Counselors in colleges have found themselves increasingly called into litigation and legal confrontation. By knowing basic concepts of law, counselors can both better protect themselves and improve their services to students. Five specific topics involving law and the counselor that seem to arise most frequently in the work of college counseling…

This handbook orients counselors to the counseling needs engendered by the curriculum program of the Thirteen College Consortium. In addition to providing an overview of the philosophy and objectives of the counseling program, the book describes the general and special services to be provided by counselors. Also described are the techniques and…

The value of the college counseling center has been to symbolize the concern for students of the basically depersonalized institutional bureaucracy. The center has permitted others on campus to avoid becoming involved with students. By localizing the problems which are presented by clients within the clients themselves, counselors defuse any…

Typically, the student body in career ladder programs comprises inner city students, best referred to as environmentally handicapped--by such factors as health, economics, lack of political power and weak family structure. Those in higher education are considered "high risk" by institutions because their academic background differs from that of…

College admissions counselors, secondary school counselors, and secondary school seniors each have differing attitudes and expectations about the role of college admissions counselors. A mail questionnaire was used to measure the attitudes and opinions of members of each of these three groups. (Author)

College placement has been the neglected child of college student personnel literature, according to this author's research. He maintains that placement officers must communicate with other student personnel workers, especially through the field's journals. (Author/HMV)

The findings of this study suggest that, when computer-assisted programs are used as part of a course encompassing career development, an approach employing structured counselor intervention strategies is more helpful than one without. Second, these systems should be available for those students who wish to use them without counselor intervention.…

Recommends that the influences outlined in this article be given priority in programs designed to prepare professional counselors. Attention to these issues should result in the student counselor's becoming more sensitive to the core dimensions of an effective counseling relationship and the proper role of the practicing counselor. (Author)

Physicians (N=9) serving internships in family medicine participated in a counselor education program, which consisted of ten weekly meetings. The purpose of the sessions was to provide some orientation to personality dynamics and counseling theory and application. Outcomes and implications are reported. (Author)

The title "admissions counselor" suggests a number of roles. Depending on the climate of a particular admissions cycle, one or another of those roles may be more prevalent. The author, however, believes the word "counselor" may now be taking on a more significant meaning in the admissions process. (Author)

Objectives of training in referral counseling of dropout students are diagnosis and training. Diagnosis is to familiarize teachers and counselors with the innovative techniques that measure capability, interests, and aptitudes. Placement is to acquaint teachers and counselors with opportunities available for ongoing schooling for dropout students.…

College counselors can increase the likelihood of school success for learning-disabled students by developing long-term therapeutic relationships in which they help students maneuver through the system, acknowledging their limitations and celebrating their triumphs. Proper motivation is crucial to success. (Author/CB)

In responding to Caple's article on student development, focuses on ways to use the ideas in a college setting. Educators and counselors should facilitate student development, according to this theory, by fostering nonequilibrium. Results of such machinations would be unpredictable. Discusses implications for research, primarily phenomenological…

Practicum students estimated the utility of responses reflecting each of three power bases in facilitating behavior change in clients' presenting problems. Results indicated that students with less supervised experience preferred the legitimate and referent power bases. Neither gender nor type of presenting problem affected the students'…