by Marcia Kramer, IECA (NJ) I e-mailed Gabe and his parents: “You need to rewrite this essay. It sounds like an adult wrote it.” I decided I’d save the explanation about the admissions reps knowing how 17-year-olds write for the later discussion we would be sure to have when Gabe’s parents denied writing the piece … Read more »
by Kathie Carnahan, IECA Member (Louisiana) As college IECs sprinted towards the May 1st universal response date, some of us experienced an increased number of procrastinating seniors. Waffling between this college and that college became an unfortunate recurring theme with several of my students. All of them are bright, having excelled throughout high school. This … Read more »
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6 comments by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Most of the country was focused last week on the unfolding multiple disasters in Japan. Not in New York City’s Upper East Side where the story of the week was one mother’s lawsuit against a private preschool. Nicole Imprescia filed suit against York Avenue Preschool for having “jeopardized little … Read more »
by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA It won’t surprise anyone that parents today are having a difficult time letting go of their children when they head off to college or boarding school. Thanks to new technologies such as Facebook, instant messaging, texting, Skype and smart phone apps, parents have numerous arsenals to stay in … Read more »
by Emily Snyder, IECA (Virginia) Yesterday’s edition of Inside Higher Ed has a very interesting question and answer session with Margaret K. Nelson, A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Sociology at Middlebury College, and the author of a new book, Parenting Out of Control: Anxious Parents in Uncertain Times (New York University Press). Nelson takes the … Read more »