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Better Relations Between School-Based Counselors and Educational Consultants Is Focus of IECA Effort

April 20, 20106 comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association A major source of frustration, based on what I hear when I travel, revolves around the strained relationship between independent educational consultants and school-based college counselors. School counselors feel that students working with consultants are often advised to keep that relationship a secret from the school … Read more »

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SSATB Charts Course Reflecting Expanded Mission

April 12, 2010no comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA The Secondary School Admission Test Board is an organization originally created to handle the administration of entrance exams for the nation’s independent schools. Over the years, that mission has grown as the SSATB extended its reach into more than 100 countries, developed a Standard Application Online, new tracking strategies … Read more »

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Why DO IECA Members Travel So Much?

April 8, 20102 comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA The key role of the educational consultant is to find the best possible match between a student’s educational, social, community needs and desires, and what colleges offer. The role of the college consultant is not, as the media would have us believe, to sit back, let a student decide … Read more »

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National Survey Suggests Students Gain Little Help from High School Counselors in College Search

March 4, 20106 comments

A new national survey released yesterday by the non-profit research organization Public Agenda, and funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, paints a depressing picture of college advising. In their survey of young adults who graduated from college, the researchers explored how helpful the respondents’ school-based counselor was in meeting their college search, application, and financial aid advisory needs. The respondents found little to cheer.

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