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What Works Clearinghouse, 2013
The study examined whether providing college application coaching to high school seniors increased postsecondary enrollment. The program was aimed at students whom school counselors believed were on the verge of not applying to college, despite having tenth-grade test scores that were high enough to warrant applying.The research described in this…
Descriptors: Post High School Guidance, High School Seniors, College Attendance, Enrollment Management
Hawkins, B. Denise – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2012
For many youth who emancipate or age out of the foster care system when they turn 18, homelessness and incarceration, not higher education, are often the alternatives, say child welfare experts. This article describes how Dr. Ronald Carter, president of Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) in Charlotte, North Carolina, has made foster care a part of…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Homeless People, Child Welfare, Housing
Myers, Karen A. – Journal of School Public Relations, 2010
Higher education curriculum is as varied as the institutions themselves. Familiarizing parents with college curriculum may assist them in their college students' selection and academic success. This article provides school administrators, teachers, counselors, public relations personnel, and college professors with examples of learning modes and…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Parent School Relationship, Parent Student Relationship
Besnoy, 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
Wilkins, Stephen; Meeran, Sheik – Educational Studies, 2011
Every year, many students in the UK fail to achieve a place at their preferred university because they take the wrong A-level subjects. This study aims to suggest a framework for helping students choose the right subjects. Data on student achievement in A-level examinations were obtained from a UK sixth form college over a four-year period.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High School Students, Educational Counseling, Student Educational Objectives
Grantham, Tarek C.; Henfield, Malik S. – Parenting for High Potential, 2011
Today, there are more program options in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) than ever before. Because people are living in an age of increasing globalization, advocates of gifted children must understand that involvement in STEM fields is paramount for the children to be competitive in the job market and for the nation to…
Descriptors: Gifted, Student Participation, Global Approach, Educational Opportunities
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
Schmitz, Steven A.; Nourse, Steven W.; Ross, Molly E. – Education, 2012
That the student population in public schools is becoming increasingly diverse is not all that surprising. Studies indicate that in less than three decades, a majority of children will likely belong to race-ethnic minorities. Conversely, teacher candidates are not keeping pace with the diversity ratio of students in the PK-12 public school…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Teaching (Occupation), Partnerships in Education, College School Cooperation
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)
Yang, Ming-Ying; You, Manlai – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2010
School pupils in Taiwan spend most of their time in studying and having examinations, and consequently many of them decide what major to study in universities rather hastily. Industrial design (ID) programs in universities nowadays recruit students from general and vocational senior high schools through a variety of channels. As a consequence, ID…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Career Guidance, Educational Needs
Arnold, Karen; Fleming, Shezwae; DeAnda, Mario; Castleman, Benjamin; Wartman, Katherine Lynk – Thought & Action, 2009
Despite national calls to conceptualize education as a continuous P-16 system, most high schools cease to serve their students at the point of graduation. For their part, colleges provide relatively few students with formal bridge programs during the summer transition between secondary and postsecondary education. Even among low-income students…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, High School Graduates, College Choice, Enrollment
Pebdani, Roxanna Nasseri – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Youth with disabilities face significant barriers in achieving positive post-high school outcomes, particularly when transitioning out of high school and entering the workforce, a problem that has been documented and studied by many researchers. The impact of previous work experience has long been viewed as related to positive outcomes when youth…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Job Layoff, Barriers, Transitional Programs
Bader, John B. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011
With a solid GPA, numerous extracurricular achievements, and an acceptance letter from an excellent college, it seems that all of your hard work in school has paid off. Now what? What can you expect from college life, and how can you get the most out of it? This book answers these questions to help you excel in college. Deans at America's top…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Deans, Post High School Guidance, College Readiness
Smith, Thomas J. – National High School Center, 2008
Career Academies are small learning communities established at the high school level that use career strands as an organizing framework for learning and instruction, as well as for engaging the interest and energies of students. Standards common to well-designed Career Academy: (1) Central goal of preparing students for higher education and…
Descriptors: Career Academies, Case Studies, Developmental Studies Programs, Post High School Guidance
PEPNet, 2009
"Planning for College Success" (PCS) is a curriculum model designed by Sharon Downs, M.S., for a course intended to assist deaf and hard of hearing students during their initial introduction to college life. This program allows students to work one-on-one with a counselor to plan for their college success. The program includes short-term goals and…
Descriptors: Student Educational Objectives, College Preparation, Developmental Studies Programs, Post High School Guidance