Counselor Educators' Experiences within the Faculty Microsystem during Gatekeeping

Abstract

Gatekeeping is a responsibility for all counselor educators (CEs). Little is known about how CEs work with their colleagues to enact gatekeeping in counselor education programs. This grounded theory study explored 12 diverse CEs’ gatekeeping experiences, creating an ecological model of the Faculty Microsystem during gatekeeping that illuminates important conditions, processes, and interactions during gatekeeping in counselor education. Implications for counselor educators and doctoral students on the nature of collaboration during gatekeeping are described.

Keywords:

• gatekeeping Keyword: gatekeeping
• counselor educator Keyword: counselor educator
• grounded theory Keyword: grounded theory
• faculty microsystem Keyword: faculty microsystem
• collaboration Keyword: collaboration

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