Title: PERCEPTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND ADVISORS
Abstract
This research sought to investigate the perceptions of the community college of seven high school counselors and advisors of College Avenue High School (CAHS). Specifically, this study examined the perceptions of seven CAHS counselors and advisors of Riverside Community College (RCC), a fictitious 2-year college in the Midwest. It further considered how high school counselors’ and advisors’ perceptions of RCC were informed by selected school leaders, faculty and students. Finally, the study examined how these perceptions were reflected in the counselors’ and advisors’ descriptions of their postsecondary advising of students.
Using the case study method, results showed postsecondary advising and counseling at CAHS was conducted with multiple inconsistencies for students based on either their curriculum classification or the counselor to whom they were alphabetically assigned. Results further showed most counselors and advisors perceived the community college to be a postsecondary institution that provides: (a) low cost, (b) quality instruction, (c) developmental and remedial education, (d) active partnerships with secondary education, and (e) general education transfer courses. Results further demonstrated that, among various contributors to their perceptions, the views of academic leaders within the high school contributed to the schemata of the counselors and advisors concerning RCC. In turn, these perspectives influenced what the counselors and advisors told high school students about their postsecondary options.
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