Previous research on remediation has examined course placement practices, but little is known about first responders and how their beliefs about proper course placements help maintain patterns in course access. This study examined how taken-for-granted racial beliefs were used as legitimate knowledge by community college counselors. Haney López's…

A random sample of American Counseling Association members was asked to respond to a 77-item survey of counselor behaviors and identify whether each behavior was ethical or unethical. Results are categorized by behaviors in which 90% of counselors agreed, 75% to 90% agreed, and 25% to 50% disagreed. Also, changes in ethics education were reviewed…

Seventy-nine community college students rated an audiotaped counseling performance under two conditions of counselor ethnicity (Anglo-American or Mexican descent) crossed with two different attitudes toward assimilation into the mainstream culture (cultural assimilation or cultural pluralism) held by the counselor. (NQ)

In a study of the influence of ethnicity on the counseling relationship, coethnicity is examined as a condition which could alter the degree of rapport between counselor and client. The results are interpreted in the light of implications for practicing counselors. Directions for further research are recommended. (Author/GC)

Describes a model for systematically considering cultural influences counselors need to address in their work: age, disability, religion, ethnicity, social status, sexual orientation, indigenous heritage, national origin, and gender. Model helps counselors and educators to examine their own biases regarding minority cultures and consider the…

Counseling has been culturally diversified for a long time, but only in recent years have counselors become aware of their clients' cultural diversity. This collection of articles addresses a growing need for specific information on multicultural concerns in counseling. The emphasis here is on the importance of the client and client's special…

This study surveyed 133 counselors-in-training (graduate students) on their perceptions of African American/Black, Hispanic, and White males and females in a teen pregnancy situation depicted in videotaped dramatizations. Overall, females were perceived as more likeable than were males. Respondents were less likely to encourage the Hispanic male…