by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA I have spoken and written several times regarding the issue of international recruiters or agents. Such agents are used by colleges to find students overseas, paying the agent a per-head fee once the student enrolls. The practice has long been criticized on several fronts. Such agents typically conceal their … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Nearly 30 years ago IECA set the standard for the profession of educational consulting by establishing the first Principles of Good Practice. Major revisions several years ago made these ethics guidelines stricter and more demanding, setting limits on the value of gifts, articulating the limits on commercial activities, and … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Sometime this week the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is expected to formally launch an investigation into gender bias in the nation’s colleges. The charge is that college admission policies favor male applicants. Some colleges will respond to this charge with a hardy “yes, of course we do.” The … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA A new national study by Education Trust reports the surprising figure that only 57% of college freshmen (in 1999, the class studied) nationwide has achieved their undergraduate degree within six years. That figure includes students who transferred and graduated elsewhere. Worse still were the numbers for low-income and underrepresented … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend an “Executive Forum” of two dozen association CEOs. While it was a diverse collection based on both size and professional representation, education groups dominated.Being invited to participate provided me with a wonderful opportunity to speak with leaders of groups with whom we … Read more »
