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Laing, Tony; Villavicencio, Adriana – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2016
Black and Latino young men may face a number of barriers on their pathway to college, including a belief that college is not for them, difficulty navigating the college search and application process, financial obstacles, and insufficient academic preparation. Expanded Success Initiative (ESI) schools are working to prepare students for college…
Descriptors: Barriers, College Preparation, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
Minnesota Office of Higher Education, 2014
Minnesota is home to some of the finest postsecondary institutions in the country. From campuses large to small, urban to rural, close to home or far away, the state's public and private colleges and universities offer a broad spectrum of surprising educational opportunities and experiences. This guide can help students explore Minnesota College…
Descriptors: College Choice, Public Colleges, Private Colleges, Institutional Characteristics
Radford, Alexandria Walton; Ifill, Nicole; Lew, Terry – National Association for College Admission Counseling, 2016
Between January and October of 2013, nearly 3 million Americans between the ages of 16 and 24 graduated from high school. By October of that year, just two-thirds had enrolled in college. This report uses recently released nationally representative High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09) data from Spring 2012 to examine American high…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Counseling, School Counselors, Educational Counseling
Robinson, Jenna Ashley – John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy (NJ1), 2009
"College Bound? Make the Right Choices" is the Pope Center's latest tool for improving colleges and universities "from the bottom up" through better choices. Its purpose is to help high school students and their parents become smarter purchasers of higher education. This booklet by Jenna Ashley Robinson helps young people think through what they…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Bound Students, Guides, College Choice
Carlson, Mary S., Ed.; Berlet, Chip, Ed. – 1976
Specific issues in counseling are examined from the user's perspective. The book is a collection of issue papers written by students and recent graduates. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the counseling profession and discusses the controversy between educational and therapeutic counseling, the predominance of high school counselors, and the…
Descriptors: College Choice, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Services, Counselor Role