First in a series of articles to be offered by Journal Professional Development Committee. Presents instrument designed to assess expectations held by students, teachers, parents and administrators in relation to personnel program in their school. (CJ)

A survey was made to determine the understanding of the role of the counselor by students, teachers, administrators, and counselors themselves. Results indicate that there are significant differences in the perceptions of the groups regarding the performance of specific counselor functions. (Author)

This study reported the role of counselors as perceived by black students in a secondary school. Observational and interview methods were employed to obtain data from 24 black students selected at random from the junior and senior classes of a large metropolitan secondary school. Findings include: counselors were essentially concerned with…

A questionnaire survey of 27 counselors in Ohio's public assisted technical college was conducted in an attempt to evaluate what a technical college counselor's role is and how he perceives himself in fulfilling that role. The results showed a large difference existed between perceived and actual roles. (DS)

Most counselors adopt a "clinical" role as opposed to an "environmental" one, seeking to make the individual adjust to existing social and educational conditions rather than trying to bring various aspects of the organization or social system into harmony with each other and with individual needs. To find out which role is actually adopted by…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the ways in which the occupational behaviors of Montana secondary school counselors are complementary to, or in conflict with, the expectancies of their various publics. In this study the counselors and their various publics (counselor-educators, school administrators, teachers, students, parents) were…

Results of the survey imply that incidents were handled more ideally when a full complement of pupil services were available as compared with districts receiving only minimal services from other individual workers. A need was expressed for more psychological and social work service in all the districts in the study. (Author)

To test the hypothesis that differing perceptions of the role and responsibilities of the advisor exist, in 1984 an Advising Role and Responsibility Inventory was developed and administered. The population of the study consisted of students, faculty, and administrators from a four-year, comprehensive, state-supported, midwestern university. (MLW)

The focus of this report is the role expectations of the guidance counselor position as held by selected faculty groups. The two major tasks are: (1) to ascertain the extent of group agreement on the occupational guidance role of secondary school counselors, and (2) to determine the relationships of selected variables to the degree of such…

The quality of the student-faculty interaction in academic advising is a major contributing variable to institutional holding power. Students were surveyed for the type of relationship that was most productive, qualitative and satisfying for them. The student development theory in advising was explored. (MLW)

To explore and analyze the perceptions of students and counselors as to the expected counselor's role, a random sample of fifteen counselors and seventy-five students from each of three Colorado public high schools was selected and the participants were asked to complete a survey instrument which collected three types of data: general information…

According to the literature and historical experience, differences of opinion exist among teachers about the role and functions of counseling professionals in schools, and little information is available about preservice instruction on the work of school counselors. A study was conducted, therefore, for the following purposes: (1) to determine how…