Many community college students lack individual access to a counselor to discuss placement results, and students in dedicated programs report greater counseling satisfaction¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2010 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? About 41 percent of surveyed matriculation officers said less than half of students at their college gained individual access to an advisor or counselor to discuss placement results. → Venezia 2010 q2 i? Students in programs with lower student/counselor ratios, such as Puente, Umoja, and athletics, reported greater satisfaction with counseling. → Venezia 2010 (2)

Evidence¶

Venezia 2010¶

Venezia, A., Bracco, K. R., & Nodine, T. (2010). One-shot deal? Students' perceptions of assessment and course placement in California's community colleges. San Francisco: WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED566386

q2 · i? · associational · r2

The survey of matriculation officers (73 of 110 colleges responding, 2009) found wide variation in individualized counseling access; "about 41 percent of those surveyed said that less than half of students at their college gained individual access to an advisor or counselor to discuss placement results." These are officer estimates, not counseling data.

"about 41 percent of those surveyed said that less than half of students at their college gained individual access to an advisor or counselor to discuss placement results"

Venezia 2010 (2)¶

Venezia, A., Bracco, K. R., & Nodine, T. (2010). One-shot deal? Students' perceptions of assessment and course placement in California's community colleges. San Francisco: WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED566386

q2 · i? · qualitative · r2

In the student focus groups, "Students were most satisfied with counseling experiences focused on particular communities," where counselors better understood individual situations and goals and were more available. The report notes these programs' lower student/counselor ratios make their costs difficult to scale.

"Students were most satisfied with counseling experiences focused on particular communities, such as international programs, athletic programs, Puente, Umoja, and career programs."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• California community colleges' placement assessments converge on a few common instruments, with ACCUPLACER most common in mathematics and English — related
• Large majorities of incoming California community college students place into remedial-level mathematics and English — related
• Students were more positive about advising when their advisor was dedicated to a specific program of study or student population — related
• A 2016 WWC practice guide reports, citing Scott-Clayton (2012), that 24-33% of students were misplaced at matriculation, more often into developmental courses than the reverse — related