UNH Today

Less than 20 percent of school districts in the U.S. meet the recommended student-to-school counselor ratio of 250:1 or lower, according to new research from the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire. The research was conducted by Douglas Gagnon, a vulnerable families research associate at the Carsey School, and Marybeth Mattingly, director of research on vulnerable families at the Carsey School and a research assistant professor of sociology.