January 30th 2020: High School Counselors; Local Scholarships; The Last Semester |eCard

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January 30th 2020: High School Counselors; Local Scholarships; The Last Semester

Our country is suffering from a ratio of students to school counselors that averages about 455 to 1. In no surprise to anyone, too few counselors is having a negative impact on students. We welcome Harvard professor Mandy Savitz-Romer to the show to share her insights. For high school seniors looking for scholarship money, we have tips for thinking local. And in Office Hours, we have thoughts for those very same seniors as they head into their last semester of high school.

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Sara Calvert-Kubrom

Sara Calvert-Kubrom has held in a variety of positions in higher education, starting with her time advising students and planning academic events as part of her work in the Women’s and Gender Studies program at Boston College.

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Chrissy Foran

I have been in the financial aid industry working for various colleges for the past 18 years, including Washington State University, Carrington College, and Gonzaga University. I also worked as a sales representative for Bank of America Student Lending. I joined College Coach because I love working with families to guide them through the intricacies of financing a higher education and finding the best ways for them to fund it.

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Mandy Savitz-Romer

Dr. Mandy Savitz-Romer is the Nancy Pforzheimer Aronson Senior Lecturer in Human Development and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). Her research examines how school-based counseling systems and non-profit programming promote students’ academic, social emotional and postsecondary development. Before joining the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Dr. Savitz-Romer was the associate director of the Boston Higher Education Partnership, where she led research, policy and programmatic initiatives focused on promoting college access, readiness and support for Boston Public School students. Dr. Savitz-Romer is the co-author of “Ready, Willing, and Able: A Developmental A

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