Heads of departments may find themselves in a counseling role both for staff and for students. Counseling in any department within a college requires skill and sensitivity to meet the needs of students and staff. Heads of departments may be faced with a variety of problems: students who complain about a staff member; scholastic failure or…

Faculty advising students pursuing programs in the arts and humanities should bring to this endeavor suggestions that both challenge students' creative spirit and reconcile this attitude with the realities of earning a living. Guiding principles should include honesty, ensuring that students understand their art interests completely, respect for…

Suggests eight guidelines for faculty members to use in counseling students informally. Suggests by listening carefully and being alert to student problems professors can aid students in thinking through their difficulties. Professors can also give career information and suggest professional counseling when needed. (Author/JAC)

This manual provides a series of forms and instruments and outlines the procedures used by St. Louis Community College in its annual evaluation of counseling faculty performance. First, general information is provided in lists of the performance indicators and other criteria upon which the assessment of teachers, counselors, and instructional…

Faculty advisors must help social sciences students understand their many options, from immediate postbaccalaureate fieldwork to graduate-level professoriate preparation. Social sciences advisors should use their interest in human behavior to design research identifying crucial ingredients of a successful advisor-advisee relationship and to match…