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                    | Effective counselors boost graduation, college attendance |  
                    | Education DIVE |  
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 her research, Mulhern also found counselors focusing on improving 
non-cognitive skills like attendance and behavior did not seem to 
translate into better education or boost attendance at selective 
colleges, which indicates highly effective counselors focus on different
 areas of achievement. Her research also shows same-race counselors bump
 up students' likelihood of graduating high school, attending college 
and graduating from college by 2 percentage points compared to peers who
 had a different-race counselor. |  
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