Three main questions are considered: (1) what concerns and worries do students feel? (2) to what extent do they think their personal problems warrant professional assistance? and (3) where would they turn for help if it were available? The Mooney Problem Check List, 1950 revision, form C, was used with 1114 Purdue undergraduate, single, full-time…

A brief research project on some special needs and problems of black students at Chabot College (California) grew out of the 1969-70 violent climate of ethnic student activism. Twenty-five black and 25 white students completed both the Mooney Problem Check List and the Personal Integration Scale of the Omnibus Personality Inventory. Significant…

Discussion summary of a General Meeting at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Independent Schools, February 1969.

The authors discuss the role of vocational educators in helping students identify the student's own values. (AG)

The counselor must be aware of the effects of busing as well as the psychosocial milieu of both his school and the diverse communities which feed it, if he intends to address himself to the needs of all of his students. (Author)

Describes the High School Student Information Center in Washington, D.C. (SP)

Educationally disadvantaged and tired of bureaucracies, the Viet Nam veteran is a special student needing special attention. (Editor)

Pupils should be one of the major sources of information for guidance information systems. Present systems do not answer their questions. The author gives the characteristics of currently operational systems, then lists the tasks to be handled by improved systems, and the personnel to perform each task. (KH)

A focus group and questionnaire gathered information on differences in the attitudes and beliefs of older medical students compared to younger students. Older students mentioned increased home responsibilities relative to peers, lack of perceived respect by attendings and residents, and use of different learning strategies; more older students…

Finding the right book with a main character successfully coping with a situation similar to the one he or she is facing and having it on hand are very real obstacles. With today's digital technologies, however, and a bit of innovative maneuvering, this could be a challenge of the past. This article discusses a futuristic approach used to deal…

Yale University's Student-to-Student Counseling Service was begun to offer a more informal approach to counseling by providing straightfoward sexual information and offering a place where students can get better perspectives on social tensions. (Author/PG)

Mary Hatwood Futrell, President, National Education Association; Gorden M. Ambach, President, University of the State of New York; Marian Wright Edelman, President, Children's Defense Fund; Rene C. Gonzalez, Office of Educational Research and Improvement; and Nancy Reagan identify students' noninstructional needs. (DMM)