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ERIC Number: EJ575628
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-0951
Brokering College Admissions: Do Independent Counselors Have a Place in the Process?
Mitchell, Joyce Slayton
College Board Review, n184 p2-4,27 Spr 1998
Fear and anxiety about gaining admission to the "right" college have created many profit-making opportunities for consultants. However, anecdotal experience suggests that this confuses and embarrasses students, weakens the relationship between high school and college, and promotes in the student a "beat the system" mentality. (MSE)
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, College Admission, College School Cooperation, Consultants, Counseling Services, Higher Education, School Counselors, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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