This paper discusses a collaborative inquiry (CI) that explored a California community college program known as Puente. The purpose of the inquiry was to bring together different stakeholders involved with Puente---students, mentors, counselors, and instructors---to engage in group dialogue and share their perceptions about the functions of the…

Research indicates an increasing number of college students are experiencing severe psychological problems that are impacting their academic performance. However, many colleges and universities operate with constrained budgets that limit their ability to provide adequate counseling services for their student population. Moreover, accessing…

A FIPSE-funded project was designed to provide support and training to community college faculty electronically, and to develop a model to offer innovative, interactive strategies to support their students' academic and career needs. The goal of the mentoring/coaching program has been to support instructors in their online efforts, provide…

MDRC launched the Opening Doors demonstration to test four distinct interventions that were designed to help more students persist in community college and accomplish their academic and personal goals. This report describes the impacts of a performance-based scholarship program with a counseling component on academic success and persistence among…

The introductory section of this brief on counseling in the community college reviews the major concerns presented in the literature relative to student counseling services, professional associations, the Computerized Vocational Information System, peer and paraprofessional counselors, cultural factors influencing counseling, counseling special…

Providing students with the opportunity to explore academic/career alternatives during the first two years of college is a basic mission of the Division of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) of the Fayette campus of Pennsylvania State University, which provides the first two years of numerous baccalaureate programs. Effective academic advisement, which…

Reviews factors influencing the organization and delivery of academic advising services. Discusses the strengths and weaknesses of seven two-year college organizational models, including faculty only, supplementary, split, dual, total intake, satellite, and self-contained models. Describes advising delivery systems using faculty advisors,…

Counseling flourishes best in the community college climate when it is congruent with that climate. A community college model of counseling must be interdependent, interactive, proactive, and client-centered. The structure of counseling services needs to evolve from the unique dynamics of each campus. (Author)

Findings are presented from the third year of the demonstration of the Guidance Information System (GIS), a computer-based information delivery system providing occupational, two-year college, four-year college, and financial aid information to students in two-year colleges in New York. Conclusions, based on experiences with seven colleges during…

Various planning issues related to the development of a program to train paraprofessional counselors as Adult Career Development Specialists are considered in this four-part report. Part I presents a literature review dealing with the developmental tasks associated with the various stages of the adult life cycle, the need for new adult guidance…

In spring 1985, Morton College's (MC's) counseling staff instituted a student development model for academic advising to encourage students to assume greater responsibility in planning their educational and career goals. During their first academic advising appointment: (1) new students are made aware of the importance of their commitment to their…

Outlines a community college's intensive institutional effort to solve advising management problems and to develop mechanisms to assure maintenance of an effective system. Considers factors important in maintaining the system and implications for other institutions. (RC)

Describes Kirkwood Community College's (Iowa) activities and support services designed to help mainstream women into non-traditional educational programs and careers, focusing on the college's Opportunity Center, workshops, ongoing support services, sex-fair counseling, curricular changes, promotional activities, and efforts to eliminate sex-role…

This paper summarizes seven innovative conferences designed to meet the educational and career counseling needs of adults. The conferences were developed at an urban state university, and can be adapted to and adopted by community colleges, private colleges and other universities. The purposes of these conferences were (1) to give educational and…

In an effort to provide support for employees and their families, Red Deer College (RDC) developed the Resources, Employees, Assistance, Counselling, and Health (REACH) program. The program is administered by a committee of five people who represent the five major employee groups at the college (i.e., senior administration, middle administration,…