Presents a panel discussion on how the business world views the job educators are doing in preparing students for careers, as well as industry's role in higher education. Problems of inner city high schools are also discussed in terms of the responsibilities of industry and education. (JAC)

Outlines some of the threats to higher education and issues a series of challenges to counselors to take education off the firing line. Discusses verbal, programmatic, and budgetary attacks on education, the Solomon Amendment, and commitment to minorities. (JAC)

Discusses critical issues in education and the counselor's role in school reforms. Topics include curricular reforms, information overload, maintaining institutional identity in the face of enrollment declines, and the importance of access. (JAC)

Discusses student reactions to college recruitment/admissions practices. Students indicated campus atmosphere, academic program and campus visits influenced the choice of a college. They want good information on which to make a decision and want to be treated as individuals. (JAC)

Discusses the special needs of students transferring from colleges that have failed. Student reactions, academic issues, financial issues, social issues and choice of a new college are discussed as well as the possibility of a successful department being absorbed into a new institution. (JAC)

Presents keynote opening address from 43rd National Conference of the National Association of College Admission Counselors. Discusses options in higher education, student needs, trends in education, and the transition from high school to college. Considers various roles of admissions counselors in promoting student development. (NB)

Presents keynote address from 43rd National Conference of the National Association of College Admission Counselors. Urges educators and counselors to become conscious futurists and to work toward cross-cultural living. Asserts that counseling and admission decisions of counselors have lifelong ramifications for students. (NB)

Presents keynote address from 43rd National Conference of the National Association of College Admission Counselors. Focuses on minority access within higher education community. Commends missions and commitment of predominantly Black colleges and urges all institutions to establish firm commitments to education of minority youth. (NB)

Discusses institutional quality and its implications for college admissions counselors in terms of changing student interests, recruitment, and outcomes of education. Describes the influence of college characteristics such as size and reputation on students' choice of a college and on high school counselors' advice. (JAC)

Reviews the history of San Antonio, Texas, and discusses the importance of education in a changing society. Suggests that education is the best hope to deal with trends such as a changing social structure, the threat of foreign technology, Sun Belt migration, resource allocation, and decentralization in government. (JAC)

Reviews educational trends related to student financial aid and discusses implications for college admissions officers, who must serve both the institution and the public. Discusses difficulties involved in providing educational opportunities to talented poor students. (JAC)

Describes the SHARE program (Students Helping Admissions in the Recruitment Effort), a highly successful program at the University of Texas in Austin designed to recruit minority students. The SHARE program uses student volunteers who contact minority students through school visits and telephone recruiting. (JAC)

Provides six presentations from the 38th National Conference of the National Association of College Admissions Counselors (NCAC), Minneapolis, MN, 1982. The topics focus on the need to: reestablish education as a national priority; examine the federal role in postsecondary education; assist transfer students; and help guidance personnel analyze…

Presentation to members of the National Association of College Admission Counselors addresses the need to prepare students for the future. Attempts to predict life in the year 2020 and how best to communicate present visions and values to today's college students. (ABB)

Presents an address given at the National Conference of the National Association of College Admission Counselors concerning the ongoing process of redefining American education. Offers propositions for affecting change in those undesired trends which are reversible. (ABB)