Best College Tours for High School Students
Many students may not feel motivated to pursue a college degree. They might see it as paying insane amounts of money to slog through four more years of coursework in order to get a boring office job. However, your students can choose majors in college that can lead to uncommon and gratifying careers. We’ve included […]
One of the challenges you face is making sure that you are meeting the needs of all of your students. We know that you work with diverse populations and the support that one student might require can be very different from another. Today we thought we would offer you the two resources below to help […]
One of the challenges you face is making sure that you are meeting the needs of all of your students. When you work with diverse populations the support that one student might require can be very different from another. Today we thought we would offer you the two resources below to help you guide your […]
Although daily life has recently shifted, students and parents are still looking for ways to decide what college would be right for them. This may seem difficult for a lot of your students to pick which colleges they want to attend since it isn’t advisable that they go visit them in person. However, there is a […]
Unique Challenges of College-Bound First-Generation Students First-generation (FG) college students, or students whose parents have not earned a four-year degree, face unique challenges. Nearly half of the FG student population is low-income. Many of them belong to a racial or ethnic minority group. They are also susceptible to feelings of guilt, isolation, and distress when […]
Questions Parents Should Ask on College Tours with Their Children The transition from home to college can be exciting as well as stressful for parents and their college-bound children. So much is unfamiliar and unknown for both generations. For parents and students, participating in campus tours is one of the best ways to placate worries […]
What are the Advantages of Attending an HBCU School? Historic Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) have been providing quality education to students of color for nearly 150 years. They produce almost 20% of all African American college graduates and 25% of African American graduates in the STEM fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics — the critical […]
A Special Christmas Poem for Counselors In the spirit of the holidays, here is a poem about the big application push for high school seniors- and about the significant role counselors have during this time. Enjoy! ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Students wrote applications, with keyboard and mouse, The essays […]
Proud First-Generation Graduates Share Their Success Stories Working with first-generation students presents educators and counselors with unique challenges and potentially great rewards. While the enrolment rate of first-generation students in the U.S. is rising gradually, their retention and graduation rates are dismal and stagnant. Nearly 90% of low-income, first-generation students don’t graduate on time. The dropout rate […]
What are the HBCU Schools in Each Region of the U.S.? There are about 105 HBCUs in the U.S. Although they make up just 3% of America’s colleges and universities, they produce nearly 25% of all African American graduates and 20% of all black graduates in STEM fields. In addition to their rigorous curriculum, affordable tuition fees, […]