Guidelines for university and college counseling services.

Mandated Disciplinary Counseling on Campus: Problems and Possibilities

“…What appears to be much clearer where mandated disciplinary counseling is concerned is the position taken by the International Association of Counseling Services (IACS), the agency that accredits college and university counseling centers across the country. From the establishment of guidelines for counseling services (Garni et al, 1982;Kirk et al, 1971) to the evolution of the IACS Accreditation Standards for University and College Counseling Centers (Boyd et al, 2003;Kiracofe et al, 1994), the language regarding linkage with disciplinary activities has been clear and unmistakable. Boyd et al stated, It is critically important that the service be administratively neutral.…”

A Model for Counseling “High Promise” Minority Freshmen

“…The general goals of a counseling program for high risk students will include all of the fundamental aims of any typical university program (Kirk et al 1971). Perhaps one of the most challenging objectives is to help students to promote better self-understanding, which will motivate independent thinking and self-analysis in problems relative to many areas of life, particularly to this new college environment.…”

Accreditation Standards for University and College Counseling Centers

“…In the last three decades , there has been a dramatic increase in the number of campus counseling services and the multiplicity of functions that are performed. Guidelines for university and college counseling services were first developed in 1970 by a task force of counseling center directors chaired by Barbara Kirk (Kirk et al, 1971). Its work originated from an earlier draft developed by a committee of the Canadian University Counselling Association chaired by Robert I. Hudson.…”