Examines the complexities of assessing the professional and personal development of counselors-in-training. Discusses a set of issues the profession must address in an effort to reduce inconsistencies and uncertainties related to student assessment, and provides questions, recommendations, and future directions for assessing student competencies…

Explores the pedagogical implications of Ronald Barnett's claim that teaching in higher education must confront, celebrate, and augment a world of radical unknowability. In examining Barnett's body of work, significant reference is made to the insights of Martin Buber and Paulo Freire in relation to Barnett's conceptualization of potentiality and…

The authors present a model of student development that illuminates the process students undergo as they deal with gender issues in counselor training. The model is based on the foundational concepts of the Relational-Cultural Model. Methods of teaching are discussed to provide counselor educators with strategies for facilitating mutual growth…

Explores the issues that arise when development of personal attributes is identified as one of the goals of a new undergraduate medical program. Concludes that such personal learning should be assessed, but that the purpose should not be to certify competence but to harness the powerful effects of assessment onto an important aspect of practice…

Explores the influence of student development and year-in-program on the improvement of affective/trait-based empathy and cognitive/skill-based empathy. Results revealed mixed findings on the relationship between cognitive development and empathy levels. (Contains 40 references.) (GCP)

Discusses benefits of college mentoring programs for enhancing students' leadership abilities. Describes success of University of Minnesota's EXCEL program that provides community-based leadership development experiences for student leaders. (Author/CM)

Presents family autobiography as useful tool for counselor educators to help promote personal growth in counselor trainees. Discusses theoretical background on the influence of counselors' family of origin on their counseling and interactive skills, focusing on individuation and triangulation in the family of origin. Describes use of family…

Reviews 27 published empirical research articles from 1973-1987 which discuss the implementation and evaluation of theory-based student development intervention programs. Claims while findings show that some student development programs have a positive effect, the total amount of empirical research is meager. (Author)

Explores the need for assessment and evaluation in residence halls, reviews some of the pertinent literature, and suggests some research topics that may be worthy of more attention. Includes list of 16 questions that housing officers may wish to address. (NB)

Investigated learning style changes of college business students over their college careers. Undergraduate business students (n=178) from two universities completed 1985 Learning Style Inventory in fall semesters of their sophomore, junior, and senior years. Results offered mixed support for contention that learning styles are likely to change…

Citing the need for more research and research training in counselor training programs, this article presents the development of an interuniversity research team that addressed factors related to research productivity, as well as a preliminary evaluation of this innovative method of enhanced research training. (JPS)

Describes Wakonse conference as week-long retreat in secluded environment which engages faculty from various colleges in demonstration and discussion regarding effective and rewarding teaching. Suggests that mission is to move teaching to a central position in higher education based on supporting studies from student development literature. (CRR)

Most theories of student development do not consider the special circumstances graduate students encounter in their programs. A three-stage model of graduate development is presented to highlight some of the commonly-encountered difficulties graduate students may face at various points in their studies. (Author)

Adapted Leadership Practices Inventory for use with college students. Validated Leadership Practices Inventory in nationwide survey of fraternity chapter presidents. Correlations between chapter presidents' leadership behaviors (challenging, inspiring, enabling, modeling, encouraging) as viewed by executive committee members and latter's…

Three approaches to assessment of culturally and linguistically different students are psychometrics; "missionary," which tries to apply mainstream models to minority cultures; and developmental, which asserts that individual potential cannot be compared among students. The latter approach is most promising for diverse students. (SK)