by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA One measure of the success of College Week Live is that the number of days for this virtual college fair has doubled, from two last spring to four in the fall of 2009. During the dates of November 4 – 7, College Week Live will connect students from across … 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 »
I had a good conversation with Robert Rosenbaum, director of CollegeWeekLive. First on the agenda was to affirm the partnership between CWL’s virtual fairs and the Independent Educational Consultants Association to provide exclusive, free, on-line advice to students during the upcoming fair via the “Counselor-on-Call” feature. In March, more than 60 IECA members took part in … Read more »
Well, the Spring 2009 College Week Live virtual college fair is now history. According to the managers at CWL, the IECA-hosted Counselor-on-Call Center was among the busiest and best attended parts of the show! I have heard from nearly 40 of our participating members and all but one indicated that it was a great experience. … Read more »
After some early morning technical problems, it was exciting to watch as thousands of students and parents visited the virtual college fair. Over the course of the first day, more than 25 IECA members served as the exclusive “Counselors-on-Call” responding to hundreds (literally) of questions over 12 hours. Many questions dealt with SAT/ACT, financial aid, … Read more »
The College Week Live virtual college fair is coming up and we have 56 IECA members serving as “Counselor-on-Call”—a new addition to the fair. Most have gone through training and seem excited about answering student & parent questions throughout the event Wednesday & Thursday. I’ll be stopping by throughout the two days and making note … Read more »
