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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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Bryan, Julia; Holcomb-McCoy, Cheryl; Moore-Thomas, Cheryl; Day-Vines, Norma L. – Professional School Counseling, 2009
Using the 2002 Educational Longitudinal Study database, a national survey conducted by the National Center of Education Statistics, the authors investigated the characteristics of students who seek out professional school counselors in order to receive college information. Results indicated that African Americans and female students were more…
Descriptors: School Counselors, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Access to Education
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Bryan, Julia; Henry, Lynette – Professional School Counseling, 2008
When school counselors team and collaborate with school personnel, families, and community members to foster strengths-based partnerships, they are able to implement classroom, schoolwide, and community-based programs and interventions that support and empower children and families. Strengths-based partnerships utilize the assets found in schools,…
Descriptors: Social Support Groups, School Counselors, Partnerships in Education, Integrated Services
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Bryan, Julia; Holcomb-McCoy, Cheryl – Professional School Counseling, 2007
The study in this article investigated school counselor involvement in school-family-community partnerships and factors that influence such involvement. Participants were 235 members of the American School Counselor Association. Factor analyses of responses to the survey designed specifically for this study defined a set of factors that were used…
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, Counselor Role, School Counselors, Parent School Relationship
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Bryan, Julia – Professional School Counseling, 2005
In this era of education reform, school counselors are among educators being held accountable for the academic achievement of minority and poor children. School counselors in urban schools serve a disproportionate number of minority and poor children at risk for school failure. Urban school counselors can play critical roles in engaging their…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Minority Groups, Leadership, Educational Change
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Bryan, Julia; Holcomb-McCoy, Cheryl – Professional School Counseling, 2004
This study investigated school counselors' perceptions about their involvement in nine school-family-community (SFC) partnership programs and barriers to their involvement in such partnerships. A random sample of 72 school counselors in South Carolina public schools were asked to rate the importance and degree of their involvement related to nine…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Counselor Role, Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship
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Holcomb-McCoy, Cheryl; Bryan, Julia; Rahill, Stephanie – Professional School Counseling, 2002
Examines school counselors' perceptions regarding the importance of the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs school counseling standards. Results identified four underlying factors in the standards: program development, implementation and evaluation; counseling and guidance knowledge and skills; contextual…
Descriptors: Counselor Attitudes, School Counseling, School Counselors, Standards