ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors address some of the forces that will continue to impact the people work in college advising. Ultimately, the people will return to one of the primary foci of this book: the role of the college advisor. Many have to work and go to school; they cannot keep up with their academic responsibilities. Grantmakers for Education, an organization for those who make gifts to educational programs, convened a group of philanthropists and policy experts to talk about how to bolster college-completion rates. College costs were also implicated with recommendations for more need-based financial aid and further efforts to keep college affordable. The group’s first five recommendations all concern K–12 education, including calling for more state-financed preschool programs, better high school and middle school college counseling, dropout prevention programs, an alignment with international curricular standards, and improved teacher quality—in that order.
