Date of Award
1985
Document Type
Practicum
Degree Name
Doctor of Education
Department
Center for the Advancement of Education
Advisor
Dr. Phyllis S. Cooper
Keywords
accreditation reports, bucks county community college, college catalogs, college community, college governance, counseling center, curriculum, director of counseling, evaluation activities, finances, founding documents, grant proposals, history, instructional model, literature review, marketing activity, medical model, memoranda, methodologies, organization, president of the college, student characteristics, summer counseling advising program
Abstract
The history and development of the Counseling Center at Bucks County Community College is presented in a chronological manner starting in 1965. The goal of this paper is to explain the evolution of this Counseling Center from a medical model to an instructional model and to detail its influence on the college community. This history was structured around six components: curriculum, organization, methodologies (models), finances, student characteristics, and people. The factual base was found in memoranda, reports of the Director of Counseling and the President of the College; college catalogs, accreditation reports, and founding documents in addition to a review of the literature. Recommendations include a continuance of all evaluation activities, that the Counseling Center become an integral part of the marketing activity, that additional credit and noncredit programs be developed, and that the the Summer Counseling/ Advising program be revived. The Counseling Center should also continue to play a role in college governance, continue to prepare grant proposals, and increase staff.