Rich Feller moderates this workshop session in which Richard Lapan, Lourdes Rivera, Spencer Niles, Phil Jarvis and James Couch discuss ways that current arrangements fall short of providing the career guidance that students need. In addition, they describe what high-quality systems typically entail as well as impediments to making such systems widely available. For a conference agenda and PowerPoint slides, visit the Achievement Gap Initiative website at http://www.agi.harvard.edu/pathways/Pathways2013Conference.php
Rich Feller, President, National Career Development Association and Professor, Colorado State University (Moderator) plus 5 panelists: 1. Richard T. Lapan, Professor, School of Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst; 2. Lourdes Rivera, Associate Professor, Queens College; 3. Spencer G. Niles, Professor and Department Head, Educational Psychology, Counseling and Special Education, Penn State University; 4. Phil Jarvis, Director of Global Partnerships, Career Cruising; 5. James R. "Bob" Couch, Director, Career and Technical Education, District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties, South Carolina.
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