Describes new kind of group experience being made available to students. Student participants learn to listen to each other better, to feel more positive about themselves, and to be more comfortable with their feelings. Use of volunteer nonprofessional group leaders and group supervision format for leaders makes program cost efficient. (Author)

A non-profit program based in Washington State that promotes access to college for low income groups/welfare recipients is described, along with results of research on the program. The H.O.M.E (Helping Ourselves Means Education) program is designed to help welfare recipients leave the welfare system by entering educational institutions. Additional…

National surveys reveal that citizens of all age groups, from school age to adult, are ignorant about the law and its practical use in daily life. The advocate counseling model is an integrative approach combining the elements of legal research and therapeutic counseling in order to teach and guide individuals or groups with institutional problems…