Validation of the College Planning Behaviors Scale

College preparation is an important topic in the educational attainment of high school students. Much of the research on college planning focuses on the importance and timing of preparing for postsecondary education; however, little research has explored the steps students actually take while preparing for college. The current study utilized the Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) framework to create a validated measure to assess choice behavior. The purpose of the current study was to create a validated measure for choice actions that could be used with diverse student groups. The measure was found to demonstrate good reliability and validity in this population, providing strong internal consistency and construct validity. Further, these findings support college-planning behaviors’ linkage to barriers, college-going self-efficacy, and college outcome expectations (COE).

Resistance to Organizational Change in Academia

Resistance to change happens to be a phenomenon in which both the change agents and change recipients are equally responsible for all forms of resistance. Resistance and its various forms are an outcome of the change agents' observations and their interpretations of the conversations, behavior, and reactions of the change recipients. This chapter uses auto-ethnographic reflexive narratives of two change agents involved in the self-assessment process at a college planning to seek US-based business program accreditation to make sense of the change process. The purpose of this chapter is to emphasize the under-reflected role of the change agents and how they influence and affect the behavior of change recipients and thereby contribute towards employee resistance. The chapter also emphasizes the crucial role of reflection and introspection in the sensemaking activities of the change agents in the entire change initiative and thereby adds evidence-based organizational change and development initiatives in an academic setting where research is limited.

'Don’t Worry, I Got You. You Can Do This': A Student-Centered Approach to Reimagining College Access

As high school college counselor caseloads increase, they have less time for consistent one-on-one counseling to support students with college planning. Thus, for many students – particularly those in large or under-resourced schools – the process is depersonalized, focused on simply distributing information. Drawing on narrative and ethnographic research, this paper explores a unique program that positions young people as paid college access professionals in their schools. Findings show that these students – Youth College Counselors (YCC) – make college planning a more student-centered, meaningful experience. Strategies YCCs engage with to support peers are examined to shine a light on how YCCs use their unique position inside schools to rethink college planning. YCCs resist a dominant narrative of young people, particularly those who live in marginalized communities, as objects onto which policy happens, and instead serve as school change actors. Findings suggest that high schools must create space in policy and practice to thoughtfully position students as agents of school change.

Benturan modal budaya pada mahasiswa kampus pilihan proses di Tiongkok

Pendidikan merupakan relasi antarsosial yang menjadi minitur dalam kehidupan masyarakat. Lembaga pendidikan dan masyarakat saling membutuhkan bagaikan dua mata uang logam. Segala unsur budaya dan unsur sosial dalam masyarakat terdapat juga dalam pendidikan dan keduanya sekaligus menjadi modal utama. Calon peserta didik dalam memilih jenjang pendidikan tinggi di Tiongkok juga mengalami hal itu dan terjadi benturan budaya yang kemudian dapat menjadi referensi untuk pendidikan tinggi di Indonesia. Penulisan artikel ini menggunakan studi kepustakaan yang berusaha mengurai dan menelaah berbagai literatur yang berkenaan dengan modal budaya dan kampus pilihan mahasiswa di Tiongkok. Menurut Cooper dalam Creswel, menyebutkan bahwa terdapat 4 (empat) tipe kajian pustaka, yakni; 1.) Menggabungkan apa yang telah dikatakandan dilakukan oleh orang lain; 2.) Mengkritisi penelitian dari para peneliti sebelumnya; 3.) Membangun jembatan dari topik-topik terkait; dan 4.) Mengidentifikasi dari isu-isu sentral dalam suatu bidang. Teori modal budaya Bourdieu menganalisis bagaimana budaya dan pendidikan berinteraksi dan dengan demikian berkontribusi pada reproduksi ketimpangan sosial. Penelitian akses kampus yang luas yang terinspirasi oleh teori Bourdieu telah ditunjukkan bahwa akses kuliah siswa adalah produk kompleks dari latar belakang keluarga, iklim sekolah menengah, keterlibatan orang tua, dan kemanjuran diri siswa dan persiapan akademik. Kemudian kerangka kerja konseptual dari penelitian ini yang mengidentifikasi bagaimana berbagai faktor sosial dan ekonomi mempengaruhi berbagai tahapan proses pengambilan keputusan siswa tentang perencanaan perguruan tinggi.AbstractEducation is an inter-social relationship that becomes a minitur in people's lives. Educational institutions and communities need each other like two coins. All elements of culture and social elements in society also exist in education and both at the same time become the main capital. Prospective students in choosing higher education in China also experience this and a cultural clash that can later become a reference for higher education in Indonesia. The writing of this article uses literature studies that attempt to unravel and examine the various literature relating to cultural capital and student-chosen campuses in China. According to Cooper in Creswell, states that there are 4 (four) types of literature review, namely; 1.) Combine what has been said and done by others; 2.) Criticize research from previous researchers; 3.) Build bridges from related topics; and 4.) Identify central issues in a field. Bourdieu's cultural capital theory analyzes how culture and education interact and thus contributes to the reproduction of social inequality. Extensive research on-campus access inspired by Bourdieu's theory has shown that access to student lectures is a complex product of family background, middle school climate, parent involvement, and student self-efficacy and academic preparation. Then the conceptual framework of this research that identifies how various social and economic factors influence the various stages of the student's decision-making process regarding college planning.