Reprint of an article originally published in April 1967 describing some experiences of a beginning counselor. (MM)

Describes the evolution and program of Philadelphia's Lifelong Learning Center, which stresses helping individuals to overcome problems of unemployment due to job obsolescence, mid-life career change, women returning to the job market, and career education and planning. Both workshops and individual interviews are used in working with clients.…

In the past, educational counseling in Latin America has been used to limit economic and political participation and maintain unequal resource distribution. Modernization, the new free trade agreement, and other changes are changing the role of counseling. (SK)

Educational guidance and learner support should be fully integrated into the learning experience for community learners who may not have higher education experience. Student feedback is an essential element. (SK)

Australian counselors working in Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander contexts must develop awareness of culture, language, social structure, value systems, and cultural identity of the population. Vocational guidance and counseling should address issues of isolation (geographic and cultural), connectedness, and resilience. (SK)

This article explores the ways in which framings drawn from post-structuralism can help to inform the understanding of guidance practices. In particular, it draws upon the later work of Foucault and Actor-Network Theory to question the centrality of the humanistic subject predominant within discourses of contemporary guidance and raise issues of…

Academic counsellors or tutors are engaged as a link between learners and distance teaching institutions. They perform various roles such as facilitating learning of subject matter content, assessing assignments, providing motivation and encouragement, and supervising research/term papers/project work. Each of these roles requires specific…

What were the paradigm shifts that Quinsigamond Community College undertook in order to create a more effective advising system? Learn about our changes, the process, the end results--a Web-based Career, Academic, and Personal Success (CAPS) plan--and the key lessons learned!

The purpose of this study was to determine the perceptions of Career Technical Education (CTE) by middle school and high school counselors and the effect the perceptions could have on students' choices in career and education planning. School counselors in both middle school and high school should have significant input in the decisions students…