ERIC Number: ED578183
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 33
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A National Look at the High School Counseling Office: What Is It Doing and What Role Can It Play in Facilitating Students' Paths to College?
Radford, Alexandria Walton; Ifill, Nicole; Lew, Terry
National Association for College Admission Counseling
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 schools' counseling departments and the factors related to high school juniors' actions, plans, and beliefs surrounding their eventual college enrollment. Part I focuses on what high schools and their counseling offices are doing to help students make a transition to postsecondary education. Part II aims to identify the factors related to students' taking actions, making plans, and having beliefs by the spring of their junior year that may facilitate their postsecondary enrollment after high school.
Descriptors: High Schools, School Counseling, School Counselors, Educational Counseling, Longitudinal Studies, High School Students, College Preparation, Postsecondary Education, College Bound Students, Counselor Role, Counseling Services, College Applicants, College Choice, Course Selection (Students), College Entrance Examinations, Test Preparation, College Readiness, Student Financial Aid, Financial Aid Applicants, Parent Participation, Guides, Regression (Statistics), Paying for College, Need Analysis (Student Financial Aid), Statistical Significance, Institutional Characteristics, Student Attitudes, Statistical Analysis
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Association for College Admission Counseling
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