Alarming statistics surround Native American youth and communities. Currently, 1 in 3 Native American families live below the poverty level. Only 74% of Native American students graduate high school on time, and nationally only 24% of those students’ matriculate. The cycle of poverty among our Native American communities can begin to be addressed though access Read More
The BLM publishes data for many careers. According to their data: 2021 Median Pay for Counselors was $60,510 per year ($29.09 per hour) Typical Entry Level Education: Master’s Degree Number of jobs (2020) – 322,000 Job Outlook (2020-2030) – 11% growth Employment Change (2020-2030) – +37,000 National Data Link:https://www.bls.gov/ooh/community-and-social-service/school-and-career-counselors.htm#tab-7 State and Area Data Link: https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes211012.htm#st
Karen Elizabeth, a Counselor in the Walton Central School District in New York, has created a 2-page PDF she uses for her seniors as they plan the transition from HS to College. It is a great list of things for students to think about as they plan to take that next step in life. Here Read More
NCWIT Counselors for Computing provides some great free resources for Counselors. They have 3 upcoming webinars being offered to view free (and not all their prior webinars are available on-demand). Here are the details with a link to register for each: Future Ready Careers: CS + Health Services, featuring Chief Information and Digital Officer of Read More
Having trouble finding what you need on the worldwide web? Do you trust all the information that is found when you do a search? You are not alone according to a new study conducted by Britannica site Procon.org. Most also say, with varying degrees of conviction, that they often can’t tell if the information they Read More
Here is a new Scholarship available to your students. There are 2 scholarships given away per year. – Scholarship: RentHop: College & University Scholarship Program– There are two deadlines for the scholarship: 4/30 and 8/31 (These two deadlines reoccur each year)– The value of each scholarship is $1000 per chosen student. Only one award is Read More
CNBC recently profiled a 29-year-old entrepreneur that started several online businesses and is now making more than $1.5 million per year. There are lots of career paths your students can embark on and the traditional path of going to college, getting a great job and working it throughout retirement is no longer the only option Read More
Many of your students have been accepted to the college of their choice and in many cases multiple schools. Now how are they going to pay for that education? Scholarships are one of their best options as the money doesn’t have to be paid back. Access Scholarships published a list of 66 different scholarships available Read More
Fox News published a list of 15 of the wildest and wackiest courses offered today or recently at U.S. institutions across our country. These might be fun to discuss with your students to show there are many paths they can take with their educations. Course descriptions are based on publicly available information on school websites. Introduction Read More
If your stack of responses from colleges included nothing but rejections, you’ll probably want to read further. The first thing to know is that there’s no reason to despair, there are still options. NACAC’S FALL 2022 COLLEGE OPENINGS UPDATE There are more than 200 colleges and universities nationwide still accepting applications from students seeking openings, Read More
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