Abstract:
A non-idealistic view of college counseling must take it for granted that college counselors can have their own agenda, may pursue – at least partially or sometimes – purely self-interested goals and know about their epistemically privileged position compared to their primary client group, namely students. As far as this is the case empirically, agency problems will arise. This article uses the basic assumptions of descriptive agency theory – a well-established standard tool in economics and political science – to formulate possible manifestations and remedies concerning this kind of problems in the context of college counseling. Although this specific approach has been almost ignored by the relevant literature, the consideration of its practical implications seems to be a necessary condition for making things work (at least satisfactorily) in any college counseling center in the long run.
Über die Autor*innen:
- Karl Marker,
Dr., M.A., Lektor und Produktmanager bei KSV Medien, Wiesbaden, 2014 bis 2016 Studienberater am Fachbereich 02, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
