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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

college counseling centers, national survey, psychological services

College

David O. McKay School of Education

Department

Counseling Psychology and Special Education

Abstract

Traditionally, university counseling centers provide academic and psychological services to students in need of assistance. However, professionals in counseling centers have become increasingly aware of changes in higher education in general and in students’ presenting problems in particular, with a notable trend toward increasing severity and chronicity of mental health concerns. These trends, together with diminishing university fiscal support for student services, have created significant challenges for college counseling centers (American College Personnel Association, 1990; Bishop, 1990; Dworkin & Lyddon, 1991). These national trends were emphasized fifteen years ago (Stone & Archer, 1990), but the field could now benefit from an updated overview of counseling center practices, workloads, concerns, etc., as well as from a synthesis of proposed solutions for the challenges. Therefore, the overall purposes of this study was to examine the attitudes of counselors toward issues facing the college counseling profession and to gather information about their current work experiences in college counseling centers. The study involved descriptive research using a survey designed to gather general information.

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