Problem Statement. The purpose of the study was to identify a university counseling model that is most appropriate for adaptation at the university and college levels in Kenya and to propose a model for implementation in Kenya.
Procedures. The study was a library research. The information collected was of a descriptive nature. The data and information on the topic was found in the Library of The University of South Dakota, the Library of Congress, The University of Kansas, the University of North Dakota, the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, the Bureau of Education Research at Kenyatta University and the Institute of Development Studies of the University of Nairobi in Kenya.
The major thrust of the study focused on the educational system in Kenya including traditional, and formal education, major counseling center models found in universities and colleges in the United States of America, counseling and guidance in Kenya, identification of a model for adaptation in Kenya, model implementation procedures and design elements of the physical structure of the center.
Findings. The findings for this study indicated that criteria for choosing the model are best guided by the perceived needs of the university students at Kenyatta University, as well as those of the entire nation, and how these needs are matched by the strengths of each of the models; that traditional African education was utilitarian, that guidance and counseling in Kenya is still in the infancy stage, that several university counseling center models exist in American Universities and colleges, that not one of these models was found to be adaptable for use in Kenya, that the physical structure of a counseling center is important to its success, and that program implementation requires a process with definite steps. Recommendations were made for a multifaceted counseling model and its implementation at Kenyatta University in Kenya; and recommendations were also made for further research.
