by Dodge Johnson, President, Independent Educational Consultants Association Economist Richard Vedder recently published a piece titled “In Defense of College Rankings,” in the Chronicle of Higher Education, 08/06/1). Here he defends the soon-to-be-released U.S. News rankings, anticipating that “many in the Education Establishment will [trash] them… They will be labeled as non-scientific, elitist, poorly constructed, … Read more »
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 H. Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consulting Association I spent the last few days attending the Potomac and Chesapeake Association for College Admission Counseling (PCACAC) Conference in Dover, Delaware with school counselors, college admission officials, and independent educational consultants from Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, DC, and West Virginia. I heard a couple of themes … Read more »
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