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Secondary School Counseling Services

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1  INTRODUCTION ................................. 1 Statement of the Problem ..................... 1

Theoretical Rationale ........................ 3

Definition of Terms .......................... 7

Counselor .................................. 7

Counselee .................................. 7

Placement .................................. 8

Limitations of the Study ..................... 8

2  REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE ..................... 9

Postsecondary Choice Decision Behavior ....... 9

Postsecondary Choice Decision Models ......... 10

The Predisposition Stage ................... 12

The Search Stage ........................... 14

The Choice Stage ........................... 18

Conclusions .................................. 20

3  METHODOLOGY .................................. 22

Research Hypothesis .......................... 22

Research Design .............................. 23

Data Collection .............................. 23

Data Analysis ................................ 23

Hypothesis Testing ........................... 24

4  RESULTS ...................................... 25

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couragement students receive to attend college, and their subsequent postsecondary plans. In Fact, Conklin and Daily (1981) showed that, as the amount of parental encouragement rises, the likelihood of attending a four year selective college, as opposed to a two year institution or a non selective four year campus also increases. A Pennsylvania study (Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities, 1984) and the research of Litten, Sullivan, and Brodigan (1983), of the applicant pool at Carlton College also found that parents play an important role in shaping student attitudes toward higher education and actual college choice. Murphy (1981) examined college choice variables for high school students and a non matched sample of parents, and discovered that approximately 50 percent of both groups indicated that parents initiated the idea of going to college. Peers, along with parents, can also have an effect on enrollment plans. Students with friends who are planning to continue their education are more likely to be planning to go to college than are students without such friends. Although causality cannot be inferred from these findings, it appears that peers may, at least, have a reinforcing effect on one another in th
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Approximate Pages = 34 (250 words per page)

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