Follow-Up Surveys for Counselor Preparation Program Graduates and Their Employers

✍ Scribed by RICHARD D. SAYERS; JANE J. CARROLL; LARRY C. LOESCH

• Publisher: American Counseling Association
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 552 KB
• Volume: 35
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0011-0035
• DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1996.tb00222.x

✦ Synopsis

Ratings were obtained for Item-Inclusion Importance for counselor preparation programfollow-up surveys for program graduates and their employers. Survey elements are suggested.

Demands for accountability In higher education In general. and counselor education In particular. are pervasive, pointed. and increasing. Program evaluation procedures are a primary means of obtalnlng accountability data (Hadley & Mitchell. 1995). The need for and value of counselor education program evaluation have been discussed from several perspectives. For example. Osborne and House (1995) wrote that "two opposing forces. reduced resources and Increased accreditation requirements. place programs In a dilemma that demands systematic program evaluation. Thus. credible compilation of data to support the continuation or improve-