The authors present a culturally responsive college access group to increase educational opportunity for historically targeted high school students. The program was designed for first generation high school students who self-report as having no plans for after high school. The program highlights the need for inter-disciplinary collaboration with…

Students with intellectual disabilities (ID) are increasingly seeking postsecondary education (PSE) opportunities. High school to college transition presents its challenges for all students, and school counselors are uniquely positioned to assist students with ID throughout the PSE process. This article provides a review of the literature on PSE…

Over 72,000 student-athletes compete annually in athletic programs at the community college level. However, research addressing the effect of athletic participation on the psychological well-being of the community college student-athlete is sparse. This study represents an attempt to address this gap by examining the relationship among perceived…

This study investigated the attitudes of school counseling students toward working with students with disabilities. Q methodology was used to develop 43 opinion statements that reflected the attitudes toward providing school counseling services to students with disabilities. Fifty-one school counseling students then sorted these statements. Data…

This guide is designed to provide students, faculty, and guidance personnel at Rhode Island's three public institutions of higher education (the University of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, and the Community College of Rhode Island) with information needed to expedite transfer among institutions. It includes specific institutional transfer…

"Connections '95" focused on educational collaboration and change and the process of becoming a professional. Following the introduction, "Creating the Context: Connections '95" (C. Miller and M. Sakari), the 16 conference papers are presented. The papers are: (1) "Taiga and Tundra: Art and Culture in a Changing…

Fear and anxiety about gaining admission to the "right" college have created many profit-making opportunities for consultants. However, anecdotal experience suggests that this confuses and embarrasses students, weakens the relationship between high school and college, and promotes in the student a "beat the system" mentality. (MSE)

Describes the efforts of a team of university-based counselor educators, alongside teams of school-based counselors, to restructure public education. Explores the roots of the collaboration and provides examples of collaboration projects that focus on trend analysis, sexual harassment, needs assessment and interventions, and international…

It is more important than ever that high school counselors and independent education consultants complement one another to meet the needs of the students they serve. While they have the same objectives and professional standards, the independent consultant can offer a more individualized approach and brings more resources to the postsecondary…

School counselor education programs are challenged to reassess whether they are providing their students with optimal internship learning experiences. This paper examines the evolution and design of one school counseling fieldwork program. It discusses the implications for school counselors who serve as site supervisors for counselors-in-training.…

A Purdue University Office of Admissions program acquaints high school counselors with its philosophy of admissions and its procedures. Counselors learn how an admissions office operates in order to be more effective in their college counseling. (Author)

This article provides a historical, political, and organizational analysis regarding counseling psychology's involvement in professional school counseling. Issues discussed include collaboration, curriculum and training, and professional identity, as well as the commonalities that bind counselor education/professional school counseling and…

This digest examines the role of the school counselor in independent schools. It describes the counselor as an analyst who understands the pressures of college admissions, an advocate for the school's college-bound students, an advisor to parents, at times a classroom teacher, and an intermediary between schools and colleges. (NB)

Efforts to increase collaboration between governments, community agencies, and schools have shaped the educational agenda of the 1990s. The challenge has been how to involve university educators with their public school colleagues. Developing teacher-training programs within schools has been one approach. An initiative within the University of…

Surveyed over 200 public and private high school college advisors to learn what counselors think about their relations with college admission offices and how they view contemporary recruitment efforts. Concludes that there needs to be more open communication between college admission offices and high school counselors. (NB)