This digest uses an analysis of underachievement literature from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database to develop a comprehensive model for improving counseling interventions with underachievers. It discusses a redefinition of the school counselor's role, describes the model itself, and suggests uses of the model in both…

This paper serves as a prologue to three case studies exemplifying instances in which the status of a student in the classroom was socially constructed by the teacher and the attitudes of other students. In each case the student was considered as a "problem" in the classroom. It is noted that teachers appear to include in their…

Tests the hypotheses that clients with personal problems perceive the counselor differently than clients with educational-vocational problems. Responses by clients and counselors to a rating scale of counselor interview behaviors supported this hypothesis. (Author)

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Elementary school teachers and teachers in training responded to a questionnaire related to their experiences with stress situations in the lives of their students. The responses reflected the teachers' awareness of stress in the children's lives, what resources in the school-family system addressed these areas, their own preparation for…

This study found that, prior to beginning school, the typical adult female student at Montclair State College reports moderately positive support from her spouse. However, during the first semester, she encounters mild role conflict and lack of self-confidence in her ability to meet family and academic responsibilities. During her second and third…

The theme of this convention was counseling the adult student. Jerrold I. Hirsch, the convention chairman, introduced the theme, and presented briefly a report of a six-year study on higher adult education calling for further expansion of existing educational opportunities for adults. Robert Moseley summarized the extent of student personnel…

In the spring of 1973, some six years after the 1967 riots and demonstrations, it was thought important to assess what the university/college has done in the past five years since black student numbers have markedly increased. It was decided to have a retrospective look at the nature of higher education's response. Therefore, a conference was…

The office of Ombudsman at San Jose State College was created as a response to a series of demonstrations by the black community protesting discrimination experienced on and around campus. The Ombudsman was to "search out and facilitate the removal of discrimination of the basis of race, creed, or national origin" wherever it occurred.…

This report compares and contrasts Federal court decisions involving student dress codes, with special emphasis on Denver area cases. Discussion covers code enforcement, subsequent court battles, relevant constitutional issues, and First Amendment and procedural and substantive due process considerations. The report includes the official…

This paper discusses the nature and extent of student drug use, its meaning and significance, society's response to it, and some of the problems resulting from efforts to control it. Drugs are any substance which by its chemical nature affects the structure or function of the living organism. Abuse refers to any use of a non-medically approved…

An active and viable student council can help to involve both rebellious and uncommitted students in useful outlets. The major causes of ineffective councils are homogeneous membership, weak leadership, and misinformed faculty advisors. Principals should take the initiative in solving these problems. To break down homogeniety, the council should…

Some people are endowed with advantages which allow them to make full use of educational opportunities. Others, for one reason or another, become high-risk students with limited educational possibilities. Almost all students at some period of time are appropriately identified in the "high risk" category. A more effective method than those…

While many hail computer-assisted instruction (CAI) as a panacea for education, there is little study of the emotional reactions of students and the stress in a CAI program. Stress is a condition that causes deviation from the normal routine of life and frequently arouses anxiety--beneficial at low levels. True individualization of CAI has not…