Tag: Counseling: Page 5

Support, Counseling, Education Urged for Gay Youth

Support and other resources for gay young people are out there, sometimes only a click or a phone call away, but advocates said the recent suicide of Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi and other teens who were believed to have been victims of anti-gay bullying point to the need for even more widespread help.

October 4, 2010

Minority-Serving Schools Report Working Harder To Connect Students With Jobs

College placement offices are adapting to better prepare students and alumni for the increasingly tough employment market.

March 16, 2010

Report: Poor High School Counseling Could Lead to Diminished Opportunities

Sitting in your high school guidance counselor’s office is not an experience many would want to relive, but a new report says that the counseling experience is pivotal for many clueless college-age youth trying to map their academic careers.

March 2, 2010

Student and High School Guidance Counselor

Admissions Yield Rate Decline Creating Enrollment Uncertainty for U.S. Colleges and Universities, Report Says

While U.S. schools see growth among applicants and enrollees, they are experiencing increasing uncertainty over enrollment yield.

October 19, 2009

NOTEWORTHY NEWS : STUDY: COUNSELING AT CRITICAL STAGE MAY CUT DROPOUT RATE

One strategy to reduce high school dropout rates among African-American and Latino teenagers is to better align counselors and high-quality teachers with the most vulnerable students.

October 14, 2009

Admission Counseling Commission Endorses Optional SAT/ACT Admissions Requirements

Acommission convened by the National Association for College Admission Counseling is calling for colleges and universities to drop the use of the SAT or ACT as a requirement for admission, stating that a “one-size-fits-all” approach for the use of standardized tests does not reflect the realities facing the nation’s many and varied colleges and universities.

October 15, 2008

Admission Counseling Commission Endorses Optional SAT/ACT Admissions Requirements

A commission convened by the National Association for College Admission Counseling is calling for colleges and universities to drop the use of the SAT or ACT as a requirement for admission, stating that a “one-size fits all” approach for the use of standardized test does not reflect the realities facing the nation’s many and varied colleges and universities.

September 22, 2008

JFKU Degree on Counseling Latinos Wins Approval

John F. Kennedy University (JFKU) has received final approval of the first fully accredited counseling psychology program focusing on cultural competence training in mental health and counseling skills for serving the Latino/Hispanic community. Classes begin this fall.

September 16, 2008

Caught Between Two Cultures

Efforts to reach Asian students with culturally appropriate mental health services are paying off.

August 20, 2008

More Than Gatekeepers

High school guidance counselors have extraordinary influence in steering Black males to college or to the streets.

August 6, 2008

Perspectives: More Than Gatekeepers

High school guidance counselors have extraordinary influence in steering Black males to college or to the streets.

August 4, 2008

Experts Say Suicide, Not Homicide Is a Larger Threat to Nation’s College Campuses

The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and Northern Illinois University shootings have garnered much media attention, but suicide is a larger threat to the nation’s college students, said a panel at the American Psychiatric Association’s annual meeting in Washington.

May 5, 2008

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