Describes using undergraduates as student advisers to free faculty from routine counseling tasks in undergraduate engineering programs at Purdue. Describes how advisers are selected and trained. (Author/DS)

The problems and progress of a group of students designated as disadvantaged upon college entry and demographic factors that may be critical predictors of disadvantaged students' academic failure in a course are examined. Special advising and intervention are recommended, so that students need not take the initiative to seek help. (MSE)

Mathematics Level I and Level II Achievement Tests offered by the CEEB Admissions Testing Program are discussed. Administration and purpose of the tests, test development procedures, test content, advising students, and interpreting test scores are covered. Sample examination questions are included. (DT)

Knowledgeable decision-making in choice and design of courses requires professional, unbiased aid and advice from the academic guidance counselor, He must put the aspirations of the individual student above institutional, faculty, or departmental loyalty. Suggestions for achieving this are offered. (LBH)

This article is about state supervisors of counseling and guidance, their relationship with counselor educators, and responsibilities for school counselor preparation and work. (Author)

Efficacy of a brief cognitive-affective intervention to enhance motivational readiness for participating in a psychoeducational decision-making conference was evaluated with 32 school-age children with possible learning disabilities. Although outcomes specific to the preconference intervention were not found, a positive relationship between…

Reports that 500 Canadian university students who had transferred from colleges were more satisfied with the college experience than the university experience, and relied on a different support system at university than at college. Discusses counseling and information services to assist in the transfer decision. Contains 34 references. (SV)

Outlines a step-by-step approach for guidance counselors in holding a preliminary college planning conference with high school juniors and their families in order to help students subsequently deal with possible rejection from a college. (TE)

Feature articles include the following: "Engaging with Guidance: Twenty Years of Educational Guidance for Adults" (Eagleson); "What Is Educational Guidance?" (Brown); "Guidance and Unemployment in Canada" (Edwards); "The Great Training Debate: Let's Have One!" (Imeson); "Educational Guidance and…

Discusses the findings of a study of young people who had left post-16 education prematurely or had switched courses. Examines the main influences on the young people's decisions, the extent to which they felt prepared for their transitions, and their views of career guidance and education. (Author/GCP)

Drawing from a dialogue between an advisor and thesis student, identifies a postmodern worldview among artists and students coming into the field of art therapy. Identifies art therapy as a postmodern form of socially responsive art and suggests the need for art therapy education to provide flexible learning environments. (Contains 25 references.)…

Describes various learning theories and illustrates their relevance to student affairs. Suggests that student affairs professionals focus on learning theories in order to describe their mission, design new efforts that complement and support academic programs on campus, and provide contexts that maximize student learning opportunities. (SNR)

This study examined the academic advising process at Boise State University (Idaho) prior to implementation of "signatureless registration" (advisor's approval not necessary for course registration) and other changes in the advising process. Students (n=890) in 21 undergraduate classes responded to a survey about their advising…

This article is a summary of a panel presentation during the Annual Conference of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1975. The moderator and four student panelists discuss the role of the high school academic counselor. (HMV)

Various perspectives on the current state and future of community college counseling are examined in this paper. First, four commonly practiced approaches to counseling are described: (1) the integrated perspective, which views counseling as a form of teaching which is an integral part of educational programs of the community college; (2) the…