[Ohiogift] college counselors affect college attendance, fwd.

[Margaret DeLacy]

Friends:

Below is an excerpt from a post from Education Week,  "School Counselors Boost Students' College, Financial Aid Chances, Study Finds by Catherine Gewertz published on the "High School and Beyond" blog by Education Week on December 7, 2016  with links to the post and to the study it references (also on Educaction Week).

This is a very important study.  The results were dramatic, the numbers were large, and the cost of the intervention itself is relatively small. 

 The biggest roadblocks are a lack of sufficient counselors and the fact that many high school counselors don't have enough training or experience in college advising.

This is also an equity issue: wealthy families pay for private counselors or send their children to high schools with a college culture whose counselors have more experience in guiding students through the application maze.  I think this is one area where advocacy by the gifted community could have a significant impact on outcomes.

Margaret


"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'll attend college, doubling the chance that they'll attend a four-year college, and increasing by nearly seven times the likelihood that they'll apply for financial aid, according to a study published Wednesday.

The analysis by the National Association for College Admission Counseling is one of the few that measure the impact school counselors have on students' lives after high school graduation.

David Hawkins, the organization's executive director for educational content and policy, likened the new study to "the holy grail" for the counseling field: proof of its quantifiable, statistically significant and positive impact on college access for students.

Using a federal database that follows 23,000 students who were in 9th grade in 2009, the organization calculated how likely students were to attend college four years later, and to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, after meeting one-on-one to discuss those issues with a counselor."



http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/high_school_and_beyond/2016/12/School_counselors_boost_students_chances_of_college_financial_aid.html?cmp=eml-enl-eu-news2-RM


http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/high_school_and_beyond/HSLS%20Phase%20III_Final%20Report.pdf
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