SCHOOL COUNSELORS BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN COLLEGES, CAREERS, UNDERSERVED STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES

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1 SCHOOL COUNSELORS BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN COLLEGES, CAREERS, UNDERSERVED STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES Counselors: Let s Make an Early Impact! Nicholas Highe, Doctoral Student, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Jennifer Fisher, Masters Student, Counselor Education, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

2 UNDERSERVED STUDENTS Underserved students are defined as students who do not receive equitable resources as other students in the academic pipeline. Typically, these groups of students include low-income, underrepresented racial/ethnic minorities, and first generation students as well as many others

3 REALITY OF K-12 Underserved student potential outcomes Desire to attend college Enrollment rates Graduation rates

4 UNDERSERVED FAMILY CHALLENGES TO COLLEGE AND BEYOND Parental education level Nutrition Poor sleeping habits Lack of AC/Heat due to financial strains Pressures of adult responsibilities Lack of life experiences (i.e.: the zoo, beach, museums) Lack of technology (i.e.: educational computers games) Family strain

5 UNDERSERVED FAMILY CHALLENGES TO COLLEGE AND BEYOND Academic preparation Support from schools Information about the college admissions process

6 HOW DO WE FIX IT? Task persistence Create and promote a school-wide college-going culture Close the admissions and financial aid information gap Increase parental involvement Increase access to rigorous coursework Utilize community resources Begin career prep early

7 ESTABLISHING A COLLEGE-GOING CULTURE Display student college acceptances in a well-visited area Have teachers display their alma mater College Colors Day Reward students for college admission

8 CAREER PREP RESOURCES Georgia Career Information Center College Foundation of North Carolina Career One Stop America's Career Info Net Reality Check

9 To the extent that ethnic minority youth perceive that racial inequality poses limits on their social and economic mobility, they are less likely to believe that working hard in school will have long-term payoff. Source: (Taylor and Graham, 2007)

10 GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Business, Law, Government, Medicine, Public Policy

11 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL - Business, Law, Medicine, Education, Social Work, Global Public Health

12 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY Engineers-Agricultural and Nuclear/Biological, Education, Management School

13 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA Business Administration, Education, Engineering/Applied Science, Law, Medicine

14 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Public Health, Education, Engineers, Medicine, Nursing, Music and Dance

15 DUKE UNIVERSITY Business, Law, Medicine, Public Policy, Nursing, Divinity School, Environment

16 CORNELL UNIVERSITY Hotel administration, industrial and labor relations, veterinary medicine, nanotechnology, supercomputing

17 EMORY UNIVERSITY Public Health, Business, Law, Medicine, Nursing,

18 FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY Engineering, Business, Law, Medicine

19 WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY Business, Law Management, Accounting, Medicine

20 THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND Education, Engineering, Business

21 EDUCATION TODAY Today, the main source of modern success is education, and the children of those who never entered college can dream of going to college as a first step toward improving their life chances Source: (Cho et al., pg. 105, 2008)

22 REFERENCES Roderick, M., Nagaoka, J., & Coca, V College readiness for all: The challenge for urban high schools. The Future of Children, 19(1), pg Adam, M. (2005). Low-income, first generation students left behind. The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, 15(24), pg Cappella, E. and Weinstein, R Turning Around Reading Achievement: Predictors of High School Students Academic Resilience. Journal of Educational Psychology, 93 (4), pg Andersson, H. and Bergman, L The Role of Task Persistence in Young Adolescence for Successful Educational and Occupational Attainment in Middle Adulthood. Developmental Psychology, 47 (4) pg Malecki, C.K. and Demaray, M. K Social Support as a Buffer in the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Academic Performance. School Psychology Quarterly, 21 (4), pg Cho, S., Barry, L., Hudley, C., Kelly, M., and Lee, S., Roles of Gender, Race, and SES in the College Choice Process Among First-Generation and Nonfirst-Generation Students. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 1 (2), pg Graham, S., and Taylor, A.Z., An Examination of the Relationship Between Achievement Values and Perceptions of Barriers Among Low-SES African American and Latino Students. Journal of Educational Psychology, 99 (1), pg

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