DOCUMENT RESUME ED 252 808 CG 018 044 AUTHOR Watjen, L. Russell, Comp.; AndOthers TITLE Microcomputer Software for Counseling andStudent Development. INSTITUTION ERIC ClearingL on Counseling and Personnel Services, Ann Mich. SPONS AGENCY National Inst. of Education (ED),Washington, DC. PUB DATE 84 CONTRACT 400-83-0014 NOTE 149p. AVAILABLE FROMERIC/CAPS, 2108 School of Education,University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1259. PUB TYPE Information Analyses ERIC Information Analysis Products (071) Reference Materials- Bibliographies (131) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Adminirtration; Athletics; Career Development; Catalogs; *Computer Oriented Programs;*Computer Software *Counseling; Databases; Elementary Secondary Education; Extracurricular Activities; Health services; Higher Education; Microcomputers; Statistics; *Student Development;Student Financial Aid; *Student Personnel Services; Testing IDENTIFIERS Computer Assisted Counseling; Computer Assisted Guidance ABSTRACT This catalog provides informationon software for counselors and student services personnel,arranged according to counseling and student development topics.The areas covered by the catalog include administrative aids, athletics,career development, counseling, financial aid, health services,statistical programs, student activities, and testing. Thereare also sections on databases, electronic mail, software availablein the public domain, publications for computerusers, and software directories. Software programs are listed alphabetically by title underthe appropriate heading, and ir.cludea description and information on system requirements (hardware, operating system),price, and publisher. The catalog also contains a Software ReviewForm (for listed programs) and a Software Submission Form (forsuggested additions). (JAC) ************x***************************4****************************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRSare the best that can be made * * from the original document. * ***********************************-4*********************************** It r ;, 3t1.6, 4 IS U S 0NEP4STMENT OF EDUCATION MAMMAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATiON EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION (ENTER .ERICI ,(ints unwnt has beer, (11/P<X1116 gelytK.1ift/ttorrx.tKPIS4., n,14,JJ'II/J1Ittn tmoymdfing SA104:.r thinws hd,r t.rn mark, t<, [Knock. T.04, <)<I.0, Proofs of 6,,eyw or rlyle(gic 6041.6611 .ff hry ,10( u Mani dc. not P6....16Itt ,4-procellf oftr ai NIE poction of poky This publication was prepared with funding from the National The National Institute of Education. U S Department of Education under Institute of contract no 400-83-0014 The opinions expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the positions or policies of ME or the Education Department of Education Inclusion of material in this catalog does not constitute an approval or endorsement of any products or services. ERIC COUNSELING AND PERSONNEL SERVICES CLEARINGHOUSE School of Education The University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Published by ERIC CAPS 1984 Table of Contents Table of Contents Acknowledgements Using This Catalog State of the Art in Counselingand Student DevelopmentSoftware 3 Administrative Aids Athletics 33 Career Development 41 Counseling 57 Financial Aid 73 Health Services 79 Statistical Programs 91 Student Activities 105 Testing 113 Databases 125 Electric Mail 131 Public Domain 133 Publications 135 Software Directory 147 Software Submission Form 153 Software Rtvizlw Form 155 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many people haveworked hard to make thisdocument a reality. recognition is due to Cynthia Special Johnson and Richard Pyle,who fostered and promoted the concept ofa software catalog, and to James the first edition. Blakly, who compiled andedited Spmsored by the OntarioCollege counselors, itwas entitled, "Software and ResourceCatalog", and was publishedin March 1983. 1 he response to thefirst catalog of copies requested was extremely positive, both in thenumber by interested professionals,and in the number ofsoftware descriptions contributedby counselors usingcomputers. As a result, the Student Development Software Clearinghousegrew into a formal non-profitproject sponsored by Commission I ofthe American College Personnel W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Association and the Project LEARN. ACPACommission I assurmd bility for developing the responsi- next edition of the catalog andassigned the project to the Task Forceon Micmcomputer Applications to Student Development. RussWatjer: headed the project, withJames Blakly c::-ina major contributor. Michele Stevens also deserves specialrecognition for herass _'ante in publicizing and promoting software clearinghouse. the As the amount ofinformationgrew, it became obvious that system was needed to a comprehensive manage the data and to providea means for continual updating. Martha Watjen, who hasa background in both systems analysis student development, and developed this system usingdBase 11. The datawere entered by students at Western ConnecticutState University, Alice Fernandes. supervised by Maintaining sucha database and periodically publishingupdated versions, however, are major tasksthat cannot easily be handledstrictly on a volunteer basis. Therefore, ACPACommission 1 and Project LEARN going collaboration have established,-71 on- with the ERIC Clearinghouseon Counseling and F nnel Services to continue theproject. The final organization, the current document editing, and publi, Jr) of was performed by the staff of theERIC Clearinghouseon Counseling and Personnel Services,to which Mary C. Frenza, Assistant made a significant contribution. Director, Even with the massive efforts put forth in compilingthe information and publishing this catalog, thesubstance of th., catalogderives from the contributions of practicing counselorsand student developmentspecialists. to express our particular Therefore, we want appreciation to those who havebeen willing to take the time to share the softwareresources they have found to be useful in counseling settings. their own We are pleased with theopportunity to assist in the productionof this catalog and exclied about theopportunity for futurecollaboration with ACPA Commission in the planning and I development ofour expanded version.Your comments and suggestions about this catalogand what you would like to would he most welcome. see in future editions Please shareyour reactions and ideas withus. _Jeanne Meyer Garry ft. Wale iii USING THIS CATALOG This catalog is arrangedaccording to counseling andstudent development topics; e.g., administrative aids,career development, health services.Software programs are listed alphabetically by titleunder the appropriate topic and the following information: include description, system requirements (hardware,operating system), price and publisher. Because of space considerations,each program appears only once; future editions of the catalogmay be cross-referenced. All information in thelistings is subject to change. Newprogram versions may have been written to runon different machines, or price and availabilitymay have changed. Please check directly withthe software publisherto confirm whatever informationyou need. In future editions of thecatalog, evaluation informationmay be included for particular programs,as well as additional listings thatmay have been omitted at this time. To help with this task,catalog users are asked tocopy and complete two forms at the back of this volume:Software Review Form (forprograms listed here) and Software Submission Form (forsuggested additions).Other comments and feedback are also appreciated.Please return the forms to: Russell Watjen, Ph.D. Dean of Student Affairs Western Connecticut StateUniversity Danbury, CT 06810 1 STATE OF THE ART IN COUNSELNGAND STUDENT DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE Garry R. Wa lz and Jeanne Stever We have beenvery impressed by the prodigious effort that hasgone into the in!fial development of thiscatalog and see itas a significant contribution to the facilitation of greater utilizationof computers and technologyin counselinc and student development. Sucha document as this not only meetsour immediate needs of finding an appropriatepiece of software for a given task, butprovides a window on the larger questions of wherewe have been and where we are going interms of future developments. Weare able to select, as a gourmet might, theentrees which would most satisfyus for the present, as well as to conjureup what we would like our chefs to be thinking about and preparing forus for the future. As we reviewed and analyzed thesoftware base, our reactions and conclusions were developed more as an additive synthesisthan a systematic and actuarial accounting. Weare interested more in the artist's broad brush strokesthan the minute details of the fine touch-upto the finishedcanvas, and our goal is more to encourage discussion and reflection on the thoughtsand images we suggest thanto provide definitive and factualconclusions.Hopefully, our thoughts willnot only provide some meaningful generalizationsabout what we have achievedso far, but also encourage compelling imagesof what we can and should do forthe future. Our first observation is theextent to which we appear to relyon general purpose software in the field of counselingand student development. Clearly,the largest amount of software availableto us would fall into the generalareas of wordprocessing, spreadsheets, anddatabase management.This predilection faxa generic use and developmentof software has advantagesar,d disadvantages. General purpose software providesmore assistance in