College and career readiness: Policy and research to support effective counseling in schools.

Lapan, Richard T.; Turner, Sherri L.; Pierce, Marisa Elva

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“…Traditionally, the responsibility in school settings for guiding young people for the workforce or postsecondary education has been assigned to individual counselors whose role was to foster career exploration and goal setting (Lapan et al, 2012). The broader school setting, through interactions with teachers, counselors, and other staff, has also been recognized as a resource for helping adolescents to foster a future orientation by drawing connections and meaning between their current academic performance and their future career ambitions (Kenny et al, 2010).…”

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Hope in the Lives of Low-Income Students of Color: A Qualitative Study of Experiences in a Work-Based Learning Program

Medvide

2020

Journal of Career Development

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This study explored the experiences of low-income students of color who participated in a work-based learning (WBL) program while attending a Catholic high school. Historically, research on student outcomes in WBL programs has been mixed, and few studies have provided insights into how low-income youth of color can benefit. This study utilized a phenomenological methodology to capture hope among these youth and to delineate these students’ lived experiences within their relational, organizational, and sociocultural contexts. The results showed participants’ goal setting and motivation were fostered by a sense of connection to others at school and a collective belief that success was possible for all students despite whatever challenges they faced. The participants also discussed hopes for the future within the context of workplace support, religious faith, and past hopelessness. The results provide avenues to design WBL programs that consider students’ supports and barriers and further contextualize hope theory.

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Hope in the Lives of Low-Income Students of Color: A Qualitative Study of Experiences in a Work-Based Learning Program

Medvide

2020

Journal of Career Development

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“…Increasing high school seniors' readiness for, access to, and graduation from postsecondary education has become a leading national priority (U.S. Department of Education, ). Research has made significant progress in better understanding potentially malleable factors that promote successful postsecondary transitions for graduating high school seniors (for a review, see Lapan, Turner, & Pierce, ). Interdisciplinary research has found that the readiness to succeed in college (i.e., access, retention, performance, and graduation) relates strongly to demographic, academic, motivational, and career planning factors.…”

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Financial Planning Strategies of High School Seniors: Removing Barriers to Career Success

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Marcotte

2015

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This study explored the postsecondary financial planning of graduating 12th graders as a barrier to educational and career decision making and success. Seniors planning on pursuing postsecondary education (N = 744) from 16 high schools completed an online survey measuring their plans for financing their postsecondary education. They also provided information regarding their academic achievement, motivation, certainty, and postsecondary goals and plans. Students clustered into 4 distinct financial planning strategy groups. These financial planning clusters were evident across a diverse sample of high schools. Almost half of all graduating 12th graders had limited financial planning strategies. Groupings and strategies employed by students were significantly related to career development theory and research. The critical role for career development services in promoting student success is discussed.Keywords: financial planning, college and career readiness, postsecondary transition, barriers, supportsThe cost of postsecondary education has risen sharply, making it one of the most important challenges to the college and career decision-making process for students and their families. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES, 2012) reported that between the 2000-2001 and 2010-2011 academic years, the prices for undergraduate tuition and room and board increased 42% at public institutions and 31% at private not-for-profit institutions-after adjustment for inflation. Since 2008, Sallie Mae (2012 has conducted annual surveys of college students and their parents that focus on the types of funding sources utilized (e.g., family savings plans, scholarships, loans), the actual amount associated with each funding type, and the college decision-making process. In the 2011-2012 academic year, 69% of students reported eliminating a college they were accepted to because of cost-a figure that has increased annually since 2009, when 56% of students reported eliminating a college they were accepted to because of cost. This reality is being felt and responded to by students across the socioeconomic spectrum. For example, there has been an increase in students from families that earn more than $100,000 a year who are deciding to live at home while attending college as a cost-saving measure-from 24% in 2010 to 47% in 2012 (Sallie Mae, 2012).The financing of postsecondary education as a barrier to educational and career success has become a focus for career development theory and research. For example, Lent (2013a) argued that one of the most useful aspects of social cognitive career theory (SCCT) is that it can be employed to help people develop the "career-life preparedness" skills necessary to minimize barriers and strengthen supports for educational and career attainment. Financing postsecondary education is, in the SCCT choice model, one of the most challenging proximal environmental influences affecting the setting and implementation of career choice goals (Lent, 2013b).Previous and emerging research support this emph...

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“…The first category is a general review of empirical studies (either meta-analytic or literary) evaluating the effects of career assistance across populations and outcomes (a convergent review). The second category of reviews concentrates on a particular subgroup or decision point (e.g., college and career readiness; Lapan, Turner, & Pierce, 2012), with an emphasis on unique challenges faced by a subgroup or at a particular choice point. It is worth noting that these review categories do not focus on a strategy—rather on a population or developmental moment of challenge.…”

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“…Lapan, Turner, and Pierce (2012) argue persuasively that the United States needs a standing policy that implements career development research for college and career readiness. How can we best inform policy?…”

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Progress and Prospects in the Evaluation of Career Assistance

Spokane

Nguyen

2015

Journal of Career Assessment

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Reviews of research on the evaluation of career assistance from 1970 to 2014 (N = 23) are examined for common conclusions and recommendations. Conclusions are tempered based upon the small numbers of studies included. Recommendations for strengthening research using integrated treatment chains and incorporating epidemiologically based statistics (i.e., risk ratio, odds ratio, and population attributable fraction) are described. A shift in prevailing research paradigm from an emphasis on the individual to an emphasis on the community would supplement evaluations based upon individual outcomes and make a more compelling case to policy makers and funders who could support future evaluative research and provision of career assistance.

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College and career readiness: Policy and research to support effective counseling in schools.

Cited by 7 publications

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Hope in the Lives of Low-Income Students of Color: A Qualitative Study of Experiences in a Work-Based Learning Program

Hope in the Lives of Low-Income Students of Color: A Qualitative Study of Experiences in a Work-Based Learning Program

Financial Planning Strategies of High School Seniors: Removing Barriers to Career Success

Progress and Prospects in the Evaluation of Career Assistance

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