Welcome Higher Education Counselors & Specialists

NCDA has transitioned to a constituency model to better represent and serve the diverse needs of our members. These groupings are designed to help you in your networking, to facilitate greater connection with colleagues who may share similar interests and work settings, and to enhance communication between the membership and the NCDA Board.

In this section of the website, you will have the opportunity to hear from the trustee for the constituency group that most closely represents your work setting or interest affiliation. Similarly, when attending the NCDA Global Conference, you can meet with fellow participants in your constituency groups. This section may post results of these conference gatherings.

Higher Education Career Counselors and Specialists - Trustee Lakeisha Mathews

-- Brief Biography --

University of Baltimore and Right Resumes & Career Coaching, LLC

Baltimore, MD

email:lmathews@ubalt.edu

Apprenticeship Fact Sheet

The Department of Labor and other organizations provide details about apprenticeships in this one page Apprenticeship Fact Sheet handout.

CareerOneStop - Career Resource Library

Review a collection of links to local, state, and national career and labor market information sites.

Contact Point

Contact Point is a Canadian built multi-sector on-line community for career development professionals worldwide. They offer extensive resources, networking capabilities, and an array of learning links for career development professionals.

How I Compare – Law School Admissions Resource Platform

How I Compare is a completely free online resource and community for students interested in going to Law School. The online platform helps students navigate the admissions process by using a Real Time algorithm to generate a unique list of Law Schools where students have a high likelihood of being accepted (based on both their academic and personal profile). How I Compare also helps students access research and data from Law Schools across the country, identify scholarship opportunities, and even offers a 100% Free LSAT Prep Course.

National Career Development Guidelines (NCDG)

The NCDG is a career knowledge, skills, and decision-making framework. Use these guidelines to identify activities and strategies for developing high-quality career programs.

Vocational Information Center

This site provides an extensive listing for students and guidance counselors including resources to self assessments, career planning, career development and college planning. 

ACRP Career Information and Services Comparison Tool

The Alliance of Career Resource Professionals (ACRP— formerly ACSCI)  developed this tool to help career development professionals compare career products and services before purchasing. This new tool's writable electronic format enables the user to compare products by applying ACRP standards constructs to key components of career information products and services. ACRP’s intent is to assist counselors, administrators and others tasked with comparing systems that are often complex and organized in different ways.

List of Assessment Instruments

Obtain information on commonly used instruments from Florida State University's Tech Center's virtual "filing cabinet" of career information resources.

Facilitating Career Development (FCD - formerly CDF)

Obtain information on this NCDA training for practitioners who provide career assistance.

NCDA's Professional Development

This list of opportunities for professional development and continuing education provides detailed information for online, at-home, and national opportunities.

Career Convergence

Read articles covering best practices, how-to details, career tips, and book reviews in NCDA's web magazine.

Career Developments

A quarterly publication of NCDA for members, this print magazine is a themed publication offering articles that balance a broad vision with practical applications. Each issue offers a focused article on a select theme, a feature article on a prominent NCDA event, specific content for four departments (including School Counselors, Professional Counselors, Graduate Students, and Career Development Facilitators), and four regular columns.

International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance

Focuses on work and leisure, career development, career guidance and education.

Journal of Career Development

Spans topics such as career education, adult career development, career development of special needs populations, and career and leisure.

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Provides empirical research in career development and vocational psychology.

Professional Standards for College and University Career Services (2009 Edition)

Newly revised by NACE, this is a must-have resource because "the use of professional standards in career services is intended to facilitate excellence in the creation, maintenance, and delivery of programs and services."

Vistas

Vistas is a collection of conference proceedings from past ACA, NCDA, and ACES Conferences.  To view the publications, you must be an ACA member.

Alliance of Career Resource Professionals (ACRP)

ACRP is a member-driven organization that promotes the world- wide development, delivery, and use of high-quality career information and career resources to help educate youth and adults in their career exploration, planning, decision-making, preparation, and job acquisition.

American Counseling Association (ACA)

Learn more about NCDA's parent organization for professional counselors. ACA also includes the following related divisions:

National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)

Find out how to access technical information collected for career practitioners on college campuses.