Deck 12: Career Development Interventions in Higher Education

Question 1

What student populations on your campus are underserved by career services? What are the challenges faced by career services to better serve these populations?

Answer 1

No answer

Question 2

How will your university career service center change in the next ten years?

Answer 2

No answer

Question 3

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages related to centralized and decentralized career services in higher education.

Answer 3

No answer

Question 4

Choose one specific student population and identify two unique needs of this student group and one intervention designed to address each need.

Question 5

Identify and discuss four major approaches used for delivering career services to students in higher education (Herr, Cramer, and Niles, 2004).

Question 6

Identify and discuss three of the nine categories of career services in higher education as identified by Herr (1989).

Question 7

Many career services offices in higher education do not engage in true career counseling, but rather provide career advising and assessment services to their students. Why is this the case? Do you think this is a good approach?

Question 8

Discuss the pro's and con's of using computer-assisted career guidance systems in career services in higher education.

Question 9

The prevalent reason that adults return to college is to

A) take a break from work.
B) follow wishes of their parents.
C) enhance career opportunities.
D) learn about a new field.

Question 10

All of the following groups face unique challenges regarding career issues in higher education except

A) adults returning to school.
B) international students.
C) people with disabilities.
D) people without financial concerns.

Question 11

As a result of the changing demographics of higher education career development interventions should

A) be comprehensive and planned systematically.
B) remain the same.
C) be the same for all students.
D) be planned individually.

Question 12

The shift in the 1950's and 60's that moved career planning activities to a career planning and placement office reflected

A) a change in American universities to consolidate services.
B) a narrowing perspective of career services.
C) an expanded perspective of career services.
D) none of these.

Question 13

The competencies suggested in adulthood regarding the domain of self-knowledge include the skills to

A) write an effective resume and cover letter.
B) maintain a positive self-concept, maintain effective behaviors, and understand developmental changes and transitions.
C) make decisions regarding educational decisions.
D) find out about job openings.

Question 14

Johnson's four types of decision-making styles include all of the following except

A) systematic.
B) spontaneous.
C) internal.
D) controlled.

Question 15

The steps in typical career development process that students go through in higher education are

A) exploring, searching, making a commitment, and implementing.
B) searching, making a commitment, and implementing.
C) exploring and crystallizing.
D) exploring, crystallizing, making a commitment, and implementing.

Question 16

The phases of Powell and Kirts' (1980) approach to career services in higher education include all of the following except

A) awareness programming.
B) self-assessment activities.
C) job interviewing skills.
D) exposure as students engage in career exploration.

Question 17

According to Reardon, modules of the Florida State curricular career information services (CCIS) include all of the following except

A) providing students with an introduction to the service.
B) orienting students to the career decision-making process.
C) helping students with their coursework.
D) helping students engage in self-assessment.

Question 18

Self-knowledge competencies include the skills to

A) enter and participate in education and training.
B) participate in work and life-long learning.
C) locate, evaluate, and interpret career information.
D) maintain effective behaviors.

Question 19

Skills in stress management and interpersonal communication contribute to coping with

A) a collective activity.
B) occupational information.
C) transitions.
D) career information libraries.

Question 20

As career counselors become more familiar with computers, they should integrate technology into their work by balancing

A) "high tech" with "high resolution."
B) "high tech" with "high touch."
C) "high tech" with "low tech."
D) none of these.

Question 21

Herr, Cramer, and Niles (2004) identify all of the following major approaches used for delivering career services to students in higher ed except:

A) courses
B) placement programs
C) individual career counseling
D) all of these.

Question 22

Although research has shown that while individualized counseling is the most effective approach to career development, comprehensive programs should make use of

A) computerized delivery systems.
B) group counseling.
C) workshops.
D) a wide range of approaches.

Question 23

Chief administrators of career services offices on college campuses most often report to the

A) vice president for alumni services.
B) vice president for student services.
C) president of the college.
D) provost.