by Mark Sklarow, IECA Executive Director The trend among associations today is to make membership as easy as possible. When I attend workshops at conferences for association CEOs, the advice is consistent: simplify the application, lessen standards, lower the bar, reduce fees, let people fill in a few bits of contact information and pay online. … Read more »
by Katherine Cohen, IECA (New York) As you are aware, The New York Times published an article on Sunday, July 19th that took a negative view of our industry and I’m sure most of you are as disappointed as I was in the story’s one-sided approach. As one of the counselors included in the article, … Read more »
by Marilyn G.S. Emerson, IECA (New York) I just returned from a tour of ten Nova Scotia universities organized for college counselors by EduNova. I highly recommend this tour to my colleagues. Twenty one counselors, both educational consultants and high school guidance counselors, from the USA and abroad participated. Five (one quarter) of the twenty-one … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, IECA Executive Director Clear Channel Communications, one of the nation’s largest radio station owners with more than 1200 stations across the country, is partnering with College Week Live to heavily promote a virtual New England College Fair on October 15. IECA has joined this partnership to inform its members and their families … Read more »
by Emily Snyder, IECA (Virginia) In direct response to the media coverage that has helped raise awareness of who we are and what we do, last week, our esteemed colleague, Steve Antonoff, posted a “Call to Action.” True to form, Steve very eloquently spoke about the need for all of us to stay the course … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, IECA Executive Director With the increased attention brought to the profession over the past week, many more parents are examining the benefits of working with an educational consultant to aid in their child’s school or college planning and application. At the same time, it is more important than ever to make sure … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, IECA Executive Director With so much written, spoken and blogged about in recent days regarding news coverage of the profession, many educational consultants wonder if there will ever be a news story that simply explains to parents what it is consultants can do for students and families. A new story posted late … Read more »
by Emily Snyder, IECA (Virginia) Today’s edition of Inside Higher Ed includes a partisan yet objective assessment of both the appreciation for and concerns with the Congressional bill to restructure student aid programs. It may be somewhat of a long read for anyone not interested in the “how did this come about” politicking that goes … Read more »
What a wonderful sharing of ideas and thoughts over the past several days. Many members of IECA posted comments on New York Times’ “The Choice” blog as well as the IECA blog, and many more sent me comments directly. I loved that the comments were uniformly well-thought, serious, professional with a clear message: IECA Member … Read more »
by Becky Grappo, IECA (Oman) OACAC, the overseas version of NACAC, just concluded its annual conference at Chapman University yesterday. It was a huge success with excellent breakout sessions and networking opportunities. My presentation on Transitions 101 produced a lot of conversation and dialogue, which made me very pleased. My goal was to have the … Read more »
