This book is intended for persons, particularly in the helping fields, who wish to develop or improve their understanding of the group process, and their leadership skills. Chapter 1 contains an introduction about group process including information about the book format, strategies for obtaining group experience, and selected references on…

This book discusses elements of six major areas of controversy which occur between different types of helping professionals. Theme 1 involves identity for the mental health professions. Questions are addressed related to the professional status of various mental health occupations, and who among them shall provide mental health services. Theme 2…

Part 1 of this two-part project assessed the capacity of the state colleges and universities to prepare vocational educators and counselors skilled in vocational guidance. It provided a quantitative analysis of present and needed capacity, a parallel analysis of local district plans for vocational education, and an analysis of occupational trends…

This monograph discusses issues and problems in enhancing the academic and financial preparation of minority students in Virginia for college. Practices contributing to the disproportionately low percentage of minority students prepared for college are identified including inadequate preparation of teachers to instruct students from diverse…

This document provides comparative salary trend data for full-time faculty at 212 public and 337 private colleges and universities, based on two surveys, one for the baseline year 1992-93 and the other for the "trend" year 1995-96. For each of the 25 disciplines, a summary review provides a definition of the discipline; information on average…