This report presents issues which have been identified as affecting the preparation of women for professional and managerial careers. Issues examined in the first section, counseling, are educational and psychological skills; assessment of skills, abilities, opportunities, and realities; specialization for professional positions; assessment of bias and discrimination, costs versus benefits, and upward mobility; and using role models, linkages, networks, "old girl" systems, and mentors. Areas covered in the next section, educational programs, include management training, general college programs, methodology, financing education for and by women; government program, and professional organizations. Issues discussed in the third section, support systems, are information center, child care, financial aids, placement centers, flexible time, and equal employment opportunitiy/affirmative action. Finally, a list of recommendations for future action aiding working women is provided. Appended materials include a list of professional women's groups and major findings of an American Association of University Women (AAUW) survey on the status of women in higher education. (CT)