School Counselors as Social Capital: The Effects of High School College Counseling on College Application Rates |
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| Authors: | Julia Bryan Cheryl Moore‐Thomas Norma L. Day‐Vines Cheryl Holcomb‐McCoy |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Counseling and Personnel Services, University of Maryland at College Park;2. Department of Educational Specialties, Loyola University Maryland;3. Department of Counselor Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University;4. Department of Counseling and Human Services, Johns Hopkins University. |
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| Abstract: | Using social capital theory as a framework, the authors examined data from the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002 (Ingels, Pratt, Rogers, Siegel, & Stutts, 2004) to investigate how student contact with high school counselors about college information and other college‐related variables influence students' college application rates. In addition to some college‐related variables, the number of school counselors and student contacts were significant predictors of college application rates. Implications for school counselors and counselor training are included. |
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