Assesses student perceptions of the religious as helpers within the framework of other campus resources. Results indicate that the Friars and the Chaplain's Officer are major resources of help at religiously affiliated colleges. Religious personnel are important in the lives of these students and serve as trusted, respected advisors. (Author/BEF)

This article outlines a developmental/psychosocial framework for graduate student advising based on existing conceptions of graduate student advisement, knowledge about educational mentoring, and human development theory. The model identifies graduate advisors with six characteristics essential to creating a developmental context for advisement…

Assessed effects of counselor sex and counselor/client attitude similarity on female college students' (n=143) perceptions of and confidence in a counselor. For profeminist women, perceptions were positively influenced by attitude similarity with female counselors but not male counselors. For traditional women, attitude similarity resulted in…

A discussion of ethics in college academic advising looks at four ideals of ethics (utility, justice, respect for persons, and fidelity), proposes eight ethical principles for advising, and applies them in five hypothetical case studies. The principles are suggested for training purposes, not as a code of ethics. (MSE)

Discusses diagnosis, addressing need for and usefulness of diagnosis by clinicians in general, with emphasis on related ethical concerns and clinicians' competence in diagnosis specifically. Concludes that graduate programs involved in training clinical professionals need to teach diagnosis more aggressively. (Author/NB)

Considers who is responsible for leading students through the transition from adolescence to adulthood. Discusses role of the school and of school personnel in helping students make this transition. Contends that counseling offices must be safe havens for students to divulge their concerns without fear of retribution. (NB)

Discusses the experiences of a student at a selective admissions university with a moderately high IQ (119) but who also had a learning disability that impeded his academic success. Uses the case study to examine which students really belong at the university and which are allowed to stay there. (MAB)

School counselors' roles can be described along a continuum from reactive to proactive. Whereas reactive services respond to crises, provide counseling, and provide other interventions, proactive services include programs provided with the intent to prevent problems before they occur. As increasing demands are placed on students, and as academic…

This study suggests that change in students' attitude toward the appropriateness of personal-social problems for treatment at the counseling center could be effected by a personal letter from the counseling center staff. Results support this hypothesis. (Author/H.M.V.)

The launching in 1975-76 of Universal Free Primary Education (UPE) for the Federal Republic of Nigeria creates a new need for school counselors of UPE recipients, who may leave school at age 15. The author presents guidelines for recruitment and selection and outlines a 3-year counselor training curriculum. (JT)

A study of the job activities, role expectations, and job satisfaction of 452 academic advisors at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) is reported. Jobs include administrative activities and helping students with three problem areas: (1) academic, social or financial, (2) emotional or psychological, (3) academic and career guidance. Most…

Discusses legal and technical problems university counsel is likely to be called upon to resolve in the collective negotiation process and explores the basis of their resolution: statutory duty to bargain, composition of the bargaining team, support committees, marshalling the facts, subjects of bargaining, exchange of demands, and the…

Outlines major institutional areas requiring legal services, discusses relationship of attorney to trustees and chief administrator, and lists the alternative means of delivery of legal services and some advantages of each, noting trends toward employment of full-time counsel and the practice of preventive law. (JT)

Counseling, an essential function of the financial aid officer, is discussed in terms of opportunities, goals, problems, and responsibilities. (PG)