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Ballysingh, Tracy Arámbula; Rangel, Virginia Snodgrass; Gonell, Eliaquin A.; Sáenz, Victor Benito – Professional School Counseling, 2021
This study extends prior work on the college-going efforts of Latino boys and adolescents (Latinos) by examining the extent to which meeting with a school counselor is related to their college-going aspirations and whether they apply to and ultimately matriculate to college. The study utilizes social capital and social reproduction theories to…
Descriptors: College Attendance, Hispanic American Students, Males, Adolescents
Velez, Erin Dunlop – National Association for College Admission Counseling, 2020
Among the first to demonstrate that school counselors have a positive impact on student outcomes that is both quantifiable and statistically significant, this study provides a powerful tool for counselor advocacy efforts. Using nationally representative, longitudinal data collected by the US Department of Education, findings show that high school…
Descriptors: Counselor Role, School Counselors, High School Students, College Attendance
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Cholewa, Blaire; Burkhardt, Christina K.; Hull, Michael F. – Professional School Counseling, 2016
Using the HSLS:09 [High School Longitudinal Study of 2009] data set and social capital theory as a framework, the authors examined which student and school characteristics predicted students' identification of their school counselor as the person who had the most influence in their thinking about postsecondary education (N = 3,239,560). Results…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counselor Role, At Risk Students, Postsecondary Education
Corwin, Z.; Maruco, T.; Bernstein, S.; Galan, C.; Rocha, C. – Pullias Center for Higher Education, 2018
High schools today have a unique challenge: to equip students with the knowledge and tools they need to prepare for, apply to and enroll in college--all while proving them with digital resources and skills essential for the 21st century. This guide by the Pullias Center's Digital Equity in Education team provides a general overview of what a…
Descriptors: High School Students, Information Sources, College Applicants, College Attendance
Rowlett, Joel Everett – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This case study examined the beliefs of African American males on the psychosocial and pedagogical factors contributing to the underrepresentation of African American males in advanced high school math courses. Six 11th grade African American male juniors from a large, comprehensive, Southeastern high school served as individual cases. Within- and…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, African American Students, Males, Disproportionate Representation
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Veiga, Feliciano; Garcia, Fernando; Neto, Felix; Almeida, Leandro – School Psychology International, 2009
This investigation includes a differential study (Study 1) and a quasi-experimental research (Study 2). In Study 1, the objective was to establish to what extent students' rights existed and analyse the differentiation between students' rights with Portuguese and immigrant mothers, throughout school years. The sample consisted of 537 students with…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Intervention, Mothers