COUNSELING SERVICES

 

Laney College offers a wide range of professional counseling services for enrolled students and prospective students. These services include:

Academic Counseling

• Providing students with a comprehensive assessment, including academic strengths and needs, to assist them with class selection.
• Helping students clarify their academic goals, select a major, and develop realistic academic workloads.
• Providing information on occupational and transfer programs, including general education and major course requirements.
• Helping students develop educational plans that satisfy graduation and transfer requirements.
• Assisting students in solving their academic problems such as academic/progress probation, dismissal and providing students with appropriate academic support systems.
• Providing students with tutorial and academic resources available on the Laney College campus.
• Offering orientation classes and workshops for new/ returning students and ESL students.
• Evaluating student�s college transcripts for graduation and transfer.
• Consulting with students regarding their rights and responsibilities.

 

Career Counseling 

• Assisting students with developing effective models for making career decisions and setting goals. 
• Exploration of student interests, values and goals. 
• Provide information on current and future employment trend. 
• Teaching courses that emphasize career exploration about career options.

 

Educational Goal Setting 

• Advising students to obtain an associate�s degree in a specific major. 
• Advising students to obtain an associate�s degree while transferring to a four-year college. 
• Advising students who plan to earn a vocational certificate in one of Laney Colleges various programs. 
• Preparing students for majors/minors (assist.org) that are offered at the four-year colleges and universities. 
• Teaching courses that emphasize strategies and study skills that lead to successful achievement of goals.

 

Personal Counseling and Referrals

• Assist students with problems that affect school performance.
• Refer to community psychological services for any ongoing or long-term personal counseling needs.

 

Athletic Counseling 

• Laney College provides athletic advising/counseling for approximately 150 men and women student-athletes who compete in seven intercollegiate sports.
• Advise student-athletes on course selection and requirements that meet NCAA and COA rules and regulations.

 

 Outreach/Pre-enrollment 

• Counseling staff participates in annual College Day program, which involves students from the various local high schools visiting the Laney College Campus for the first time. 
• Counseling staff members visit the local high schools for recruitment and informational sessions about Laney College.