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City University of New York (CUNY)
College Counseling; Ethnography; Narrative Inquiry; Policy Analysis; Urban Education; Youth Development
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Imagining What Could Be: The Role Of Youth Leadership In Realizing College For All, Tara Bahl
Imagining What Could Be: The Role Of Youth Leadership In Realizing College For All, Tara Bahl
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In New York City, there exists an uneven landscape of college guidance among high schools, creating a college "guidance gap". While some schools offer robust counseling that helps students contextualize college admissions information toward making relevant college decisions, other schools have elevated student-to-counselor rates and do not have access to other educational resources necessary to effectively support students. Using ethnographic research and survey data, anchored by dynamic narrative inquiry, this dissertation explores how young people enrolled in under-resourced schools can act as agents of change in the lives of their peers within the context of college planning. Youth Leadership for …