Wednesday, Jan. 29, 1986
Nation/World
University Daily Kansan
11
College hopefuls lack guidance
United Press International
NEW YORK - A shortage of guidance counselors in American schools is forcing poor students who are good college candidates to drop out of high schools and thus forcing them out of the American dream, a new report says.
Howard Howe II, chairman of the Commission on Precollege Guidance and Counseling, which issued the report, titled "Keeping the Options Open," said, "There is considerable waste of human talent in the way our schools are operated today."
The report said: "Youngsters who would make good college candidates are dropping out of school. Children
are failing to learn, not because they lack ability but because they lack encouragement and support. These are preventable tragedies in thousands of young lives."
Because of recent tightening of school budgets, counseling increasingly has been viewed as expendable, the report said.
The report cited a two-tiered system of education. One leads to opportunity through advanced education and interesting careers. The other — for poor children — imposes limits, operates on reduced expectations and thus discourages them.
"If more students are to be given a reasonable chance to fulfill their potential, counselors need to spend
time on activities that guide students toward improved self-understanding, better use of their academic talents and increased knowledge of the options available to them," the report said.
The report said college and career counseling should begin early and "not be limited only to those who express the expectation of going to college."
"Many students, especially those from low-income groups, need early and sufficient information about colleges and financial aid, and adequate support for the academic, social and personal adjustments required in college," it said.
The report was based on information from students, counselors,
teachers, principals, directors of college admission and financial aid,
community leaders, parents and others from California, New Mexico,
Kansas, Massachusetts, Illinois,
North Carolina, Florida, and
Washington, D.C.
A National Vocational Guidance Association report, meanwhile, said in the 7,000 rural and isolated schools less than 10 percent of elementary school children and less than 40 to 50 percent of junior and senior high school pupils had access to guidance programs.
"Anonymity was a frequent complaint." the report said.
On the Record
A stereo receiver, cassette deck, amplifier and ten bottles of liquor valued together at $1,030, were stolen from a private club in the 400 block of Second Street, between 11 p.m. Sunday and 8 a.m. Monday, Lawrence police said. Entry was gained through an unlocked door. In another incident at the club, a VCR and a second amplifier were stolen sometime
between 2:30 a.m. and 3 a.m. Saturday, police said. The theft of the equipment was not discovered until after the first robbery was reported.
A radar detector and a human sexuality textbook worth a total of $161.95 were stolen between 8:30 a.m. and 2:25 p.m. Sunday from a KU student's car, KU police said. The car was parked in a lot south of Robinsons
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