This is the second course of a two-course sequence that introduces the knowledge and skills required to advise students in the transition from high school to college. You will expand your knowledge of specific college options and the admissions process. Emphasis is placed on affordability, list building, counseling special populations, and first steps toward exploring work as an independent educational consultant.
Course Outline
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After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:
- Describe the knowledge and skills required to provide college counseling in the high school setting.
- Identify specified legal and ethical issues in college counseling.
- Define important terms used in college counseling.
- Identify the primary factors utilized in admissions decisions for a variety of college types, locations, and selectivity and be able to give a national and local example of each.
- Describe the roles of various people in the college admissions process.
- Describe the admissions requirements and process for the state systems in their own state, and selected other colleges and universities that are popular destinations for their students.
- Explain the factors that affect college affordability and identify resources counselors and families can use to better understand college costs.
- Demonstrate how to research a college using public sources, campus visits, and admission officer meetings.
- Describe resources students and families can use to build their knowledge about colleges.
- Describe how to create a student college list and/or assess its quality.
- Explain the ways the college advising process may vary, given differences in students’ backgrounds, skills, and/or aspirations.
- Begin to identify what additional skills and knowledge are necessary to work as an independent educational consultant.
- Identify personal areas for growth and professional development opportunities.
What You Learn
- College reports and campus visit report
- College affordability concepts
- Resources for building college knowledge
- Creating college lists
- Advising students with special talents, such as athletes and artists
- Advising students with special circumstances, such as those who are first-generation, or have different abilities, or are from the LGBTQ+ community
- Advising students about special destinations, such as highly selective colleges and universities
- Independent educational consulting business ideas
How You Learn
- Lectures
- Readings
- Class discussions
- College reports
- Campus visit
- Internet research
- Quizzes
- Assignments
- Class project
- Case study
Additional activities in the online version include:
- Video and audio interviews with industry experts
- Book club
- Interview with a junior
- Team activity
- Virtual panel of Independent Educational Consultants
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