Student retention continues to be a major concern in higher education. Every year many individuals enroll in higher education institutions but never obtain a certificate or degree within a six-year span. The following quantitative descriptive-comparative study addressed how academic advisors' relationships with advisees may affect student…

A current sampling of school guidance activities in selected countries reveals that guidance services for school-age youth are still unique to American education, though interest and activity are increasing abroad. (MJB)

The report covers a project in the Bangor junior high schools running from the first week in October 1973 to the last week in April 1974. The study sought to find a way to upgrade the career guidance program at the junior high level with little cost in counselor time. Three junior high schools supplied the ninth grade students to be used for…

The complexities of present-day living have created a need for the expansion of the offerings of the school to better prepare the students to cope with their problems. The school activities inaugurated to help the students solve their problems and become happier and better adjusted were called guidance. It has been felt that these guidance…

This descriptive study provides a snapshot of teacher evaluation policies across a demographically diverse sample of districts in the Midwest Region. It aims to lay the groundwork for further research and inform conversations about current policies at the local, district, and state levels. Specifically, this study examines district evaluation…

With the exception of the procedures developed by Porter and colleagues (Porter, 2002), other methods of defining and measuring alignment are essentially limited to alignment between tests and standards. Porter's procedures have been generalized to investigating the alignment between content standards, tests, textbooks, and even classroom…

Explores Scotland's attempts to make available to school children the advice and support of trained social workers. Compares present developments and trends in Scotland and England and draws attention to current issues. (Author)

A questionnaire was administered to 180 classroom teachers in 19 midwestern high schools, soliciting their opinions regarding counseling and guidance programs in the secondary school, and results were compared with those of an analogous earlier study (Gibson, 1965). Results showed that teachers continued to believe counseling and guidance programs…

Sixty-eight secondary vocational agriculture teachers were surveyed to determine the amount of guidance tasks they perform. Findings indicate that the teachers are performing guidance skills. Teachers with the most training in guidance and teachers in larger schools were found to be performing more guidance tasks. (LRA)

DIAGNOSTIC AND GUIDANCE PROCEDURES WERE STUDIED TO DETERMINE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN ALTERING OR IMPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UNDERACHIEVERS. AN EARLIER GUIDANCE STUDY TESTED 1,078 BEGINNING FOURTH GRADERS, OF WHOM 190 WERE IDENTIFIED AS UNDERACHIEVERS. CERTAIN PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES AND A PHILOSOPHY FOR DEALING WITH LEARNING…

To isolate variables present in school psychologists which may enhance effective delivery of psychological services, other school staff were asked to evaluate the performance of their psychologist. They perceived those psychologists with four to nine years experience as the most effective. The level of training yielded conflicting results. (Author)

This study suggests parents (N=66), teachers (N=77), and students (N=550) all seem to agree that student supervision and discipline are low priority counseling functions. The teachers' ratings of guidance attitude statements did not suggest that these additional responsibilities made counselors too busy to meet the other needs of their counselees.…

Outlines a study determining which of two career guidance methods was most effective. A didactic and structured guidance approach proved more effective in promoting career maturity than the more flexible method. Results reveal students' need for structure and suggest beneficial effects of using career guidance in the academic curriculum. (JAC)