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  Counselors should Counsel

  I suggest that counselors actually counsel. With the psychological and counseling theoretical and practical applications provided in and engaged in graduate studies, counselors should be allowed to develop programs in which individual and group counseling are provided for the student. The concepts and activities of counseling (theoretical approach) and advising (non-theoretical approach) should be delineated for and communicated ...more »

  I suggest that counselors actually counsel. With the psychological and counseling theoretical and practical applications provided in and engaged in graduate studies, counselors should be allowed to develop programs in which individual and group counseling are provided for the student. The concepts and activities of counseling (theoretical approach) and advising (non-theoretical approach) should be delineated for and communicated to the student and public communities. Counselors and faculty advisors should be mandated to work together in new student orientations and career day events on and off campus.

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  Submitted by arc40usc 2 years ago

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  Increase funding for Academic and Career Counseling

  Trained professional counseling faculty are critical to help students identify and achieve their academic goals. Students greatly benefit from the support of counseling faculty to make informed decisions and to learn the skills to be successful in college. Funding to increase the counselor-to-student ratio would lead to higher graduation rates.

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  Submitted by schuyler 2 years ago

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  Fund awesome counseling departments!

  I knew a girl once who was stuck in undergraduate for over 10 years--I kid you not--simply because she did not know how to get out! No one told her how to graduate, how to transfer, or what accumulating credits was doing for her educational career. The counseling lines at almost every college I have ever attended are always out the door. Students have no clue where they are going. They come to college to get a better ...more »

  I knew a girl once who was stuck in undergraduate for over 10 years--I kid you not--simply because she did not know how to get out! No one told her how to graduate, how to transfer, or what accumulating credits was doing for her educational career.

  The counseling lines at almost every college I have ever attended are always out the door. Students have no clue where they are going. They come to college to get a better education and "do something" with their lives, but the counselors (bless their hearts) are overrun and under-equipped to deal with the hoard.

  If the goal of getting the country educated serves the purpose of creating a more prepared workforce, we have to make sure students actually get out into the workforce!

  I know many students who have dropped out of college because they were frustrated with this endless cycle of semesters that seemed to lead to nothing.

  Students who enter should be immediately directed to a counselor who is able to help them formulate a plan for where they want to go. And the counselor's arsenal needs to be beefed up tremendously. The counselor should have at her fingertips the names of industry partners who are sponsoring internships or scholarships, assessment tools to help the student decide where to go, lists of classes, ratings of professors, resources to get money, childcare, housing, and used textbooks, information about jobs that a major can lead to, names and phone numbers of alumni in those areas who can be contacted for tips, calendars to help plan out a four-to-six-semester community college program with efficiency, maps and phone numbers for different student service offices and directions on how to properly use them, and much much more.

  We need funding for bigger, beefier counseling departments to get students to graduation.

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  Submitted by talon 2 years ago

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  Imagine how much we could do with more instead of less

  Improve the funding model for community colleges. Communuity colleges not only provide courses equivalent to 100 and 200 level classes at four year schools but also remedial education to students who slipped through the cracks in high school. Thus, CCs do half the work of a university and half the work of a high school. On top of that, CCs provide job training, community education, ESL, GED and ABE courses. We serve the ...more »

  Improve the funding model for community colleges. Communuity colleges not only provide courses equivalent to 100 and 200 level classes at four year schools but also remedial education to students who slipped through the cracks in high school. Thus, CCs do half the work of a university and half the work of a high school. On top of that, CCs provide job training, community education, ESL, GED and ABE courses. We serve the full range of the public, but we are constantly underfunded. If our country wants us to serve the full range of the public, we need funds to adequately staff learning resources (libraries, tutoring centers), provide career and job counseling (so we need counselors and advisors), retain faculty (including librarians and ESL/GED instructors), and offer learning materials (databases, ebooks, smart classrooms, learning commons).

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  Going bach to College

  In 2001 I returned from Florida with no job and very little resources. I applied at Ivy Tech and based on my income FAFSA determined that was eligible for a Pell grant. For 2 years I received assistance and was on my way to an IT degree. The money I made at my now part time job got me by however it would not have afforded me college. I began to earn more, still under the poverty line but I became ineligible for Pell ...more »

  In 2001 I returned from Florida with no job and very little resources. I applied at Ivy Tech and based on my income FAFSA determined that was eligible for a Pell grant. For 2 years I received assistance and was on my way to an IT degree. The money I made at my now part time job got me by however it would not have afforded me college. I began to earn more, still under the poverty line but I became ineligible for Pell grants. I can afford to live, make rent, car payments, utility payments, health insurance and staying in college was not an option. I am surprised that there was no other option. I was not counseled as what could be the next step once FAFSA decides you earn too much. All I received was a notice that there was nothing available. Our Governor, Mitch Daniels, is touting a online college he recommends, WGU. They want $6,000.00. I don't have six thousand dollars. I am 55 years old. What would you do?

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  Submitted by jlenken 2 years ago

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  Increase Remedial Courses and Counseling

  Community colleges have huge drop-out rates for their students. There needs to be better mentoring and counseling provided particularly since many community college students may also have a job, have one or more children and tend to be older than other college sutdents. . More courses need to be designed which have relevance to the work place. Students need to be offered more remedial courses, including courses designed ...more »

  Community colleges have huge drop-out rates for their students. There needs to be better mentoring and counseling provided particularly since many community college students may also have a job, have one or more children and tend to be older than other college sutdents. . More courses need to be designed which have relevance to the work place. Students need to be offered more remedial courses, including courses designed to improve writing and study habits, since a poor high school education often makes it more difficult for the community college student to succeed.

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