Conducted a study to test the hypothesis that students who take a high school physics course do better in university physics courses than those who do not take a high school physics course. Results support this hypothesis but also indicate no correlation between high school physics achievement and university physics achievement. (JRH)

A study shows adult guidance services in Fife, Scotland, responding to changing labor market conditions with a well-developed infrastructure and network. Although the skills-development model dominates the agenda of external funders, Fife providers tend toward personal development and social learning as the focus of adult guidance. (SK)

Older (>24 years) or traditional age (<24 years) students (total n=199) who had received counseling at a comprehensive state university were surveyed. Findings indicated that the relationship (cohesion) between counselor and client was the most significant factor in a student's satisfaction with counseling regardless of age. (DB)

Adult guidance and counseling services are underdeveloped in Nigeria and need to be integrated into adult education. Strategies to achieve integration include national policy development, collaboration between counseling and adult education departments, and an increase in public awareness. (SK)

Describes types and functions of student contact points in distance education, including academic counseling and library services; proposes a contouring and catchment method to determine the concentration of registered students and prospective candidates; and applies the method to Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for strengthening…

College campuses provide lots of institutions that look like those one finds in a democratic society--newspapers, government, courts--but ultimately the campus versions are not the same. When anybody sign up for college, he/she is volunteering (and paying) to be part of a particular community with particular rules. This article discusses the…

California State Polytechnic University's continuation group of undeclared majors is a retention program that supported students who, in their first three quarters of attendance, have not yet declared a major. These students have been unable to declare majors because they were not in good academic standing; they were on probation, subject to…

This document comprises an evaluation of the kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) Counseling and Guidance program at the Des Moines (Iowa) Public Schools, a sequential program designed to provide developmental, preventive, remedial, and crisis counseling, in order to assist students in achieving self-understanding, self-responsibility, positive…

This article describes how all teachers can serve as advisers in a plan that encourages each student to develop a close relationship with at least one adult at school. Problems as well as progress are reported here. (Editor)

The present study is a preliminary effort to delineate areas in which male and female clients in a university counseling center are viewed and/or treated differently. Ratings of 565 female and 645 male clients at the University of Maryland Counseling Center were made by 13 Ph.D. level counselors (9 male and 4 female) on 16 evaluation questions.…

The role of counseling is especially important in junior colleges, with their wide range of courses and diverse student population. It must be determined whether or not junior college counselors should practice "psychotherapy" and to what extent they should be academic advisors. The first aim of counseling is to help students to make decisions;…

The usefulness of the American College Testing (ACT) program for discriminating between decided and undecided college students was investigated. Different discriminant functions were derived for males and females, indicating a need for different counseling procedures. (Authors)

Five educators offer answers to this question and consider the implications of double majors, accountability, increased employability, self-knowledge for students, and data limitations in career counseling. (LBH)

Discusses opposing views on minimum academic standards for student athletes. Can schools require of athletes what is not required of other students? Unintended outcomes such as student athletes taking easier course loads may result. Conversely, minimum standards should not penalize those wanting to participate in sports. Schools with minimum…

This paper by the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges clarifies the role of the counseling discipline in the California Community College system, and provides local academic senates with a planning resource to be used when making policy development and implementation recommendations associated with student preparation and success.…