Although college and university counseling centers often struggle with misperceptions of their work and their role in the campus community, limited research has addressed this issue. In this article, common campus misperceptions are explored. Among the issues that often increase the misperception of counselors and counseling services include…

This paper is a guide to the location, decor and record keeping of a college counseling service. It delineates the issues and concerns that will dictate the choice of each of these aspects of the counseling service. The choice of location can be determined only after considering the issues of privacy, accessibility and confidentiality. Thus, for…

Significant differences in staffing patterns and services of counseling centers related to size of staff, type of institution, and accreditation status of the center are reported. Sex and ethnicity, licensing and academic characteristics of counseling center professionals; numbers of interns, practicum students, and peer counselors; and center…

In this study, data gathered from the files of students contacting Louisiana State University's Counseling and Mental Health Service during a one year period clearly revealed significant differences between the frequent versus infrequent visitor: (1) student age; (2) previous exposure to psychotherapy; (3) local residence while in college; (4)…

The study concludes that the communication gap between counselors and other groups may be reduced by greater information dissemination efforts. (Author)

In winter 1977, a survey was conducted of the counseling services offered by selected community colleges in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Included were one private and 11 public colleges that had been organized for ten years or less and had student populations ranging from 360 to 14,000. White students predominated…

This two-part document contains a description of a peer counseling program affiliated with a college counseling center and a brief outline of their peer counselor training procedures. The program was established to meet the counseling needs of students who tend to be alienated from more traditional sources of help. The responsibilities of the peer…

The bulk of this report is devoted to presenting the findings of a study, which was designed to determine student and faculty desires for counselor and counseling center functioning. The results of questionnaires, one developed for students and one for faculty, indicate that the 3 traditional counseling services (personal, vocational and…

Parents of students, student services personnel, faculty, counselors, and the general student body were sampled to gain an understanding of the perceived role of a college counseling center. Significant differences were found between the various groups. Counselors differed most from the other groups on the Adjustment to Self and Others problem…

Present difficulties of student personnel work on college campuses are outlined as the impetus for the reconceptualization of student needs. Drawing from the behavioral sciences made it possible to conceptualize higher education as a developmental community with available "power factors" for promoting desirable changes in students. The necessary…

Because many student affairs practitioners serve in counseling roles to students, this article examines Pedersen's 10 frequent assumptions of cultural bias in counseling. Also provides appropriate applications and recommendations for increasing the cultural sensitivity of student affairs professionals. Hopes to initiate an impetus for further…

Discusses past, current, and future practices in intermediate and senior school guidance. Examines career education and some of its goals. Argues that if guidance educators are to develop and deliver appropriate career guidance, institutions will have to undergo a paradigm shift and place guidance practices at the forefront of education. (RJM)

The appropriateness of four counseling center models (traditional, consultation, vocational guidance, psychotherapy) and 15 specific counseling center functions for universities with enrollments of 10,000 plus were evaluated by samples of counselors, student personnel administrators, resident assistants, faculty, students, and university…