What is it about?
This study sought to predict aspiring to college, summer melt, retention, and persistence using data from three points in time - 10th grade, 12th grade, and 18 months after high school graduation. Key findings indicate that students who develop a college-going identity after the 10th grade are at risk of summer melt, and students who meet with counselors more often for social emotional development and concerns are less likely to aspire to college, be retained and persist, and are at higher risk of summer melt.
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Why is it important?
School counselors and other professionals promoting the postsecondary transition should be aware of these risk factors and strive to increase the resilience of their students and clients who may fit these criteria.
Perspectives
An overarching goal of this publication is to show how counselors are effective so that they can spend more of their time doing appropriate, goal-oriented work and less of their time doing work that does not require a Master's degree in Counseling.
Tim Poynton
University of Massachusetts Boston
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This page is a summary of: Aspirations, Achievement, and School Counselors' Impact on the College Transition, Journal of Counseling & Development, September 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/jcad.12152.
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