The parent company: Billingsly Associates, LLC
The industries:
Organizations:
Databases:
Business Source Complete
Premium full-text content and peer-reviewed business journals covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance and more.
HINT: Search the first two databases by NAICS number.
Comps:
The industries:
561312 Executive Search Services
611710 Educational Support Services
Industry analysis:
611710 Educational Support Services
Organizations:
Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC)
National Career Development Association
National Student Clearinghouse Research Center
Databases:
Business Source Complete
Premium full-text content and peer-reviewed business journals covering all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance and more.
HINT: Search the first two databases by NAICS number.
ERIC (EBSCO)
ERIC is the primary database supporting research in all areas of education, including psychology, administration, and library science.
ERIC is the primary database supporting research in all areas of education, including psychology, administration, and library science.
Comps:
Higher Learning Commission
From the website: "The Higher Learning Commission (HLC) is an independent corporation that was founded in 1895 as one of six regional institutional accreditors in the United States. HLC accredits degree-granting post-secondary educational institutions in the North Central region." [This region includes Minnesota.]
HLC's Advocacy Agenda: https://www.hlcommission.org/About-HLC/advocacy.html
The Advocacy Agenda includes the HLC's position on accountability measures.
Additional accountability measures/initiatives:
Student Achievement Measure
From the website: "The Student Achievement Measure (SAM) tracks student movement across postsecondary institutions to provide a more complete picture of undergraduate student progress and completion within the higher education system."
Every Student Succeeds Act (2015)
US Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement
American FactFinder 
Tables and maps of most recent demographic and economic data for all geographies including the U.S., states, counties, cities, towns, American Indian reservations, metropolitan areas, zip codes, census tracts, blocks, and more. Produced by the US Census Bureau.
Use the "Community Facts" search box to search FactFinder for school enrollment by zip code, county, Census tract number or city ("Saint Cloud City," for example), then click the "Education" tab on the lef.
Minnesota Department of Education Data Center
Click "Data Reports and Analytics" for information on accountability and assessment, student data, and more.
Tables and maps of most recent demographic and economic data for all geographies including the U.S., states, counties, cities, towns, American Indian reservations, metropolitan areas, zip codes, census tracts, blocks, and more. Produced by the US Census Bureau.
Use the "Community Facts" search box to search FactFinder for school enrollment by zip code, county, Census tract number or city ("Saint Cloud City," for example), then click the "Education" tab on the lef.
Minnesota Department of Education Data Center
Click "Data Reports and Analytics" for information on accountability and assessment, student data, and more.
St Cloud Area School District: https://www.isd742.org/
Minnesota Department of Education
Guidance and Counseling: https://www.isd742.org/Page/1102
Career and Tech Ed: https://www.isd742.org/domain/570
Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education, US Department of Education - College and Career Guidance and Counseling
Research, best practices, and additional information on providing career guidance for high school students.
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) - Transforming Career Counseling: Bridging School to Career in the Workforce of the Future
This white paper discusses needed changes in the way junior high and high school students are now counseled and guided toward successful career paths, and makes recommendations for changes in high school mentoring and guidance practices.
Research, best practices, and additional information on providing career guidance for high school students.
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) - Transforming Career Counseling: Bridging School to Career in the Workforce of the Future
This white paper discusses needed changes in the way junior high and high school students are now counseled and guided toward successful career paths, and makes recommendations for changes in high school mentoring and guidance practices.
