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Direct linkRoderick L. Carey – American Educational Research Journal, 2024
Black and Latinx adolescent boys from economically stratified communities face pervasive societal inequities and, therefore, deserve more responsive school supports to determine and actualize postsecondary pathways. For insights into how such students conceptualize their futures and their school's role in facilitating this process, this…
Descriptors: Males, Disadvantaged Youth, Post High School Guidance, Urban Education
Shamsuddin, Shomon – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2016
Information and guidance about college is critical for students to pursue postsecondary education. However, students attending urban schools often have less information and less access to information about college pathways than their peers at wealthy suburban schools. High school counselors are a primary source of college guidance but little is…
Descriptors: School Guidance, Urban Schools, Post High School Guidance, College Readiness
Alverson, Charlotte Y.; Yamamoto, Scott H. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2019
We conducted an exploratory descriptive qualitative study on extant data of responses to the state's open-ended question from their annual post-school outcomes survey: "If you could tell your school one thing, what would you tell them (make a suggestion to help better prepare current students for life after high school)?" Respondents…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Alumni, Student Attitudes, Educational Attitudes
Finnerty, Sean; Luke, Melissa; Duffy, Jason T. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2019
This study reports a qualitative grounded-theory investigation that explored school counselor trainees' experiences engaging in psychoeducational group lessons with first-generation college-going (first-in-family) high school students. As part of this semester-long, group-based experiential training, counselor trainees developed and implemented…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, School Counselors, Counselor Training, Psychoeducational Methods
Joyce-Beaulieu, Diana; Grapin, Sally – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
School personnel have many opportunities to assist students and families in preparing for a successful transition to college and careers. Initial high school efforts may include prescreening incoming freshman student files to identify those at-risk and assuring that support services and interventions are implemented quickly. Early supports for…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, High School Graduates
Silveira, Ismar Frango; Ochôa, Xavier; Cuadros-Vargas, Alex; Pérez Casas, Alén; Casali, Ana; Ortega, Andre; Sprock, Antonio Silva; Alves, Carlos Henrique; Collazos Ordoñez, Cesar Alberto; Deco, Claudia; Cuadros-Vargas, Ernesto; Knihs, Everton; Parra, Gonzalo; Muñoz-Arteaga, Jaime; Gomes dos Santos, Jéssica; Broisin, Julien; Omar, Nizam; Motz, Regina; Rodés, Virginia; Bieliukas, Yosly Hernández C. – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2013
Access to books in higher education is an issue to be addressed, especially in the context of underdeveloped countries, such as those in Latin America. More than just financial issues, cultural aspects and need for adaptation must be considered. The present conceptual paper proposes a methodology framework that would support collaborative open…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Post High School Guidance, Textbooks, Electronic Publishing
Hoxby, Caroline; Turner, Sarah – Education Next, 2013
For this study, the authors designed an experiment to test whether some high-achieving, low-income students would change their behavior if they knew more about colleges and, more importantly, whether a cost-effective way to help such students realize their full array of college opportunities can be implemented. This was done by randomly assigning…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Intervention, High Achievement, Low Income Groups
Download full textBesnoy, Kevin; Clayton-Code, Kimberly; Whitman, Mary – Journal of Career and Technical Education, 2013
High school guidance counselors have a tremendous job of balancing their administrative responsibilities and providing students with career and college guidance. However, collaborative efforts that bring together guidance counselors, institutions of higher learning, and local community members can provide students with the guidance needed to set…
Descriptors: Leadership, Leadership Training, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Bryant, Jill K.; Nicolas, Joanna – Michigan Journal of Counseling: Research, Theory, and Practice, 2011
This study surveyed college freshmen from two different institutions in order to examine differences between First-Generation College Students and Continuing-Generation College Students. Differences between groups emerged for high school academic preparation, college exploration behaviors, college application behaviors, and college decision-making…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, College Freshmen, School Counseling, School Counselors
Perez-Felkner, Lara – Grantee Submission, 2015
Background/Context: Schools have attempted to address stratification in black and Latino students' access to higher education through extensive reform initiatives, including those focused on social supports. A crucial focus has been missing from these efforts, essential to improving the effectiveness of support mechanisms and understanding why…
Descriptors: High School Students, Charter Schools, Student Attitudes, Resilience (Psychology)
Domina, Thurston – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2009
By offering information, counseling, and tutoring, college outreach programs attempt to smooth the path between high school and higher education for at-risk students. But do these program work? This paper uses longitudinal data from the Education Longitudinal Study to construct two quasi-experiments to assess the effectiveness of college outreach.…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Best Practices, Intervention, At Risk Students
Peer reviewedEdgar, Eugene; And Others – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1984
The purpose of this study was to assess the existing level of coordination between public schools and postschool placement. Results indicated that coordination between schools and agencies is inconsistent and that parents may not be aware of postschool programs for their handicapped children. (JOW)
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Human Services, Post High School Guidance, Public Schools
Willment, Jo-Anne H.; McCardell, Nora E. – School Guidance Worker, 1984
Surveyed 156 unemployed Canadian youths to examine their demographic and sociopsychological characteristics. Results suggested that scores on variables such as locus of control and self-esteem may be more helpful to counselors than traditional demographic statistics. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Demography
Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State Univ., Blacksburg. Dept. of Education. – 1977
The Department of Labor, other Federal and state government agencies, and private producers have developed a significant amount of occupational information which can be useful to counselors and others who help students in making the transition from school to work. However, over the years the training of users has not kept pace with the development…
Descriptors: Career Development, Counseling Services, Counselor Training, Information Dissemination
Colton, Tara – Center for an Urban Future, 2006
This new report shows that while some of New York's college readiness programs have grown significantly in the last few years, there have also been some disappointing steps backward. For instance, the Bloomberg administration backed away from an initiative launched in 2000 by CUNY Chancellor Matthew Goldstein and then-New York City Schools…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Cooperation, Dual Enrollment, College School Cooperation
