Telephone and letter contacts extending the summer orientation relationship into the fall semester improved students' perceptions of the college. On the Environmental Satisfaction Inventory derived from Astin's Inventory of College Activities, institutional perception and community factors showed the effects of contacts by orientation staff.…

Offers a personalistic view of the history of school psychology. A brief biographical sketch, of the author is presented, followed by an exposition centered on the development of school psychology as a specialty. Two historical streams of intellectual thought, intervention methods, and professional affiliation, are described. (JAC)

Clarifies the relationship between establishing a careeer objective and selecting a college major. Presents an integral career counseling paradigm to assist students in relating and integrating career and academic goals. Describes specific steps that can be taken to facilitate the use of the paradigm. (LLL)

At night schools, one of the few real growth areas on most campuses, more and more students are asking for assistance with career decisions. (Author)

Much has been written about how counselors can become more multiculturally competent in their research, practice, and academic training. To date, great changes have taken place in the integration of multicultural issues into coursework, publications, and research. The next step for counselors is to include that of social activist along side of the…

Although critics claim that testing is no longer an important function of counselors, studies indicate that counselors in most settings interpret the results of psychological assessment instruments. Tests are increasingly being employed in an attempt to solve educational and social problems. In educational settings, the counselor is the…

Student demographics on campuses increasingly reflect diversity. A counselor's ability to help this emerging campus population requires the use of multicultural interventions that affect the student and the system. Counselors must redefine the process of clinical assessment and intervention to include ethnocultural factors and they must intervene…

Ways to overcome the unusual problems facing the students in our overseas dependents schools who seek admission to American collleges. (IR)

Provides a model for "coordinate status consultation," a method of improving instruction in which the client-professor and the counselor-instructional developer work together as equals. This paper defines the process, summarizes the conceptual basis, describes the major phases in the process, and provides an example of its use. (JJD)

Examined the kinds of counseling problems encountered by resident assistants during 1971, 1974, 1977, and 1980. A questionnaire was developed as a result of interviews with resident assistants. Findings suggested relative stability in the nature and frequency of counseling problems encountered by resident assistants. (Author)

Compared peer counselor processing of different types of clients' problems presented by telephone with how they processed clients' problems when presented in person. Results indicated that the telephone was used most frequently for all types of problems, and that peer counselors responded differently to different types of problems. (Author/RC)

Investigated assumptions that people choose careers which are consistent with their learning styles and are shaped to fit career learning norms. Counselor trainees (N=35) indicated their "preferred" learning style, and subsequently, their perceptions of "counselor" learning style. Results supported the assumptions. (Author/RC)

Describes a college career proactive development counseling program utilizing peer counselors. Describes the selection and training of peer counselors. Evaluated the program in four residence halls. Formal and informal results indicated students were sensitized to the career development process. (RC)

Describes ways counselors can help students and parents work constructively toward admission to an appropriate college. Suggests educating parents about the admission process, informing parents about children's academic records, and providing information about course selection. (RC)