Purpose. The purpose of this study was to determine the difference between the perceptions of high school counselors and graduates regarding institutions of higher education in the state of Florida. Specifically, the study identified the perceptions of counselors and graduates in public, private, and parochial high schools in Hillsborough County, Florida. / Procedures. Two groups of subjects were selected for the study. One group consisted of the high school counselors in all the public, private, and parochial high schools in Hillsborough County, Florida. This group was comprised of the 56 counselors in the 11 public high schools, the 10 counselors in the 7 parochial schools, and the 11 counselors in the 6 private schools in the county. / The second group consisted of a random sampling of high school students who had just graduated from public, private, and parochial schools in Hillsborough County, Florida, and who indicated intentions of continuing their education at an institution of higher education. / The data from these two groups were collected via a questionnaire. Each respondent was asked to indicate how he/she felt that two-year public junior and community colleges, four-year public colleges and universities, and private colleges and universities most closely fit certain characteristics involving Students and Student Welfare, Curriculum and Faculty, and Institutional Policies and Services. / Results. Even though a majority of students (82.4%) said they had talked to a counselor about future educational plans, the students' perceptions of institutions differed significantly from those of counselors on 13 of the 22 questionnaire items before they attended college and on 14 of the 22 items after college. The null hypothesis was rejected in those instances. Because of the number of students who said they had talked to a counselor about their post-graduation plans, it seems that counselors have a great opportunity to influence college decision making. However, only a small percentage of students (8.8%) indicated that counselors had influenced them the most when selecting a college. Recommendations were suggested, which include printing college brochures at a reading level appropriate for junior as well as high school students. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-06, Section: A, page: 1525. / Thesis (Educat.D.)--The Florida State University, 1985.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75597 |
| Contributors | WEAVER, NANCY JOANN., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 185 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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