Studied the effectiveness of the Vocational Exploration Group (VEG) in increasing the vocational maturity of economically disadvantaged Black students. Found VEG participants improved significantly and were more able to appraise their job-related capabilities. They were also more knowledgeable about the world of work. (Author/JAC)

Provides a model of how hypnosis might be integrated into existing college counseling center programs. Describes a six-session skill building self-hypnosis group. (RC)

Summarizes the essential research on the interrelationships of reading, response to literature, and composition. Shows that readers and writers are both creators of meaning. Discusses a plan by which students develop--and appreciate--their responses to literature and integrate the acts of reading and writing. (RL)

Describes the Student Developmental Task Inventory (SDTI-2) which assesses the level of student development in terms of autonomy, purpose, and intimate relationships. The development, reliability, and validity of the SDTI-2 are discussed; student uses are suggested. (RC)

College students (N=25) went to Jamaica to assist a service project with construction needs. Involvement with the people was emphasized so that a full cross-cultural experience could occur. Students in the project made statistically significant changes on a number of developmental variables measured by the Student Development Task Inventory. (RC)

Used personality characteristics, extracurricular participation, and selected demographic data as variables to identify potential participant and nonparticipant students in college sponsored extracurricular activities. Results suggest the questionable transferability of levels of participation from high school to college and the need to consider…

This paper proposes using nontest indicators, along with academic tests, to assess school effects on youth development. Relationships between indicators and tests are explored and examples presented of nontest indicators of intellectual development, career development, and health and personal safety. Data sources for indicators are…

Studied beginning counseling practicum students receiving supervision from advanced doctoral counseling students. Results indicated a positive relationship existed between trainees' perceptions of: supervisor characteristics, the therapeutic relationship, and satisfaction with supervision; but no significant relationship between ratings of…

Reviews the advantages and disadvantages of both enrichment and acceleration programs for the intellectually gifted. Concludes that acceleration is a better option for many students. (Author)

Includes presentations, an interview, and selected session report summaries from the 36th National Conference of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors, Detroit, Michigan, October 1980. Issues addressed include the admissions process, political issues, counselor education and the need for long-range planning and renewed…

Grouping by type may increase a sense of community in residence halls. Residence life staff can develop programs that better address the unique needs of these different groups. Students who feel better about their living circumstances have more energy to devote to the intellectual requirements of college. (Author)

Describes a training method which explores the academic advising process, student development, career counseling and university resources. The adviser may serve as an adult role model for many students, increasing the importance of the counselor role. (JAC)

Using a developmental, learning-by-doing approach, teacher education must take deliberate steps to help teachers acquire the skills and understanding they need to foster the moral growth of students at all levels. (Author/MSE)

In a replication of an earlier test, frequency of student/faculty contact was found to be related positively to students' academic, intellectual, and personal growth, even after precollege differences were controlled. Quality of contact was related only to personal and intellectual development. (Author)

The liberal arts college that gives teacher education a high priority in its purpose, that commits itself to the intellectual development of teachers through a humanistic curriculum and that values teaching for its faculty, as well as its prospective teachers, can make a significant contribution to improvement of education. (MLW)