Online education and in particular Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are often regarded as a way to solve global educational challenges. In this article, we highlight the students' uptake of such a 'digital solution'. Presenting initial findings from a research project in Germany, we situate our investigation in the specific context of digital…

Gifted students may seek school counselors for help with concerns regarding various aspects of their gifted experience. The purpose of this study was to determine which counseling concerns are experienced by gifted students. While underachievement and identity were not reported to be concerns encountered by 153 participants enrolled in a summer…

A new awareness of the special problems of commuter students is needed in order to provide necessary student personnel services. New approaches to academic and personal counseling, campus activities, and special services are defined. (Editor/PG)

OF 174 RESPONDENTS TO A QUESTIONNAIRE ADMINISTERED IN SELECTED CLASSES AT RIVERSIDE CITY COLLEGE, MORE THAN HALF INDICATED THAT THEY HAD CONSIDERED TAKING A PROBLEM TO A COUNSELOR WITHOUT ACTUALLY DOING SO. MOST OF THESE STUDENTS STATED THAT THEY HAD SOLVED THEIR PROBLEMS WITHOUT HELP. AREAS WHICH STUDENTS IDENTIFIED AS SUITABLE FOR COUNSELING…

The major findings were: (a) subjects were favorable to the concept of counseling; (b) subjects generally reported minimal information about the counseling center; (c) for help with personal and social problems, friends were the first choice for help; and (d) depression, choice of major, and future were the most common problems. (Author)

The Student Problem Areas Survey was administered to 237 black and white students attending a predominantly white university and 55 black students attending a predominantly black university. The instrument was developed at the University Counseling Center for the purpose of determining broad problem areas within which relevant mental health…

In this study, data gathered from the files of students contacting Louisiana State University's Counseling and Mental Health Service during a one year period clearly revealed significant differences between the frequent versus infrequent visitor: (1) student age; (2) previous exposure to psychotherapy; (3) local residence while in college; (4)…

To obtain information about problems and concerns of incoming students and to compare results with previous studies, students (N=248) completed the Mooney Problem Check List. Results emphasized the need for institutions to continuously review and revise existing counseling programs based on students' expressed needs. (Author/RC)

Changes in the problems of entering college freshmen necessitate changes in student counseling. This study compares the problems of 400 undergraduates entering college in 1976 with problems endorsed by 400 entering freshmen in 1969. There are both similarities and differences between the two groups. (Author)

Concludes that what is needed is a tri-partite collective outlook on the problem which is at present perceived as a matter of alienating encounters between individual faculty persons and individual students. (Author/AM)

Present difficulties of student personnel work on college campuses are outlined as the impetus for the reconceptualization of student needs. Drawing from the behavioral sciences made it possible to conceptualize higher education as a developmental community with available "power factors" for promoting desirable changes in students. The necessary…

Describes the Community College of Philadelphia's efforts to meet foreign students' specialized needs. Offers a profile of the college's English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) students, and the assessment, orientation, and support services available to them. Considers the effects of external exigencies, prejudice, racism, and crime on ESL students'…

The academic, career and personal needs of students of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma-Nigeria were surveyed. A total of 920 undergraduates participated in this study. The results of the study revealed that irrespective of students' residential status, gender, age and relationship status, the students ranked time-management as the most pressing…

Drawing from the literature and research on educational advising and student retention, this handbook provides practical guidelines on advising students, based on five propositions. The propositions are that: (1) educational advisement should be designed to provide accurate, consistent, accessible information for students concerning their progress…

Six social service agencies most utilized as resources for external support for students at Central Florida Community College are described. Individual students often have need for more specialized assistance to help them deal with the physical, social, and emotional problems of being disadvantaged, that prevent them from acquiring academic and…