This chapter highlights some important themes from the previous chapters in this volume that will assist institutional research professionals and other higher education leaders interested in expanding use of facilities data in planning and decision making: (1) What you don't know can hurt you; (2) Operational systems are not designed to support ad…

This report by the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities (NJCLD) outlines important concerns about documentation issues related to students with disabilities as they transition from high school to postsecondary settings. These issues center on the "disconnect" between the nature and extent of disability documentation generated during a…

This article explores the practical difficulties encountered in using self-administering, self-scoring, and self-interpreting career guidance instruments with students who have white-collar aspirations and blue-collar histories. After dramatizing and summarizing the problems, the author describes a model for successful use of one such…

This article, written by two high school students, describes the role of the guidance counselor in terms of student needs. (HMV)

In today's social systems, the current model of proactive counseling seems more functional than does waiting for clients. However, those counselor educators who train for proactive counselor roles must assume responsibility for assisting the implementation of the resulting role change. (Author)

Within the past 10 years, approximately 30 computer-based guidance information systems have been developed. Evaluation of operational computer-based systems indicates high user acceptance, ability to perform certain tasks as well as counselors, the effect of increase in vocational maturity, and cost feasibility. These data are used as a basis for…

THREE ARTICLES WHICH APPEARED IN "SCHOOL LIFE," MAY, JUNE, AND JULY 1962, ARE REPRINTED UNDER ONE COVER. REASONS FOR THE URGENCY FOR GUIDANCE AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL ARE GIVEN IN "GUIDANCE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.""GUIDANCE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS--SUCCESSFUL PRACTICES" STATES THAT DETECTION OF UNHEALTHY HABITS AND…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PAPER IS--(1) TO DISCUSS THE RATIONALE, VARIABLES (VARYING ELEMENTS), AND OBJECTIVES OF THE GUIDANCE FUNCTION IN EDUCATION, AND (2) TO FOCUS ON THE COUNSELING PROCESS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. UNDERLYING ASSUMPTIONS AND CONDITIONS OF GUIDANCE COUNSELING ARE PRESENTED. CONTENT VARIABLES (SUCH AS DATA ABOUT PUPILS AND THE…

The Regional Center for the Collection, Synthesis, and Dissemination of Career Information for Schools in San Diego County was established as a pilot project (VIEW) in 1965. Participating institutions included the county department of education, colleges located in the county, and the California State Department of Employment. The present paper…

Recent regulations of the Commissioner of Education recognize the need for local school districts in the State of New York to extend existing programs or to develop new ones designed specifically to meet the needs of pupils who fail or underachieve. Guidance counselors contribute importantly to these programs. Some of these ongoing programs,…

The major purpose was to begin the search for evidence, almost nonexistent now, of the total impact of guidance programs on the students they serve. The method was to investigate relationships (through intercorrelation) between guidance programs and personal and social variables that are commonly thought to be influenced by guidance efforts, on…

The job placement service guide outlines the steps which were followed in organizing and coordinating a job placement service for secondary students of Cobb County Public Schools, Georgia. A three-stage sequential procedure is outlined for (1) developing, (2) implementing, and (3) evaluating the placement services of the school system. Copies of…

The planning and execution of a program on human sexuality was thoroughly described in these five speeches. Residence halls at the University of Florida were chosen as a setting for the program. The goals included: (1) involving students, counselors, consultants and student staff in a meaningful program; (2) presenting information by qualified…

This article describes a continuous guidance program for students from grades one through eight. A sample daily schedule from the 12-week program is presented to demonstrate the variety of activities in which the counselor became involved in the attempt to respond to teachers' expressed needs. (Author)

This article illustrates how subjective and objective methods can be integrated in the process of carrying out an evaluation project in a public school system. Objective methods to establish instrument reliability and validity were combined with subjective procedures in initiating the project and reporting the findings. (Author)