Project Opportunity is a talent search and encouragement program that attempts to identify disadvantaged students with academic potential. The purposes of the program are: (1) to increase their academic achievement; (2) decrease the dropout rate; (3) increase the number continuing in higher education; (4) augment their knowledge of vocational…

This paper proposes that counseling will and should be replaced by another discipline which will be called applied behavioral science. The applied behavioral scientist would be employed in situations similar to those now employing counselors; his job will be to apply theory and research derived from the various behavioral sciences in order to help…

A well-planned job placement program is an essential function of the total career education program of a school. This guide is intended to assist administrators guidance counselors, and vocational educators in identifying substantive problems connected with establishing a job placement program. Included in the guide is a discussion of job…

A report was written to provide a systematic review of recent developments in secondary school guidance. This review involves: (1) describing trends in how the field is conceived--the dominant ideas, criticisms, and prescriptions for good guidance practice; and (2) describing exemplary guidance materials, projects, and programs now in use or under…

The elementary and secondary school guidance programs in the Dade County, Florida public schools were evaluated by means of (1) questionnaires and interviews of principals, teachers, counselors, and students; (2) time-logs maintained by the counselors; and (3) behavioral ratings by teachers of students who had been referred for and had received…

Each of the six articles in this Bicentennial issue of "Tennessee Education" is discussed. (JC)

As public expectations increase for individualizing the educational process, as some options open for education beyond high school, as the job markets shift with the ebb and flow of social and technological change, the challenge and the responsibilities resting upon the country's school counselors become steadily more demanding. (Author)

Activity group guidance is a method that may help counselors bring new vitality into their schools by integrating the affective and the cognitive and by helping students learn by doing. (Author)

Describes a comprehensive guidance model designed to help the middle school student achieve the developmental and learning tasks of transescence and outlines a step-by-step plan for implementing the model. (Author/IRT)

The Research and Guidance Laboratory (Madison, Wisconsin) is a research and service center for educators in the area of the gifted. (SBH)

Defines a process that will enable counselors to design their own guidance activities relevant to the special needs of various student populations. Six steps are suggested: experiencing, publishing, processing, generalizing, developing, and applying. (ABB)

This brief describes the Choices in Transition program for low-income ethnic minority youth with disabilities in Chicago. The program's goal is to support participants in the process of transition in order to improve educational and vocational success and to increase self-determination. Recommendations for improving the transition outcomes of…

An evaluation is presented on the impact of HIV/AIDS on the education sector in the Asia Pacific region. The spread of HIV/AIDS not only brings illness and death, it also threatens the efforts already made to achieve the goal of Education for All (EFA). Education can combat the negative consequences wrought by HIV/AIDS. Tactics include (1)…

Recently, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) revised its standards for annual gifts and campaigns. The purpose was to erase ambiguities, establish tighter definitions for certain types of gifts, and ensure greater clarity about best management practices. In addition, the effort created a reliable database of campaign…