Examined the potential impact of the recent economic recession in Canada on the school environment, using data from 3,724 school-based educators. Results showed that the effects were greatest on schools that had high numbers of unemployed families. Student problems have increased and extracurricular activities were not well-funded. (BH)

Surveyed 120 minority, White, and foreign students to compare perceptions of the university and student needs. Results showed satisfaction with the university among disadvantaged and minority students was generally positive, but solutions to their special problems (social isolation, finances) were aimed more toward the university than toward…

Presents methods teachers can try to increase the likelihood of a referral to counseling services being followed through and of a successful outcome of therapy. Also identifies typical areas a teacher should know about to choose appropriate counseling services. A checklist for counseling services is included. (CT)

Children scheduled for medical examination before entering school were followed in school one or two years later. Examination nonattenders had a two-fold risk of repeating grades, special class placement, referral for speech-language problems, teacher-reported learning or behavior problems, failure of vision or hearing screening, transfer between…

Explores the problems associated with parental divorce for adolescents of college age. Analyses of the responses of 83 clinical directors of college mental health counseling centers revealed that adolescents of parental divorce seen for counseling displayed greater behavioral and affective difficulties than counterparts from intact families. (JAC)

A model was proposed for matching client problems with counselling approaches within the framework of an eclectic stance. A thesis was advanced that certain client problems are best handled using differential counselling techniques. (Author)

This paper explores the many forms of drug usage with special emphasis on alcohol, nonaddictive drugs, and the hallucinogens. Consideration is given to the addictive power and phisiological effects of particular drugs. The author concludes with a brief discussion of drug education. (RP)

Four studies are described to demonstrate that low-level expectations of student ability become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Adult educators inherit students whose self-concept may have been formed by oppressive, self-destructive expectations and are cautioned against perpetuating discrimination and destructive labeling practices. (AG)

This paper explores the relationship between different types of college orientation programs and the students' subsequent integration into the school's academic and non-academic environments. (RWP)

This paper includes a general description of the plan for investigating student work loads and gives details of the 2 studies conducted at Monash University concerning work loads in 1972. (Editor)

An article describing the problems of a black student on a predominately white campus. (JC)

In sum, for primary campus pressures of grades and money, the primary campus resources would include self, a little help from my friends,'' and, in cases of below average academic performance and nondevelopment of the above resources, more probable use of university-offered psychological counseling services. (Author)