https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/college-counseling College Counseling en-US 2021 (c) Education Week Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:50:35 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/why-schools-colleges-and-employers-arent-connected-on-career-technical-education/2026/09 Too much data on education and the labor market exist in silos, a new report finds. Thu, 24 Sep 2026 16:50:35 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/why-schools-colleges-and-employers-arent-connected-on-career-technical-education/2026/09 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/schools-are-expanding-career-ed-are-they-guiding-students-to-the-right-careers/2026/06 Counselor shortages are a barrier keeping schools from implementing relevant and effective career prep. Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:07:24 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/schools-are-expanding-career-ed-are-they-guiding-students-to-the-right-careers/2026/06 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/high-school-grads-lack-clarity-on-next-steps-survey-shows/2025/05 Recent high school graduates share insights on what would have changed their trajectory in a new survey. Tue, 20 May 2025 12:01:00 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/high-school-grads-lack-clarity-on-next-steps-survey-shows/2025/05 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/what-to-know-when-advising-college-bound-undocumented-students/2025/02 K-12 educators can make a difference in whether undocumented students pursue higher education. Wed, 26 Feb 2025 21:52:25 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/what-to-know-when-advising-college-bound-undocumented-students/2025/02 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/most-states-will-see-a-steady-decline-in-high-school-graduates-heres-the-data/2024/12 The decline is based largely on population trends. Wed, 11 Dec 2024 05:02:00 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/most-states-will-see-a-steady-decline-in-high-school-graduates-heres-the-data/2024/12 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/technology/this-counselor-used-ai-to-help-students-apply-to-college-heres-how/2024/10 Jeffrey Neill shares his tips on when it makes sense to use AI in the college application process. Wed, 23 Oct 2024 18:17:02 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/technology/this-counselor-used-ai-to-help-students-apply-to-college-heres-how/2024/10 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/navigating-financial-assistance-can-be-tough-not-all-schools-offer-help/2024/01 Outside resources are helping to fill in the gaps. Fri, 05 Jan 2024 22:18:01 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/navigating-financial-assistance-can-be-tough-not-all-schools-offer-help/2024/01 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/leadership/video-how-to-support-early-career-teachers-advice-from-native-educators/2023/12 They were new teachers fresh out of a graduate program to create a Native teacher pipeline. Today, neither is still in that position. Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:08:58 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/leadership/video-how-to-support-early-career-teachers-advice-from-native-educators/2023/12 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/this-high-school-used-to-leave-seniors-career-planning-to-chance-not-any-more/2023/10 Students graduate from Sheboygan South High School knowing what's next and how to get there. Mon, 30 Oct 2023 20:46:27 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/this-high-school-used-to-leave-seniors-career-planning-to-chance-not-any-more/2023/10 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/sponsor/college-rover/a-better-online-tool-to-help-in-the-college-search-process-202310 Preparing to go to college is an exciting time in your students’ lives, but it can also be hectic and stressful. College Rover can help. Fri, 06 Oct 2023 17:36:11 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/sponsor/college-rover/a-better-online-tool-to-help-in-the-college-search-process-202310 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/sponsor/college-rover/a-better-online-tool-to-help-in-the-college-search-process Preparing to go to college is an exciting time in your students’ lives, but it can also be hectic and stressful. College Rover can help. Mon, 01 May 2023 04:00:25 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/sponsor/college-rover/a-better-online-tool-to-help-in-the-college-search-process https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/many-students-dont-fill-out-the-fafsa-heres-one-practice-that-could-help/2023/02 New data suggests that meeting with a school counselor could make a difference. Thu, 02 Feb 2023 21:54:34 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/many-students-dont-fill-out-the-fafsa-heres-one-practice-that-could-help/2023/02 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/why-elite-college-admissions-may-play-an-outsized-role-in-k-12-math-programs/2022/09 Some college counselors say calculus is an implicit requirement for entry into selective colleges—and it's warping the K-12 math sequence. Wed, 07 Sep 2022 07:01:56 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/why-elite-college-admissions-may-play-an-outsized-role-in-k-12-math-programs/2022/09 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/3-ways-to-convince-students-to-be-the-first-in-their-families-to-attend-college/2022/01 Alma Lopez, the 2022 ASCA School Counselor of the Year, offers advice on how to help first-generation students navigate college planning. Thu, 06 Jan 2022 21:02:35 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/3-ways-to-convince-students-to-be-the-first-in-their-families-to-attend-college/2022/01 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/leadership/why-school-counselors-of-color-matter-more-than-ever/2022/01 Fighting racial biases and diversifying counseling staff is seen as crucial to boosting college-going rates among Black and Latino students. Wed, 05 Jan 2022 19:45:31 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/leadership/why-school-counselors-of-color-matter-more-than-ever/2022/01 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/class-of-covid-2021s-graduates-are-struggling-more-and-feeling-the-stress/2021/10 COVID-19 disrupted the class of 2020’s senior year. A year later, the transition to college has in some ways gotten worse. Mon, 18 Oct 2021 20:50:14 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/class-of-covid-2021s-graduates-are-struggling-more-and-feeling-the-stress/2021/10 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/2021-grad-builds-peer-support-for-college-planning/2021/10 College-going clubs can support first-generation students, says Daniela Andrade, whose own high school club helped her get to Harvard. Mon, 18 Oct 2021 20:49:42 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/2021-grad-builds-peer-support-for-college-planning/2021/10 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/resilience-faith-and-support-how-twin-brothers-forged-diverging-paths-to-college/2021/09 Twin brothers from rural Arkansas reflect on their path to college in the midst of the pandemic. Tue, 21 Sep 2021 18:30:59 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/resilience-faith-and-support-how-twin-brothers-forged-diverging-paths-to-college/2021/09 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/opinion-what-will-it-take-to-get-high-school-students-back-on-track/2021/08 Three proven strategies can support high school graduation and postsecondary success—during and after the pandemic. Wed, 18 Aug 2021 19:45:56 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/opinion-what-will-it-take-to-get-high-school-students-back-on-track/2021/08 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/a-year-interrupted-2020-high-school-seniors-face-covid-19-and-an-uncertain-future/12/20 When COVID-19 closed schools for millions of students, Education Week documented two seniors as they faced an uncertain future. Tue, 15 Dec 2020 15:19:52 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/a-year-interrupted-2020-high-school-seniors-face-covid-19-and-an-uncertain-future/12/20 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/opinion-the-best-college-application-advice-to-give-students-during-the-pandemic/2020/07 The coronavirus has affected almost everything in the college process, from standardized testing and grades to financial pressure. Here's what admissions officers say to adjust. Fri, 10 Jul 2020 12:05:15 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/opinion-the-best-college-application-advice-to-give-students-during-the-pandemic/2020/07 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/opinion-school-counselors-need-better-training-on-college-admissions/2020/03 Preservice training programs aren't doing enough to prepare graduates for their future roles as college counselors, writes Tara P. Nicola. Wed, 11 Mar 2020 00:16:41 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/opinion-school-counselors-need-better-training-on-college-admissions/2020/03 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/many-young-people-think-a-high-school-diploma-is-enough-poll-finds/2019/11 Two new polls offer more evidence that Americans—and especially young Americans—are skeptical whether the investment in higher education is necessary or worth it. Fri, 15 Nov 2019 01:44:50 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/many-young-people-think-a-high-school-diploma-is-enough-poll-finds/2019/11 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/opinion-theres-more-to-college-prep-than-academics/2019/10 It's time to move beyond grades, FAFSA applications, and test scores when getting students ready for higher education, writes Clewiston D. Challenger. Wed, 23 Oct 2019 01:22:54 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/opinion-theres-more-to-college-prep-than-academics/2019/10 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/opinion-school-counselors-support-students-are-we-supporting-them/2019/10 We desperately need to level the playing field in college admissions, writes Mandy Savitz-Romer. School counselors are a good place to start. Wed, 23 Oct 2019 01:22:30 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/opinion-school-counselors-support-students-are-we-supporting-them/2019/10 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/leadership/principals-dealing-with-hostility-and-division-in-the-age-of-trump-survey-shows/2019/03 Most high school principals are grappling with hostile clashes between students and a swirl of other problems stemming from the political division and heated rhetoric during the Trump presidency, according to a new report. Wed, 13 Mar 2019 04:10:18 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/leadership/principals-dealing-with-hostility-and-division-in-the-age-of-trump-survey-shows/2019/03 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/college-advising-is-in-short-supply-in-u-s-high-schools-study-finds/2018/11 Only a third of the country's public high schools have a counselor devoted to helping students get prepared for college, and the problem is even worse in high-poverty schools. Tue, 13 Nov 2018 19:20:25 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/college-advising-is-in-short-supply-in-u-s-high-schools-study-finds/2018/11 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/high-school-students-getting-more-interested-in-activism-counselors-report/2018/11 Counselors at half of the nation's high schools say students are getting more interested in political activism. More than a third of college admissions officers say they're seeing more students write essays about political activism. Wed, 07 Nov 2018 18:34:44 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/teaching-learning/high-school-students-getting-more-interested-in-activism-counselors-report/2018/11 https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/leadership/opinion-the-troubling-student-to-counselor-ratio-that-doesnt-add-up/2018/08 Public school counselors are overworked and under-resourced—and that’s a big problem for students, writes Alanna Fuschillo. Tue, 14 Aug 2018 23:37:16 GMT https://www-edweek-org.ezproxy.baylor.edu/leadership/opinion-the-troubling-student-to-counselor-ratio-that-doesnt-add-up/2018/08