This practicum report explores the belief that the decreasing enrollment in ethnic studies classes at Pasadena City College is related to the ethnic affiliation of the counselors and the counselors' knowledge about ethnic studies. The study investigated whether counselors who were members of an ethnic minority group enrolled more students in…

Hypnosis is a state of mind which manifests a high degree of suggestibility. Advertising, political campaigning, and religious contemplation are all areas in which hypotism is employed, usually without knowledge on the part of either the "hypnotist" or the subject. Because of its association with entertainment, magic, manipulation, and…

This position paper describes how the middle/junior high school counselor recognizes the commonalities of the role and function with those of the elementary and secondary work settings. To ensure the fullest development, an effective guidance program must recognize many physiological and psychological differences of adolescents in grades five…

Offers guidelines for the development of a teacher-advisor plan in the junior high/middle school. Includes suggestions on basic design, advisee assignments, teacher-advisor responsibility, information sharing, parent-pupil-teacher conferences, and in-service training for advisors. Presents a checklist to help the advisor prepare for conferences…

This is a workshop designed to help high school change teams increase their understanding of personalized learning and learn ways to adapt existing practices to improve student engagement. The series draws from six years of assisting schools that have been struggling to find ways for their diverse students to meet uniform expectations. It is also…

This workshop stresses the importance of advisories to the learning process. It stresses that relationships and the personalization of learning are fundamentals to the learning process both in and out of school. It suggests that advisory groups, even in large schools, create the conditions for improving student achievement and behavior and enrich…

The author diagnoses the ills of current high school counseling practice and theory and makes specific suggestions for restructuring both. The article includes a breakdown of current and projected responsibilities. (Editor)

The author describes the experiences of a school that tried a computer assisted system of class scheduling. The process is modeled after college systems. (RP)

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)

Describes some of the pitfalls of school counseling today, mainly because of guidance". (AN)

An integrated process of educational and vocational choice is presented, with attention given to the reciprocal influence that each process has on the other. (Author)

Paper examines the Evaluative Criteria'' for evidence of sex-role stereotyping and makes recommendations for possible changes in that influential publication. (Author)

One implication of this study is to challenge the traditional concept that faculty or special advising staff must carry out academic advising. Undergraduate students, given adequate training and roles, can effectively advise other students. (Author)

In the present comparison of clients and nonclients on the EPPS, the male client group was subdivided to provide for replication. Corroborative replication is discussed as a means of increasing confidence in the validty of findings in personality and counseling research. (Author)

Indicates that profiles of undergraduate students are valuable as aids in the recruitment of high school students, the identification and counseling of undecided undergraduates who may be suited for a home economics program, and the advising of declared home economics majors. (JOW)