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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Farmer-Hinton, Raquel L.; McCullough, Ruanda Garth – High School Journal, 2008
Through analyses of counselor interview data, the authors highlight the challenges to and opportunities of college counseling in a recently-chartered college preparatory high school. The findings suggest that the charter school framework provides counselors with innovative organizational structures to foster college counseling and student…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Counseling, High Schools, College Preparation
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Flowers, Lamont A.; Milner, H. Richard; Moore, James L., III – High School Journal, 2003
The major purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of locus of control on African American high school seniors' educational aspirations. Controlling for family, student, and school characteristics, the results of the study suggest that African American high school seniors who reported higher levels of locus of control were more likely…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, High Schools, Academic Aspiration, Secondary School Teachers
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Butler, S. Kent – High School Journal, 2003
This article focuses on systemic conceptualizations that attempt to explicate why academic achievement may be challenging for some urban African American high school students. In addition, the author delineates the important roles that high school counselors can play in ensuring urban African American high school students' academic success.
Descriptors: High Schools, Academic Achievement, School Counselors, High School Students