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		<title>College Admission Directors Provide Insights, Endorse IECA Educational Consultants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College Rankings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association Yesterday afternoon the IECA Summer Training Institute turned the process around as the 94 attendees got to hear what life is like for those involved in recruiting and evaluating potential clients in a session titled, Inside the Admissions Office. In the college session, three leaders came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Career College Enrollments Soar, Government Eyes Recruitment Crackdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:59:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association While enrollment in traditional four-year colleges has edged up slowly in recent years, the numbers attending for-profit, post-secondary trade and technical schools has soared. In the last 10 years, enrollment in such &#8216;career colleges&#8217; has increased by more than 200% with nearly 2 million students currently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Poll Confirms Family Confusion Over College Finances</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA A study conducted earlier this year, and recently published by the College Board and Art &#38; Science Group LLC, indicated that students and parents are making decisions about college applications and matriculation based on financial aid information that is incorrect, incomplete, and inaccurate. In the survey, 59% of students [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Edition: What College Are Really Looking for in Applicants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association The 2010 survey of IECA Members has now been released, revealing this year&#8217;s &#8220;Top Ten Strengths and Experiences Colleges Look for in High School Students.&#8221;  While several items topping the list are unchanged despite the overheated college application process, there are a number of changes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding The Helicopter Parent Phenomenon:  A New Book for Educational Consultants Working with Parents and Their College Going Children</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2010/06/04/understanding-the-helicopter-parent-phenomenon-a-new-book-for-educational-consultants-working-with-parents-and-their-college-going-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Snyder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College Rankings]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Emily Snyder, IECA (Virginia) Yesterday&#8217;s edition of Inside Higher Ed has a very interesting question and answer session with Margaret K. Nelson, A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Sociology at Middlebury College, and the author of a new book, Parenting Out of Control: Anxious Parents in Uncertain Times (New York University Press). Nelson takes the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Schools Rush to Add AP Courses, the Failure Rate Soars</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2010/02/05/as-schools-rush-to-add-ap-courses-the-failure-rate-soars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advanced Placement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA As the competitiveness in college admission continues to grow, and with it parent anxieties, school systems across the country seem to be in a frenzy to grow their Advanced Placement (AP) offerings. In doing so, many schools place increased pressure on students to take AP courses in a desire [...]]]></description>
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