Tara P Nicola
Biographic Data
| ID | 6007898 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tara P Nicola |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tara P |
| FAMILY NAME | Nicola |
| SIGNATURE | NICOLA T P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2463-5911 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Interpreting Disclosure in the College Application
While the discussion around mental health on college campuses has become more mainstream in the last decade, little is known about how mental health challenges are discussed among undergraduate admission officers (AOs). AOs play an important role as institutional gatekeepers, and yet no research has examined what these professionals believe about mental health and how they interpret the disclosure of mental health challenges in the application. T…
Boundary spanning in state education agencies
The purpose of this paper is twofold; first, we seek to understand the professional roles of officials from state education agencies (SEAs) charged with overseeing school counseling. Second, the study examined how SEA officials carry out their work supporting school counselors. We interviewed 34 counseling representatives from 30 distinct states, exploring the lived experiences of these state education professionals (Kvale & Brinkmann, 2008). We …
A Landscape Analysis of State-Level School Counseling Policy
This study explores the prevalence and implementation of four key school counseling policies at the state level and to what extent they are monitored for positive impact on the school counseling profession. Drawing on an analysis of state school counseling policy documents and interviews with school counseling leaders from 30 state education agencies, we found that policies vary considerably across states. Within states, the constrained authority…
Understanding the Recommended Student-To-Counselor Ratio’s Persistence
For decades the American School Counselor Association has recommended that schools employ one counselor for every 250 students, but there is limited evidence the policy promotes student success. This article investigates the origins of the 60-year-old recommendation, examining how and why it has persisted. Drawing on historical documents, it reconstructs how the 250 number was derived during the 1950s and then uses a framework of institutionaliza…
Book Notes
Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Alyssa Napier, Tara P. Nicola, Abigail Orrick; Book Notes. Harvard Educational Review 1 March 2022; 92 (1): 134–144. doi: https://doi.org/10.17763/1943-5045-92.1.134 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends …
The PhD Parenthood Trap
Women dominate nearly every facet of the United States higher education sector. About 60 percent of students on college campuses are women, and women outpace men in ultimately earning bachelor's and advanced degrees, including PhDs (National Student Clearinghouse, 2021; Zhou & Gao, 2021). The majority of professional staff on campus are also women, with nearly six in ten administrators identifying as female (Fuesting, Nadal-Hawthorne, Schmidt, & …
An Ecological Examination of School Counseling Equity
When Colleges Close
The United States higher education sector is on the edge of a precipice: for the first time in nearly three decades, it is estimated that the number of high school graduates—the bread-and-butter consumers of four-year college degrees—is going to decline nationally (Grawe, 2018). This grim projection has sounded alarm bells at many four-year colleges that heavily recruit traditional college-age students, especially small, regional, and nonselectiv…
Common-Sense Evidence
Evidence-based is perhaps one of the biggest buzzwords in the education policy field. Given the nearly $740 billion of taxpayer funds invested annually in the US preK-12 public education system (Hussar et al., 2020), ensuring the money is spent on programs, services, and technologies that support the success of all students should be a priority for policymakers and practitioners alike. Interest in evidence-based practices—those that well-designed…
Assessing applicants in context? School profiles and their implications for equity in the selective college admission process
When Colleges Close
The United States higher education sector is on the edge of a precipice: for the first time in nearly three decades, it is estimated that the number of high school graduates—the bread-and-butter consumers of four-year college degrees—is going to decline nationally (Grawe, 2018). This grim projection has sounded alarm bells at many four-year colleges that heavily recruit traditional college-age students, especially small, regional, and nonselectiv…
Common-Sense Evidence
Evidence-based is perhaps one of the biggest buzzwords in the education policy field. Given the nearly $740 billion of taxpayer funds invested annually in the US preK-12 public education system (Hussar et al., 2020), ensuring the money is spent on programs, services, and technologies that support the success of all students should be a priority for policymakers and practitioners alike. Interest in evidence-based practices—those that well-designed…
Assessing applicants in context? School profiles and their implications for equity in the selective college admission process
Book Notes
Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Alyssa Napier, Tara P. Nicola, Abigail Orrick; Book Notes. Harvard Educational Review 1 March 2022; 92 (1): 134–144. doi: https://doi.org/10.17763/1943-5045-92.1.134 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends …
The PhD Parenthood Trap
Women dominate nearly every facet of the United States higher education sector. About 60 percent of students on college campuses are women, and women outpace men in ultimately earning bachelor's and advanced degrees, including PhDs (National Student Clearinghouse, 2021; Zhou & Gao, 2021). The majority of professional staff on campus are also women, with nearly six in ten administrators identifying as female (Fuesting, Nadal-Hawthorne, Schmidt, & …
An Ecological Examination of School Counseling Equity
A Landscape Analysis of State-Level School Counseling Policy
This study explores the prevalence and implementation of four key school counseling policies at the state level and to what extent they are monitored for positive impact on the school counseling profession. Drawing on an analysis of state school counseling policy documents and interviews with school counseling leaders from 30 state education agencies, we found that policies vary considerably across states. Within states, the constrained authority…
Understanding the Recommended Student-To-Counselor Ratio’s Persistence
For decades the American School Counselor Association has recommended that schools employ one counselor for every 250 students, but there is limited evidence the policy promotes student success. This article investigates the origins of the 60-year-old recommendation, examining how and why it has persisted. Drawing on historical documents, it reconstructs how the 250 number was derived during the 1950s and then uses a framework of institutionaliza…
Boundary spanning in state education agencies
The purpose of this paper is twofold; first, we seek to understand the professional roles of officials from state education agencies (SEAs) charged with overseeing school counseling. Second, the study examined how SEA officials carry out their work supporting school counselors. We interviewed 34 counseling representatives from 30 distinct states, exploring the lived experiences of these state education professionals (Kvale & Brinkmann, 2008). We …
Interpreting Disclosure in the College Application
While the discussion around mental health on college campuses has become more mainstream in the last decade, little is known about how mental health challenges are discussed among undergraduate admission officers (AOs). AOs play an important role as institutional gatekeepers, and yet no research has examined what these professionals believe about mental health and how they interpret the disclosure of mental health challenges in the application. T…
Psychology (8 works) · Pedagogy (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Counseling Practices and Supervision (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Educational and Psychological Assessments (2 works) · Equity (law (2 works) · Higher education (2 works)