During the past five years, staff of the American Institute for Research (AIR) in Palo Alto, California have been developing, field testing, and revising a guidance system especially suited to systems of individualized education. A primary aim of AIR's Comprehensive Career Guidance System (CCGS) is to help each student plan wisely for the future.…

The Summer Orientation Registration Program at the University of Maryland, "Maryland Review," is described. Dominated by academic information and decision-making sessions, it deals with concerns of general adjustment and dissemination of information about campus services and facilities. Students selected as peer advisors undergo specific training…

A model training module is described that offers high school counselors familiarity with student financial aid options for college-bound students. The package includes information on need analysis, definitions of aid available, identification of major resource areas, Michigan aggregate dollar statistics, and a list of policy-related questions.…

Even in Florida, a state most receptive to the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), Black students make little use of one of the most popular time-shortened degree mechanisms. The director of Florida A & M's Test Service Bureau explains why and tells how counselors can help Black students break through educational barriers. (Author/LBH)

A study was undertaken to determine what counselors in a Texas public high school are doing for Mexican American, black, and "Anglo" students. The specific functions being performed by school counselors, as perceived by college and non-college bound students served by the counselors over a five-year period, are examined. (Author/GC)

Courses undertaken by associate students at the Open University are not necessarily part of a degree program but may meet professional continuing educational needs or involve undergraduate level preparation. A counselor's notes describe advisory and counseling support provided to associate students. (SW)

Arts staff tutors in the Yorkshire region introduced a scheme designed to offer support to students as soon as they experience problems in their studies. After grades are registered on assignments, special sessions may be offered to such students if judged appropriate by tutors. (SW)

Brokering services are one way of meeting the service needs of nontraditional students. They provide assistance in establishing goals, information sources/referral, information and assistance in problem solving and decision making, and advocacy and support. (AYC)

Attracting ethnic minority and disadvantaged students to health careers and facilitating their successful completion of training program requirements have been major activities of the University of Colorado Medical Center since 1969. The status of this effort is described, including advising and counseling, summer orientation, and academic support…

A teacher discusses the ways in which a person can begin to prepare for agricultural resources and forestry occupations: High school, employer training, technical training, military service, correspondence courses, junior colleges, and college or university. (MF)

Discusses the importance of academic support services in ensuring the effectiveness of developmental programs. Describes the Learning Assistance Support System developed in Washington's community college system and Luzerne County Community College's Institute for Developmental Educational Activities. (DMM)

Describes Postsecondary Counselor Program for increasing college success of rural Native American students in Alaska's Yukon-Koyukuk School District. Discusses program staffing and organization, program activities, graduate success after high school, and implementation steps (needs assessment, school board involvement, and counselor selection and…

Designed an intervention to facilitate the first meeting between student and adviser. During orientation, students were asked to focus on career goals in preparing for the adviser interview, recognizing stages through which students typically pass as they progress through college. Skits were used to demonstrate adviser expectations. Advisers…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of a freshman orientation course on the academic performance and retention of new community college students. The study was designed to obtain both qualitative and quantitative data. A survey was distributed to students who attended Coral College (a pseudonym), California, from the fall of…

Examined the percentage of time college counselors spent performing nine counseling functions. Findings indicated over 50 percent of the counselors' time was spent on vocational, educational, and personal counseling. Found significant relationships for small-large and medium-large colleges and significant differences across three college sizes for…