College Counseling
College & Workforce Readiness
News in Brief
Justice Department Probing Ethics Policy of National College-Counseling Group
The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether the ethics policy of a national college-admissions group violates federal antitrust law.
College & Workforce Readiness
U.S. Justice Department Probes College-Counseling Group
The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a national college-counseling group for information about possible antitrust violations in its ethics policy.
College & Workforce Readiness
Testing, Bachelor's Degrees and More: the Most-Read 'High School & Beyond' Posts of 2017
The most-read blog posts of 2017 show a wide-ranging interest in financial aid, the value of high school diplomas and bachelor's degrees, and, yes, testing screwups.
College & Workforce Readiness
Financial Aid Awareness and Counseling Enhanced Under GOP Higher-Ed Bill
A Republican bill to overhaul the Higher Education Act would require schools to notify students by 10th grade that financial aid could help them afford college. It also requires "enhanced" financial-aid counseling.
College & Workforce Readiness
College-Advising Model Yields Results for Low-Income Students
One college-advising program is helping to bridge the college-graduation gap for low-income and first-generation students with up to six years of support, researchers say. What lessons can schools learn?
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
College Counseling in Los Angeles: Research-Driven Change, Part 2
A Los Angeles school district official describes how research informed the district's college counseling initiatives. Interview part 2 of 2.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
College Readiness in Los Angeles: Research-Driven Change, Part 1
Excerpt: A Los Angeles school district official describes how research informed the district's college readiness initiatives. Interview part 1 of 2.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
Supporting College Access and Success: Findings from Los Angeles
Research on college going patterns and college counseling resources in Los Angeles has important implications for practice.
College & Workforce Readiness
Michelle Obama to School Counselors: You're 'Heroes'
Michelle Obama chooses a gathering of school counselors as a symbolic place to give final, emotional remarks as first lady, calling counselors "heroes" of education.
College & Workforce Readiness
Report Roundup
College Counseling
Meeting one-on-one with a school counselor to discuss college admission or financial aid makes a big difference in students' futures, tripling the chance they will attend college, doubling the chance that they will attend a four-year college, and increasing by nearly seven times the likelihood that they will apply for financial aid, according to a study published late last month.
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School Counselors Boost Students' College, Financial Aid Chances, Study Finds
Meeting one-on-one with school counselors has a powerful effect on students' chances of going to college and of applying for financial aid, a new study reports.
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Tenn. to Send More Counselors to Schools With Low College-Going Rates
The move places a counselor devoted to college planning in schools that need extra support.
College & Workforce Readiness
Students to School Board: Please Hire More Counselors
Students in one North Carolina district demand that their school board hire more counselors.
College & Workforce Readiness
New Web Tool Spotlights Mismatches Between Education and Labor Market
The new website could help high school guidance counselors as they work with students to make informed decisions about their education and work plans.
