactions to the models of Zifferblatt, Blocher and Wolleat, and Carkhuff and the description of a related model applied to training group counselors. (JC)

A systems approach to counselor education is a good step forward if we are willing to face the content question and redefine the objectives of counselor education itself, a redefinition which includes new roles and new functions. Without such a major change, the systems approach may become a mehtod that supports the illusion of change. (Author)

The author suggests that to be accountable counselors need not only restrict themselves to precise observations of behavioral change. Subjective reality can also be a valid measure of a counselor's effectiveness. (Author)

The authors suggest that the directors of APA approved counseling psychology programs perceive their programs as focusing more on the personal than the vocational emphasis. If this is true, then a reappraisal of the desired preparation of counseling psychologists may be in order. (Author)

Survey examined ethics training of counselor educators and ensuing attitudes and actions in professional practice. Discovered that ethics pedagogy during training was related to later pedagogical strategies and to reactions to attraction with students. No single pedagogical strategy seemed to guarantee best teaching or ethical professional…

This article is an overview of the development, maintenance and teaching of an online counselor education class in counseling techniques. This article will focus on one professor's experience with traditional versus online teaching in general and the steps and potential obstacles involved in developing an online course. (Contains 13 references.)…

Investigated institutional affiliations and graduate school origins of current and past editors and editorial board members of Counselor Education and Supervision. Found each editor has been affiliated with different institution, board members not affiliated with academic institutions has declined, and 40 percent of board positions have been…

Surveyed literature in family therapy, social work, and psychology to determine most important characteristics of beginning marriage and family therapist. Found that no set of skills could be derived empirically. Surveyed experienced counselor educators (N=372) to determine characteristics they found important. Found approximately one-half of the…