TPC-Journal-V4-Issue4

The Professional Counselor \Volume 4, Issue 4 356 Results Responses to the core survey items offered insight into the specific nature of international activities in counselor preparation programs and how much support and structure the programs devoted to these activities. The authors examined these activities separately for both counselor educators and counselor trainees, with a majority of the responses summarized for each individual question in Table 2 (faculty activities) and Table 3 (student activities). For each of these two populations, the results characterized the nature and type of the international activities, how they were incorporated into expected practices, how they were financially supported, and what role international partners had in those activities. Faculty Involvement in International Activities The authors asked several questions to determine the level and type of program support for international activities of faculty. Responses are summarized in Table 2. Among the counselor education programs that the respondents represented, most (87.1%) did not incorporate international activities as a regular and expected endeavor for faculty. However, in most programs (82.2%), the institutional mission statement or philosophy supported or advocated for such involvement. The authors consistently found that a structured international component was lacking in over three-fourths of programs (77.4%). Table 2 Program Support for and Faculty Involvement in International Activities Item Response N % Does your program incorporate international activities as a regular and expected activity for faculty? Yes 8 12.9 No 54 87.1 Does the philosophy of your institution (mission statement) support/ advocate for international programs and activities? Yes 51 82.2 No 10 16.1 Missing 1 1.6 Does your program have a structured (organized) international component? Yes 14 22.6 No 8 77.4 Missing 1 1.6 Is there departmental support for this international component? Yes 13 21.0 No 1 1.6 Missing 48 77.4 Does your program have partner schools outside the United States? Yes 17 27.4 No 45 73.6 Do faculty regularly visit partner schools/agencies? Yes 15 24.1 No 2 3.2 Missing 45 73.6 Is there faculty exchange with partner schools/agencies? Yes 9 14.5 No 8 12.9 Missing 45 73.6 During the past 3 years, have any of your program faculty participated in international activities? Yes 52 83.9 No 10 16.1