This manual outlines a competency-based preparation program for school counselors. The program is based on a developmental process which includes specific dimensions of knowlege and self-awareness as well as the professional competencies deemed essential to the practice of counseling. The school counselor's role is defined and three levels of…

The Southern Regional Education Board Manpower and Education Project objectives include both the development of projections for educational needs relative to demand in various occupations in the South, and the creation of greater awareness among students, faculty and administration regarding career planning and utilization of occupational manpower…

The rapid pace at which societal changes have occurred in our culture has presented a tremendous challenge to higher education. A major attempt to meet this challenge has been the Tomorrow's Higher Education (THE) Project. The goal of the THE Project is to reconceptualize student affaris work in a way that will provide a measure of creative input…

This article presents the organization of innovative and traditional programs in a multi-service approach to providing career development services. A two-dimensional 12-celled model is presented for the delivery of counseling services by the college counseling center. (Author)

Discusses the part that student advisory services play in helping students to use the university regarding its educational opportunities, levels of Open University study including its structure and system, and the opportunities for self-assessment. Also considers the development of counseling policy and its part in assisting the adult student in…

The prospect of finding the "perfect" job looms heavy over a student's head. One professional explains the importance of helping students find their niche long before the final countdown. (Author)

This article points out the importance to students in reaching enrollment decisions of opportunities for faculty and peer interactions. In a scarce student enrollment pool, it is important for admissions programs to participate in analysis of institutional environments and assist in redesign of ineffective campus developmental "spaces." (Author)

How does the admissions counselor make the home office aware that he is doing his job? Can admissions be made a more appealing career? This article deals with a partial solution to this problem. (Author)

Working with intact units on campus to assess the impact of organizational, psychological, and relevant physical features of the environment on the functioning of its constituents is a potentially powerful role for counseling psychologists to assume. The author discusses the counseling psychologist in the organizational-interaction role and…

In these hard times in higher education the continued development of current faculty is a crucial concern in an institution's attempts to maintain future viability. This article describes the range of activities undertaken to increase faculty effectiveness and the unique role counseling psychologists can play. Training implications are discussed.…

Encourages counselors and students to work together to avoid the one-dimensional application folder. Emphasizes the need for believable, multidimensional applicants in the admissions process. (KS)

Describes the evolution and implementation of a program designed to decrease student reluctance to seek counseling services and occupational information and to increase client responsibility for decision making. Used a verbal contractual agreement to describe the counselor's and client's roles. (JAC)

Proposes the term "career navigation" to describe the thinking and strategy students need for effective career planning. Discusses several skills for success including self-evaluation and planning for the unexpected. The role of the counselor in helping students learn what is important to them and setting reasonable goals is discussed. (JAC)

An American academic advisor compares U.S. systems and techniques with those in several English institutions. Problems unique to the English institutions include certain customs and attitudes and lack of flexibility in the educational system, and similarities include some administrative problems and the need for acceptance of the service. (MSE)

A survey of counseling services at 156 college campuses indicated that most offered peer counseling activities. Results are discussed in six sections: (1) peer counselor roles; (2) problems encountered; (3) quality of peer counselors and clients; (4) peer counselor training; (5) institutional constraints--funding; and (6) summary and implications.…