This issue of Communique, published by the ERIC Counseling and Personnel Services Information Center deals with several topics of interest to practicing counselors. The first article deals with assisting student jobseekers. A new column entitled Vibrations briefly covers new developments in various areas of counseling and recent research. The…

In order to determine the specific counseling needs of the adult learner, staff of the Adult Counseling Project began by conducting a literature search pertaining to the problems of returning students and those considering a return to school. The review revealed that little is known about the educational and vocational needs of the returning…

This publication is a quarterly annotated bibliography of current literature on educational and vocational guidance. Included for each publication cited are the name and address of the publisher and the cost of the publication. The reviews are organized into sections on occupational information; educational, vocational and personal guidance;…

Five years of summer program experience with minority and disadvantaged students are examined and the impact of summer programming on medical school admission and academic performance in the first year of medical training is discussed. An academic curriculum of anatomy, biochemistry, and physiology--with intensive counseling--provides the basis of…

The majors of deaf students, students with other handicaps (blind, orthopedic, health impaired), and non-handicapped students were compared. Analysis revealed deaf students tend to aspire to a career in teaching, whereas students with other handicaps tend to aspire to a career in counseling. (Author)

The classroom meeting, particularly the open-ended kind, is the cornerstone and foundation of a school without failure. It provides the students an opportunity to become intellectually stimulated and to assist each other in the academic realm as well as in personal relations. (Author)

A program of communication between faculty and administrations of two-year and four-year colleges provides for continuity in the mathematics programs of students transferring to the senior institutions. (SD)

The University of Denver has implemented a computerized academic advising system as an effective tool for improving advising. An evaluation of that innovation suggests that academic advising can be markedly improved by this means. (Author/LBH)

Youth from low-income families responded to the Mooney Problem Check List before and after enrollment in a precollege program. The number of perceived problems decreased over the 6-week period, and the data suggest information which may be useful in assisting youth in coping with problems that affect academic achievement. (Author/SMR)

Discusses teacher-adviser programs tailored to personal learning needs of secondary school students and designed to complement professional counseling services. Outlines the elements of successful advisement programs, highlighting the beneficial effects of teacher-counselor collaboration on school climate, job satisfaction and academic…

This keynote address discusses ways undergraduate education is changing in terms of the diversity of students, financing education, and time required for graduation. How these changes affect academic advisers is the focus of the piece. The article is a response to a college administrator's charge to advisers to adapt to the new face of…

A school psychologist briefly describes the use of academic coaching with gifted students who are underperforming possibly because of a disability such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Coaches are urged to first, review the student's assessment data; second, determine the student's ability to benefit from coaching; third, determine…

The project is an attempt, through vocational education, to educate the disinterested and disadvantaged high school individually prescribed education (identification, diagnosis, prescription, and program modification) and places heavy emphasis on the role of student ombudsman or advocate. (AG)

Working from the assumption that clients who voluntarily enter counseling are in a better position to profit from it, the author proposes a comprehensive program to motivate elementary school students to seek counseling voluntarily. (RWP)

The author urges that counselors confront students with the fact that a college degree no longer assures guaranteed passport to economic success. He discusses three divergent views of the goals of liberal education and closes by advising that counselors help students come to grips with their personal motivations in attending college. (EAK)