Explains the rationale underlying the State University of New York (SUNY) Assessment Initiative (a systemwide assessment of general education and academic majors), describes specific procedures and processes involved in implementation, and provides a preliminary report on its status. (EV)

Focuses on impact that emerged from combined resources of counseling center/psychology department/dean of students office at Colorado State University (CSU) during late 1960s and early 1970s when CSU was site of significant innovations in counseling field. Briefly chronicles history, identifies key participants, and highlights factors that…

Notes that University of Missouri at Columbia has been major training ground in counseling psychology for more than 40 years. Explores its development and influence on the field through use of historical archives and comments from faculty, graduates, and American Psychological Association site visit reports. (Author/NB)

Describes role of Teachers College, Columbia University, in history and development of counseling psychology as science and profession. Looks at early history, post-World War II development, integrating relationships, and professional leadership. Notes that faculty and graduates of program have provided leadership in defining and implementing…

Reviews history of counseling psychology at University of Minnesota, noting contributions of Donald Paterson and his associates in 1920s and 1930s and of E. G. Williamson, John Darley, and Gilbert Wrenn in establishment of American Psychological Association (APA) Division of Counseling Psychology. Notes that Minnesota offers APA-accredited…

Presents brief history of Counseling Psychology Program in Department of Psychology at Ohio State University (OSU) with respect to persons and events that helped establish and maintain it within profession. Discusses institutional characteristics and relates historical events that affected program to the program's development, beginning with…

Describes how Division of Campus Life at Cornell University conducted long-range planning and the results of its 2-year effort. Explains 2 (strategic and organizational) by 3 (diagnosis, formulation, and execution) matrix providing systems view from describing and evaluating long-range planning. Presents 10-step process implemented at Cornell. (NB)

Discusses development of a college career services program involving implementation of custom-developed applications as well as commercially available software and materials using low-cost personal computer and home video equipment. Includes discussion of funding, custom versus commercial software, programers, student access, indirect costs,…

Describes the revitalization of the Brooklyn College Women's Center, a 10-year-old women's center experiencing the effects of the conservative 1980s. Discusses the challenge of making feminism matter to young women who may be suspicious or indifferent, or who may not have identified their needs as "women's issues." (NB)

Responses from 32 of an adjusted sample of 38 managers of human resource development certification programs indicated that 44% were at research universities; they averaged 25 students per year, and 66% offered graduate credit for coursework. Issues having most impact on program development were the changed work environment, age of the work force,…

Examined training in study of suicide in member-departments (n=25) of National Council of Schools of Professional Psychology and in member-departments (n=92) of Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology programs. Two groups did not differ significantly in training availability. Combining two groups, only 40 percent of clinical…

Conducted mail survey of counseling services at colleges and universities in southeastern United States in fall of 1990. Findings from 182 respondents revealed that most provided individual counseling, group counseling, educational counseling, career counseling, and psychoeducational workshops. Findings suggest that counseling services share many…

Describes how students flock to the classics department at Macalester College in Minnesota, drawn by archaeological projects and a new approach to studying antiquity. (EV)

Describes how professional dancers looking ahead to other careers can earn a B.A. in a St. Mary's College of California program tailored to their demanding schedules--Liberal Education for Arts Professionals (LEAP). (EV)