ERIC Number: EJ1045279
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
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Do Counseling Master's Program Websites Help? Prospective Students' Ratings
Range, Lillian M.; Salgado, Roy; White, Carolyn
College Student Journal, v48 n3 p511-517 Fall 2014
To see how students understand information about counseling programs from school websites, in January and February, 2012, 43 undergraduates (most women) at a co-educational religious college in the southeastern U. S. obtained website information about accreditation, tuition, and number of hours and faculty on 14 schools in Louisiana. They also rated the websites on informs, easy and satisfies. Students either thought all schools were accredited, or failed to answer the accreditation question. Students perceived the seven accredited schools as requiring significantly more hours than the seven non-accredited schools. Accreditation did not make a difference on ratings of tuition or number of faculty, but students rated accredited schools' websites as significantly better (C+ letter grade) than non-accredited schools' websites (C). Because prospective master's students do not understand accreditation and tuition information counseling master's programs would do well to monitor and update their school websites, taking special care to provide information about tuition and financial aid.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Private Colleges, Web Sites, Accreditation (Institutions), Tuition, College Faculty, Required Courses, Student Attitudes, Counselor Training, Masters Programs
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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