Over 240 secondary school principals, guidance counselors, and teachers were interviewed to determine the relative degree of emphasis that should be placed on various topical areas in evaluation during the preservice training of teachers. The specific topical areas included writing behavioral objectives, developing objective tests, developing…

A 1977 survey of high school counselors was replicated in 1981 at Georgia State University to determine how counselor opinions, experiences, and evaluation had changed. Responses from 277 high school counselors over the state indicated the following: all respondents in the metropolitan Atlanta area had recently received information about Georgia…

The Simmons College Career Planning and Counseling Center is a training site for counseling psychology interns who want to gain experience in counseling late adolescent and adult women. This paper describes the model for training counselors of women, developed at Simmons College. The development of the program is discussed, and the four goals of…

A study was conducted to determine the degree, if any, of sex discrimination resulting from sex bias within vocational programs in the state of Idaho. The following three objectives were developed: (1) to determine the proportion, by sex, of administrators, teachers, counselors, and students making up the population of participants in vocational…

During December 1977, 56 community college counselors, representing 21 institutions and attending the annual Counselor's Day program sponsored by the University of Southern California (USC) Office of Admissions, participated in a survey on their professional development needs. Of respondents, 31 were men and and 25 women; 46 held master's degrees…

An analysis and evaluation were made of a special part-time high school program at Saddleback College (Mission Viejo, California), designed to allow attendance in college credit classes by 11th and 12th grade students. Two questionnaires were used in the study, one being sent to 50 former students and one mailed to 20 high school counselors The…

The Core Experiment at Staten Island Community College is an interdisciplinary program consisting of a cluster of courses (such as freshman orientation, math, English and social science) offered to incoming students in a block. Selection of students was based on achievement test scores in English, math and physical science and on interest.…

This monograph was designed to disseminate the results of recent scientific research in rehabilitation counseling and related areas. The 21 abstracts reflect the research currently underway in universities, rehabilitation facilities, and rehabilitation research institutes throughout the country. Sample topics include: (1) "A Descriptive Study of…

The primary purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the attitudes held by administrators and counselors toward vocational education (as measured by the ATVE Scale) and the attitudes and abilities of students from their schools attending the area vocational-technical school. Data were analyzed from 10 administrators and 10…

Presents findings from a survey of 292 community college-bound high school seniors, 86 community college administrators, and 21 community college counselors conducted to analyze differences in the perceptions of the three groups regarding student needs for counseling and advising. (AYC)

Empirical evidence suggests that client gender, client sexual orientation, counselor gender, and counselor sexual orientation are factors that influence counselors attitudes and treatment practices with lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) clients. However, it is unclear how these factors may interact to affect attitudes and treatment practices.…

The need for quality standards in career counseling and for the articulation of competencies required for practitioners delivering these services, is gaining increased attention in Canada and elsewhere. This digest outlines governmental efforts to develop guidelines for the career counseling of girls and women. Career counseling includes services…

A study investigated similarities and differences in the views of experienced vocational rehabilitation (VR) counselors serving African Americans who are blind or visually impaired. A total of 26 counselors, 11 of whom were African American, reported their views in structured telephone interviews. In general, there were more similarities than…

The national summer dropout campaign of 1963 was initiated by President Kennedy. Subsequent to a June 19 meeting at the White House of over 250 leading educators, another group of local administrators met with Federal officials to discuss possible actions that might be taken to reduce dropouts. The ensuing campaign began and ended within a span of…

School administrators should see that their students and graduates are informed of opportunities for technical education; it may be necessary to supplement the training of guidance counselors. (Eight specific suggestions are given to orient counselors to technical education programs. Working in personnel departments acquaints counselors with…