{"id":1800,"date":"2017-05-15T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T20:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/?p=1800"},"modified":"2022-08-19T16:53:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-19T20:53:05","slug":"penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Penn State&#8217;s Talent Search Program: Strengthening Schools, Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"page-banner-article alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container page-banner-article__inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"page-banner-article__content wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumbs kicker\"><\/div><!-- .breadcrumbs -->\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-banner-article__title\">Penn State&#8217;s Talent Search Program: Strengthening Schools, Students<\/h1>\t\t\t<p class=\" page-banner-article__meta\">\r\n\t\t\t\tMay 15, 2017\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\t<div class=\"social-sharing-buttons coe-block absolute left\">\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-Penn-State-Talent-Search-Program-Strengthening-Schools-Students.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1801\" width=\"913\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-Penn-State-Talent-Search-Program-Strengthening-Schools-Students.jpg 512w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-Penn-State-Talent-Search-Program-Strengthening-Schools-Students-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-Penn-State-Talent-Search-Program-Strengthening-Schools-Students-250x167.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" \/><figcaption>Ta&#8217;Day Clay, left, holds Penn State banner with Christal Graham-Jones.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To sense the passion that Christal Graham-Jones has for her job as a Talent Search counselor, one only has to look at what she calls her &#8220;wall of fame&#8221; outside her office door at Sharon High School in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is superimposed on a map of the U.S. and covered with dozens of pictures of the Talent Search students she has nurtured, taught, nudged, and cheered on during the course of her 11 years with the program, first as a volunteer, then as an employee. Some students are in football uniforms or holding basketballs; others are dressed to attend their proms; virtually all are smiling. By the look on their faces, it is clear that they all can see the same thing \u2014 their bright futures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">&#8220;When you are not aware of everything that goes into the process of preparing to go to and apply to college, it is very intimidating, I make myself available to parents as well as students. When the parents are knowledgeable, they will likely push their children to succeed even harder.&#8221;\u2014Christal Graham-Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Back in the day, we had steel mills, and people were guaranteed jobs. After the steel mills began to close, families were left wondering what to do. Well, that&#8217;s where education comes in,&#8221; Graham-Jones said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is one of nine Talent Search counselors who work for Penn State, said Stephen Holoviak. He is Penn State&#8217;s senior director for its three Talent Search projects and one Educational Opportunity Center project. The university is serious about reaching as many low-income, first-generation, and minority students as possible. Since 1992, Penn State has embedded all the Talent Search counselors full-time in the high schools they serve, assuring that they operate in or near the guidance counselors&#8217; offices and become familiar with the students attending school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The approach is expensive, but it is effective, Holoviak said. &#8220;If I assigned one counselor to five schools, I would save four salaries. But this way, the students get a more intensive level of services.&#8221; Penn State&#8217;s program annually helps prepare over 1,800 students for college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The way Penn State runs this program is absolutely the best way,&#8221; enthused Michael Calla, Sharon superintendent of schools. &#8220;In many cases, poorer kids don&#8217;t have a consistent adult presence in their life. Students build a rapport with and trust the Talent Search counselors. They become familiar faces. All the kids know Christal. The kids drop in to see her whenever they need her. She meets with them (and) with their families, too,&#8221; he said.<br>Talent Search makes high schools stronger, Calla said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Before joining Talent Search, many students wouldn&#8217;t even consider college. The program allows them to test the water. It gives them a non-threatening way to look at their future,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least two-thirds of Talent Search students are from low-income families whose parents did not complete a college degree. These are students who are less likely to go to college without support. This is where Talent Search comes in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When you are not aware of everything that goes into the process of preparing to go to and apply to college, it is very intimidating,&#8221; Graham-Jones said. &#8220;I make myself available to parents as well as students. When the parents are knowledgeable, they will likely push their children to succeed even harder.&#8221; Graham-Jones starts to reach out to students as early as the 6th grade, talking to them about careers and going to college. &#8220;I think of it as putting the program in their hearts,&#8221; Graham-Jones said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Junior Ta&#8217;Day Clay agrees. A National Honor Society member and one of eight children, she listened to Graham-Jones give a presentation about Talent Search in the 8th grade. &#8220;My dad and mom didn&#8217;t graduate high school, but my dad did go to culinary school,&#8221; Ta&#8217;Day said. &#8220;I figured it was time to get serious about school. I decided I would be the first [in her family] to graduate from college. Talent Search has motivated me to get where I want to go. It&#8217;s prepared me for life,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ta&#8217;Day said Graham-Jones had escorted her and others in Talent Search on different trips and college visits. &#8220;Just exposure to different opportunities lets you know there is more out there than what you see,&#8221; she said. Ta&#8217;Day hopes to major in psychology at Penn State or Slippery Rock State.<\/p>\n\n\n\r\n<section id=\"block-62962bb1808d9\" class=\"cta-pullout-wrapper cta-pullout alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"cta-pullout-inner wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cta-text\">Enhance the services you provide low-income, first-generation students and students with disabilities to increase their chances of success.<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/professional-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"acf-link button cta-pullout-button\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Professional Development<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<p>Although Penn State has poured time and effort into its Talent Search program for 25 years, only about 10 percent of the students have chosen to attend the university over the years. &#8220;We are specifically prohibited from recruiting for Penn State, and the University has been very respectful of these limits,&#8221; Holoviak said. Holoviak noted that the point is to help students prepare for college \u2014 not just for Penn State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And that it does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In 11 years I have been working the program, I&#8217;ve never turned away a student,&#8221; Graham-Jones said. &#8220;It is a public service, and I love working with young people. I love to see the students progress, and I want to assist them. This program allows me to do that,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"slider-articles alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"slider-articles__intro container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-articles__heading\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"slider-articles__title\">Related Stories<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slider-nav__arrows\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"slick-arrow prev\" aria-label=\"Previous article\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"18\" height=\"31\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 31\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  d=\"M0.787494 15.2904L15.6648 0.413086L17.7373 2.48555L4.89734 15.3255L17.7369 28.1651L15.6644 30.2375L0.787109 15.3602L0.822196 15.3251L0.787494 15.2904Z\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  fill=\"white\"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"slick-arrow next\" aria-label=\"Next article\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"18\" height=\"31\" viewBox=\"0 0 18 31\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  d=\"M17.2848 15.2904L2.40744 0.413086L0.33498 2.48555L13.1749 15.3255L0.335363 28.1651L2.40783 30.2376L17.2852 15.3602L17.2501 15.3251L17.2848 15.2904Z\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  fill=\"white\"\/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<ul class=\"slider-articles__slides list-unstyled init\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/iStrong-group-photo-Council-for-Opportunity-in-Education-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/climate-change-curriculum-fosters-science-identity-among-trio-students\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Climate Change Curriculum Fosters \u201cScience Identity\u201d Among TRIO Students\u00a0<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/climate-change-curriculum-fosters-science-identity-among-trio-students\/\" target=\"_self\">Climate Change Curriculum Fosters \u201cScience Identity\u201d Among TRIO Students\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/corporate_jurassic-project-up-gallery-3-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/jurassic-world-dominion-director-and-stars-share-experiences-with-trio-students-on-the-eve-of-the-movies-release\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Jurassic World Dominion Director and Stars Share Experiences with TRIO Students on the Eve of the Movie\u2019s Release<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/jurassic-world-dominion-director-and-stars-share-experiences-with-trio-students-on-the-eve-of-the-movies-release\/\" target=\"_self\">Jurassic World Dominion Director and Stars Share Experiences with TRIO Students on the Eve of the Movie\u2019s Release<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tby <span class=\"author\">Terrance L. Hamm<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-Penn-State-Talent-Search-Program-Strengthening-Schools-Students-500x341.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: Penn State&#8217;s Talent Search Program: Strengthening Schools, Students<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Blog<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/\" target=\"_self\">Penn State&#8217;s Talent Search Program: Strengthening Schools, Students<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"post-card post-card--vertical with-image \">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Jurassic-Rule-Your-Future-STEAM-Initiative-500x500.png ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-releases\/comcast-nbcuniversal-and-the-council-for-opportunity-in-education-launch-1-5-million-jurassic-world-rule-your-future-steam-initiative\/\" class=\"link-reset link-overlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-tabindex=\"-1\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\r\n                                    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Click to view the page: The Council for Opportunity in Education and Comcast NBCUniversal Launch $1.5 Million \u201cJurassic World Rule Your Future STEAM Initiative\u201d<\/span>\r\n                                <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-card__content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"kicker wow\">Press Releases<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"post-card__title h3-medium wow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/press-releases\/comcast-nbcuniversal-and-the-council-for-opportunity-in-education-launch-1-5-million-jurassic-world-rule-your-future-steam-initiative\/\" target=\"_self\">The Council for Opportunity in Education and Comcast NBCUniversal Launch $1.5 Million \u201cJurassic World Rule Your Future STEAM Initiative\u201d<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"post-card__meta wow\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"date\">June 4, 2022<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\r\n\t\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 1992, Penn State has imbedded all the Talent Search counselors full time in the high schools they serve assuring that they operate in or near the guidance counselors&#8217; offices and become familiar to the students attending school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":[],"featured_media":1801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[161,160,159,137],"trio_programs":[6],"audience":[13],"focus_areas":[48],"class_list":["post-1800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-penn-state","tag-pennsylvania","tag-program-spotlight","tag-talent-search","trio_programs-talent-search","audience-members","focus_areas-trio-programs"],"acf":[],"cp_meta_data":{"_edit_lock":["1660942386:8"],"_encloseme":["1"],"_wp_old_date":["2022-08-19"],"_thumbnail_id":["1801"],"_edit_last":["8"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":["70"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_trio_programs":["6"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_audience":["13"],"_yoast_wpseo_primary_focus_areas":["48"],"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":["Since 1992, Penn State has imbedded all the Talent Search counselors full time in the high schools they serve assuring that they operate in or near the guidance counselors' offices and become familiar to the students attending school."],"_yoast_wpseo_content_score":["30"],"_yoast_wpseo_estimated-reading-time-minutes":["4"],"_yoast_wpseo_wordproof_timestamp":[""]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Penn State&#039;s Talent Search Program: Strengthening Schools, Students - Council for Opportunity in Education<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Since 1992, Penn State has imbedded all the Talent Search counselors full time in the high schools they serve assuring that they operate in or near the guidance counselors&#039; offices and become familiar to the students attending school.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Penn State&#039;s Talent Search Program: Strengthening Schools, Students - Council for Opportunity in Education\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Since 1992, Penn State has imbedded all the Talent Search counselors full time in the high schools they serve assuring that they operate in or near the guidance counselors&#039; offices and become familiar to the students attending school.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Council for Opportunity in Education\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/councilforopportunityineducation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-15T20:38:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-19T20:53:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-Penn-State-Talent-Search-Program-Strengthening-Schools-Students.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"512\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"341\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Terrance Hamm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@COETalk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@COETalk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Terrance Hamm\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Terrance Hamm\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#\/schema\/person\/fdae21584e828349984c6a347fb1fc1a\"},\"headline\":\"Penn State&#8217;s Talent Search Program: Strengthening Schools, Students\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-15T20:38:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-19T20:53:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/\"},\"wordCount\":874,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-Penn-State-Talent-Search-Program-Strengthening-Schools-Students.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Penn State\",\"Pennsylvania\",\"Program Spotlight\",\"Talent Search\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Blog\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/\",\"name\":\"Penn State's Talent Search Program: Strengthening Schools, Students - Council for Opportunity in Education\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-Penn-State-Talent-Search-Program-Strengthening-Schools-Students.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-15T20:38:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-19T20:53:05+00:00\",\"description\":\"Since 1992, Penn State has imbedded all the Talent Search counselors full time in the high schools they serve assuring that they operate in or near the guidance counselors' offices and become familiar to the students attending school.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-Penn-State-Talent-Search-Program-Strengthening-Schools-Students.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-Penn-State-Talent-Search-Program-Strengthening-Schools-Students.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":341},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/category\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Penn State&#8217;s Talent Search Program: Strengthening Schools, Students\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/\",\"name\":\"Council for Opportunity in Education\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Council for Opportunity in Education\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/logo.svg\",\"width\":173,\"height\":72,\"caption\":\"Council for Opportunity in Education\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/councilforopportunityineducation\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/COETalk\",\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/council-for-opportunity-in-education\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCVcLrUp-XPcyiR-FvHMq_Q\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/coeworks\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#\/schema\/person\/fdae21584e828349984c6a347fb1fc1a\",\"name\":\"Terrance Hamm\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86264ff983097b21232e05c13f057447ba680f5498c07e4987f8956cce526d64?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86264ff983097b21232e05c13f057447ba680f5498c07e4987f8956cce526d64?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Terrance Hamm\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/author\/terrance\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Penn State's Talent Search Program: Strengthening Schools, Students - Council for Opportunity in Education","description":"Since 1992, Penn State has imbedded all the Talent Search counselors full time in the high schools they serve assuring that they operate in or near the guidance counselors' offices and become familiar to the students attending school.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Penn State's Talent Search Program: Strengthening Schools, Students - Council for Opportunity in Education","og_description":"Since 1992, Penn State has imbedded all the Talent Search counselors full time in the high schools they serve assuring that they operate in or near the guidance counselors' offices and become familiar to the students attending school.","og_url":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/","og_site_name":"Council for Opportunity in Education","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/councilforopportunityineducation","article_published_time":"2017-05-15T20:38:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-08-19T20:53:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":512,"height":341,"url":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-Penn-State-Talent-Search-Program-Strengthening-Schools-Students.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Terrance Hamm","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@COETalk","twitter_site":"@COETalk","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Terrance Hamm","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/"},"author":{"name":"Terrance Hamm","@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#\/schema\/person\/fdae21584e828349984c6a347fb1fc1a"},"headline":"Penn State&#8217;s Talent Search Program: Strengthening Schools, Students","datePublished":"2017-05-15T20:38:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-19T20:53:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/"},"wordCount":874,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-Penn-State-Talent-Search-Program-Strengthening-Schools-Students.jpg","keywords":["Penn State","Pennsylvania","Program Spotlight","Talent Search"],"articleSection":["Blog"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/","url":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/","name":"Penn State's Talent Search Program: Strengthening Schools, Students - Council for Opportunity in Education","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-Penn-State-Talent-Search-Program-Strengthening-Schools-Students.jpg","datePublished":"2017-05-15T20:38:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-19T20:53:05+00:00","description":"Since 1992, Penn State has imbedded all the Talent Search counselors full time in the high schools they serve assuring that they operate in or near the guidance counselors' offices and become familiar to the students attending school.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-Penn-State-Talent-Search-Program-Strengthening-Schools-Students.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Photo-Penn-State-Talent-Search-Program-Strengthening-Schools-Students.jpg","width":512,"height":341},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/blog\/penn-states-talent-search-program-strengthening-schools-students\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/category\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Penn State&#8217;s Talent Search Program: Strengthening Schools, Students"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/","name":"Council for Opportunity in Education","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#organization","name":"Council for Opportunity in Education","url":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/logo.svg","width":173,"height":72,"caption":"Council for Opportunity in Education"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/councilforopportunityineducation","https:\/\/x.com\/COETalk","http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/council-for-opportunity-in-education\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCVcLrUp-XPcyiR-FvHMq_Q","https:\/\/instagram.com\/coeworks\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#\/schema\/person\/fdae21584e828349984c6a347fb1fc1a","name":"Terrance Hamm","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86264ff983097b21232e05c13f057447ba680f5498c07e4987f8956cce526d64?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/86264ff983097b21232e05c13f057447ba680f5498c07e4987f8956cce526d64?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Terrance Hamm"},"url":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/news-impact\/author\/terrance\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1800"},{"taxonomy":"trio_programs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/trio_programs?post=1800"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=1800"},{"taxonomy":"focus_areas","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/focus_areas?post=1800"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/author?post=1800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}