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Posts Tagged ‘campus tours’

STI Participant Leads Tour of U Penn

by Alan J. Sheptin, MBA, IECA Student Member (NY), Sheptin Tutoring Group, LLC When I saw that the IECA Summer Training Institute afforded me and my fellow trainees a free evening this week in my “second home” of Philadelphia, I jumped at the chance to show off the schools of University City. After all, I … Read more »

In this Weekend’s Classifieds: Become an Independent Educational Consultant

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA In a Fulton County (GA) newspaper this weekend was a little help wanted ad in the classified section. It sought individuals, of whatever background, whatever experience, whatever education, and whatever motivation, to join a firm and learn how to become an independent educational consultant (IEC). As a little enticement, … Read more »

Why Most Colleges Encourage Outreach to IECs

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Last week I was interviewing a candidate for the new Education Manager position at the IECA National Office. The candidate was a former assistant director of admissions at a university that is well known among independent educational consultants for refusing to speak to, e-mail with, or otherwise acknowledge IECs. … Read more »

Pre-Conference “Hip, Hip, Hooray”

by Kathie Carnahan, IECA member (Louisiana) In a previous professional life, I served as a special event co-producer for the Board of Directors of a Fortune 500 company. Offhandedly, it might seem like this position was very glamorous—traveling the world, expense was no object, the finest hotels and restaurants, etc. Yet in reality, there were … Read more »

IECA’s South Carolina College & LD Tour Earns Rave Reviews

About a week ago, 24 IECA members returned from the IECA College / LD Consultant tour in South Carolina. Planned by College Committee Chair Judy Bass (Maryland) and LD Committee Vice-Chair Rachel Sobel (Pennsylvania), the reviews of the tour were very positive. The upcoming April issue of Insights features an article by Erin Avery (New … Read more »

Six IECA Conference Innovations You May Have Missed

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consulting Association We are still in the early stages of conference registration for IECA’s Fall National Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. However, we have already passed 600 attendees and are looking forward to a wonderful gathering. Here are six new, improved, or unique aspects to the conference that you … Read more »

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