ERIC Number: EJ765272
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Dec
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0146-3934
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Overcoming Biases to Effectively Serve African American College Students: A Call to the Profession
Duncan, Lonnie E.
College Student Journal, v39 n4 p702-710 Dec 2005
This article reexamines the help-seeking behavior of African American college students with a focus on possible counselor biases as well as biases in the settings in which counselors work. These issues are discussed as possible contributing factors to the underutilization of counseling by African American college students. Strategies to overcoming these biases are discussed as well as implications for the counseling profession.
Descriptors: Counselors, African American Students, College Students, Help Seeking, Racial Bias, Counselor Attitudes, Counseling
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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