July 21, 2006

Race and Family Income of Students Influence Guidance Counselors' Advice, Study Finds

By ERIC HOOVER

The race and family income of prospective college applicants influence the advice that high-school guidance counselors give them, according to a report released last week.

Counselors were more likely to recommend community colleges to middle-class black students with subpar academic records than to middle-class white students with similar records, the study found. Among wealthier students with poor academic records, however, counselors were more likely to urge white students than black