The Role of College Counseling in Shaping College Opportunity: Variations across High Schools

By Laura W. Perna, Heather T. Rowan-Kenyon, S. Thomas, Angela Bell, R. Anderson, Chunyan Li. 2007

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Student Aversion to Borrowing Who Borrows and Who Doesn't (2008, background): “Many studies have documented the excessively high student-counselor ratio in high schools overall, particularly in schools with many low-income students (Mcdonough 2005; national Association for College Admissions Counseling [nACAC] 2006; Perna et al. 2006).”
Parental Characteristics, Ecological Factors, and the Academic Achievement of African American Males (2013, background): “As the literature has stated repeatedly, school counselors can serve as an important source of social capital for many students and parents, particularly low-income students and parents, students and parents of color, and prospective first-generation college students and parents (Bryan, Moore-Thomas”
The School Counselor Caseload and the High School-to-College Pipeline (2014, background): “…& La Nasa, 2000; Corwin, Venegas, Oliverez, & Colyar, 2004; Farmer-Hinton, 2008; Farmer-Hinton & McCullough, 2008; González, Stoner, & Jovel, 2003; Hamrick & Stage, 2004; V. E. Lee & Ekstrom, 1987; McDonough, 1997, 2005; Muhammad, 2008; Perna et al., 2008; Rosenbaum, Stephan, & Rosenbaum, 2010).”
College Student Pathways to the STEM Disciplines (2013, background): “Policies aimed at improving the availability and efficacy of high school counselors, however, require a commitment from stakeholders at the high school, district, college, and state levels (Perna et al., 2008).”
More Girls Go to College: Exploring the Social and Academic Factors Behind the Female Postsecondary Advantage Among Hispanic and White Students (2010, background): “The average counselorstudent ratio is highest in low-income, high-minority schools, and conversely lowest in the most advantaged schools (Perez and McDonough 2008; Perna et al. 2008).”
Exploring What Leads High School Students to Enroll in Hispanic-Serving Institutions (2011, background): “As noted earlier, regional location, state policy conditions, and the availability of local higher education options can affect a high school’s organizational habitus and an individual’s habitus toward making sense of college options (Perna, 2006; Perna et al., 2008).”
Is There a Downside to Shooting for the Stars? Unrealized Educational Expectations and Symptoms of Depression (2010, background): “…and retention, graduation rates, and the overlapping contexts of family, school, and community are fruitful targets for future research (Eder and McCabe 2004; Perna et al. 2008; Roderick et al. 2008), as are the shifting returns to completing postsecondary degrees (DiPrete and Buchmann 2005).”
The Role of Faculty, Counselors, and Support Programs on Latino/a Community College Students’ Success and Intent to Persist (2015, background): “…play a critical role in creating the conditions that engage students and help them to persist and succeed (Bensimon, 2007; Perez & Ceja, 2010; Perna et al., 2008; Stanton-Salazar, 2011; Stanton-Salazar, Vasquez, & Mehan, 2000), this study examined how select types of interactions with…”
College Knowledge of 9th and 11th Grade Students: Variation by School and State Context (2009, methodology): “Following the example of others (e.g., Perna et al., 2008), the conceptual model for this study draws on the multi-level model of college en- rollment developed by Perna (2006a) and the balanced access model developed by St. John (2003) and is pictured in Figure 1.”
The Counseling Opportunity Structure: Examining Correlates of Four-Year College-Going Rates (2013, background): “Although these professional organizations emphasize academic achievement and college planning as the primary responsibilities of high school counselors, counselor responsibilities vary by type and size of high school and most include the following functional areas: testing duties (coordinating, admi”
Understanding High School Students’ Willingness to Borrow to Pay College Prices (2008, background): “Some research (Perna et al. 2008) suggests the benefits to students that may accrue”
Contextual Influences on Parental Involvement in College Going: Variations by Socioeconomic Class (2008, background): “For additional characteristics of participating schools, please see Perna et al., 2008.”