Date of Award
2023
Degree Type
Open Access Dissertation
Degree Name
Education, PhD
Program
School of Educational Studies
Advisor/Supervisor/Committee Chair
James Wright
Dissertation or Thesis Committee Member
Sera Hernandez
Dissertation or Thesis Committee Member
Thomas Luschei
Dissertation or Thesis Committee Member
William Pérez
Terms of Use & License Information
Rights Information
© 2023 Roya Tabrizi
Keywords
Career and technical education (CTE), Counselors, Post-secondary advisement, Vocation
Subject Categories
Education
Abstract
Abstract High school counselors support students across three areas or domains: academic, socio-emotional, and college and career development. Growing confusion and tensions around the time and responsibilities of school counselors have accompanied ever-evolving changes with their roles and coincided with continual efforts to address the K-12 and potential postsecondary educational opportunities, especially those from lower socioeconomic and particular racial and ethnic groups. The global health pandemic exacerbated challenges these student populations faced and greatly impacted the work of counselors. This qualitative multi-site case study draws on the triangulation of one-on-one interviews with twelve high school counselors across six school sites, in Southern California, with website and demographic analysis, and analytical memos, to identify institutional and personal influences on counselors’ views and perspectives around education and work, and in turn, how counselors assist different student groups with their post-secondary aspirations. Findings indicate that counselors’ views of education and work in light of the transition to adulthood; institutional structures and resources (e.g., distributed counseling) between charter and non-charter schools, and institutional aims (e.g., increase college going culture), and perceptions of students and communities, influence how counselors work with students and which pathways they (dis)encourage. Much of their efforts take place considering their views about students embarking on adulthood and what they feel they will be tasked with after high school. This influences the type of information they offer students, which promotes values around living meaningful, successful, and independent lives, as well as prioritizing college over career and technical education pathways. Keywords: Counselors, post-secondary advisement, vocation, career and technical education (CTE)
ISBN
9798381897852
Recommended Citation
Tabrizi, Roya. (2023). Assisting Students with Post-Secondary Aspirations: How High School Counselors Help Different Student Groups with Post-Secondary Professional and Vocational Pathways. CGU Theses & Dissertations, 752. https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgu_etd/752.
