High school counselors potentially hold a key position to help increase the number of US
students receiving post-secondary degrees, particularly to address inequalities that prevent …

School counselors are the primary facilitators of college transition for many students, yet little
is known about their influence on college-going behavior. Analyzing data from the …

Public Policy and Higher Education provides readers with new ways to analyze complex
state policies and offers the tools to examine how policies affect students' access and …

In a modern context of constrained resources and high demands, faculty exert agency to
strategically navigate their careers (Baez 2000a; Neumann et al. 2006). Guided by the …

The purpose of this study is to enhance our understanding of how a Historically Black
College and University (HBCU) is cultivating Black male achievement in STEM. In this in …

While previous research has focused on the continuing educational disparities between the
growing Latinx population and other racial/ethnic groups, this study focuses on the …

Previous studies argued that high school resources play a modest role in students'
postsecondary destinations, but they ignored schools' programmatic resources, which …

Many policies in higher education are intended to improve college access and degree
completion, yet often those policies fall short of their aims by making it difficult for prospective …

In an effort to increase college access and success rates, the state of Texas has expanded
dual enrollment programs and Early College High Schools (ECHS) that provide students …

Policy efforts to enhance postsecondary access and completion often emphasize the
construct of college readiness (CR). While most research has focused on defining and …