Friday, August 18, 2006
Class, Race Factor in Counselors' College Recommendations
By Shilpa Banerji The study, "High School Guidance Counselors: Facilitators or Pre-Emptors of Social Stratification in Education," found that class was a bigger factor than race when it came to counseling high-school students. >>> Read More
Jul 26, 2006, 06:56
High-school guidance counselors advise middle-class Black students without a strong academic record to apply to community colleges more than middle-class White students with the same academic record, concludes a new study. However, when it came to students from upper-income families with low performances, White students were more likely to be recommended to community colleges than Black students.
