by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association At the IECA Conference in Toronto Several times a year I receive letters addressed to the “INTERNATIONAL Educational Consultants Association.” Of course the ‘I’ in our name has stood for “INDEPENDENT” since 1976, and our membership has been overwhelmingly U.S.-based. In fact if I look back … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association Sixteen years ago, my first day with IECA was at the start of the spring conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. I believe there were fewer than 250 attendees, including some 80 IECA members. There was no NATSAP back then, Small Boarding School Conferences were intimate events, … Read more »
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3 comments by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association Our spring conference registration opened less than a week ago, and registration is already approaching 250. Early bird discounts end THIS FRIDAY (February 26), so if you are planning to attend our gathering in Toronto (May 12-15), get your registration completed right away. Full details on … Read more »
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| Campus Tours,college consulting,IECA Toronto Conference,international consulting,International Students,International Study,Learning Disability Consulting,Member benefits,school consulting,Therapeutic Consulting | 0 comment by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA We are excited to announce that many of the innovations that IECA introduced as experiments at the 2009 Fall Conference were so enthusiastically received that we are bringing them back, with a few changes to make them even more valuable. When IECA gathers in Toronto this May, the Speed … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA We are looking forward to hosting two outstanding Canadian Universities at the IECA office on Tuesday evening. Starting at 5:00 p.m., the University of Toronto and University of British Columbia will share insights about their schools and about college study in Canada. The event is open to Washington, DC area educational … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA IECA associate member Bola Adeniyi-Taiwo (Canada) made the four-hour train ride from Windsor, near Detroit, to attend the planning meeting for the IECA Conference to be held in Canada next spring. The planning meeting was held in what will be the conference hotel in Toronto. The surprising thing was … Read more »
by Marilyn G.S. Emerson, IECA (New York) I just returned from a tour of ten Nova Scotia universities organized for college counselors by EduNova. I highly recommend this tour to my colleagues. Twenty one counselors, both educational consultants and high school guidance counselors, from the USA and abroad participated. Five (one quarter) of the twenty-one … Read more »
IECA members Whitney Laughlin and Kima Jones gave an excellent presentation today about universities in Canada. In addition to these fine presenters, representatives from three Canadian universities were on hand to offer their particular institutional perspectives. Kima offered a list of the Top 4 Reasons to Study in Canada, which she explained in great detail … Read more »