Isu Transfers Training Program

Idaho State University’s transferral of its counselor training department from the College of Education to the College of Health Professions places it in a more appropriate area, officials say.

The department educates Idaho’s mental health and school counselors.

University President Richard Bowen met with eastern Idaho school superintendents, who told him they rely on the program as a source of school counselors.

“With this transfer I want to restate and emphasize the specific responsibility of counselor education to provide an adequate supply of school counselors for Idaho,” Bowen said.

The shift creates an opportunity to expand counseling education offerings in Boise and the Twin Falls area, said Mike Gallagher, Idaho State vice president for instruction.

More students were heading toward the mental health counseling side than the school counseling program, Gallagher said.