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These papers report the results of seven annual surveys assessing the counselor-counselee ratio in California junior colleges from 1965 to 1971. In determining the ratio, all respondents were asked to include only that portion of a counselor's time devoted to individual and group counseling. So that all colleges were using the same criteria, each was asked to use the number of day-graded students as reported to the state, and divide this number by the number of full-time equivalent counselors to determine the ratio. A distinction was made between colleges on the quarter or semester systems. Additional observations from the study concerned the trend toward the use of more full-time counselors, a distribution of the number of hours in a normal work week for full-time counselors, the type of counseling availability--whether by appointment or "walk-in," the amount of time spent with each client, and the trend toward greater use of paraprofessionals. (Author/NF)

The findings of the eighth annual study of the counselor-counselee ratio among the 92 California public community colleges, as based on Fall semester records of 1972-73, are provided. The seven preceding surveys were previously reported (see ED 059 712). In determining the ratios, all colleges were asked to include only that portion of a counselor's time devoted to individual and group counseling, and all were asked to use the same criteria in reporting full- and part-time students enrolled in day graded classes. Of the 92 colleges, 75 operate on the semester plan and the remaining 17 are on the quarter system. The counselor-counselee range for semester colleges is from 1:359 to 1:1045; for quarter colleges, the range is 1:307 to 1:926. The semester colleges employ 659.33 full-time equivalent (FTE) day counselors to serve 397,086 day graded students, an average of 1:603, whereas the quarter colleges employ 105.25 FTE counselors for 50,360 day graded students, an average of 1:531. The total number of students in day graded classes decreased by 5791 (1.28%). The ratio of FTE counselors as compared with FTE day instructors for semester colleges was an average of 1:18.61, and for quarter colleges, the average was 1:16.18. Of the colleges, 89 (97%) indicated that there were now using or planned to use next year para-professionals in the student personnel area. The normal work week for full-time counselors ranged from 40 to 22-1/2 hours, with an average of 33.8. The rank order of the colleges for 1972 and 1971, together with number of FTE counselors, students in day graded classes, ratio of counselors to day instructors and to counselees, is tabulated. (DB)

Based on fall semester 1968-69 records, the counselor-counselee ratio for each of the 85 California public community colleges is reported. Other information includes average ratios for the 75 semester-system and 10 quarter-system colleges, plans for semester-system schools to convert to the quarter system and the number of hours per week full-time counselors work. (MC)