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		<title>IECA&#8217;s 34th Year Comes to Close with an Eye to the Future</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2010/06/29/iecas-34th-year-comes-to-close-with-an-eye-to-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA June 30th marks the close of our Fiscal Year and IECA&#8217;s 34th serving as the principal voice of the profession of independent educational consulting. We entered the year committed to helping our members thrive, and exploring ways to strengthen the profession, promote the value of the work we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Educational Consulting Moves from Adolescence to Adulthood, Let&#8217;s End the Apologies and Make Ourselves Heard—in the Best Interest of Our Clients</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2010/04/27/as-educational-consulting-moves-from-adolescence-to-adulthood-lets-end-the-apologies-and-make-ourselves-heard%e2%80%94in-the-best-interest-of-our-clients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better Relations Between School-Based Counselors and Educational Consultants Is Focus of IECA Effort</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2010/04/20/better-relations-between-school-based-counselors-and-educational-consultants-is-focus-of-ieca-effort/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Strategic Plan Emphasizes IECA&#8217;s Leadership</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association Early this morning I received the draft of the Strategic Plan meant to carry IECA through 2015. The Task Force charged with writing the plan, chaired by Mary Jane Freeman of North Carolina, began its work about 16 months ago by reviewing the implementation of our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes the IECA Conference Unique?  &#8220;No Where Else&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2010/03/10/what-makes-the-ieca-conference-unique-no-where-else/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2010/03/10/what-makes-the-ieca-conference-unique-no-where-else/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>School District Moves to Contract with Educational Consultants for College Advising; are we moving toward the tipping point?</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2009/10/06/school-district-moves-to-contract-with-educational-consultants-for-college-advising-are-we-moving-toward-the-tipping-point/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2009/10/06/school-district-moves-to-contract-with-educational-consultants-for-college-advising-are-we-moving-toward-the-tipping-point/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA For several years I have put forth a theory, based on little more than gut feeling. Simply put, it was as more students seek the advice of educational consultants, it will become easier for cash-strapped school districts to cut way back on full-time college counseling within the schools by contracting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Educational Consultants Devote Hour Together to Discussion of Service</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2009/09/29/educational-consultants-devote-hour-together-to-discussion-of-service/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2009/09/29/educational-consultants-devote-hour-together-to-discussion-of-service/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pro bono consulting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA About 100 educational consultants gathered together for the annual meeting of their &#8220;Special Interest Group&#8221; during the NACAC Conference. The hour-long lunch meeting was dedicated to a discussion of pro-bono and other community service models, reflecting the near universal commitment educational consultants make to service (a recent survey of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>100+ IECA Members Creating a Buzz at NACAC</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2009/09/25/100-ieca-members-creating-a-buzz-at-nacac/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA From the NACAC Conference in Baltimore I&#8217;ve discovered today what happens when 100 IECA Members (loyal, enthusiastic members) along with another 100 alumni of IECA training programs (Summer Training Institute and Transitioning Workshop) come together at a NACAC conference. They create an amazing buzz about IECA, growth in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colleges Turn Out by the Hundreds to Connect with IECA Member Educational Consultants</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2009/09/24/colleges-turn-out-by-the-hundreds-to-connect-with-ieca-member-educational-consultants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2009/09/24/colleges-turn-out-by-the-hundreds-to-connect-with-ieca-member-educational-consultants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA From the NACAC National Conference in Baltimore I am writing today from an amazing, overflow crowd jammed into the ballroom at the Marriott at the Inner Harbor. This annual lunch of IECA member independent educational consultants and admission directors and deans from the nation&#8217;s colleges is—by far—the largest gathering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transitioning from a School or College to Independent Educational Consulting</title>
		<link>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2009/09/23/transitioning-from-a-school-or-college-to-independent-educational-consulting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iecaonline.com/blog/2009/09/23/transitioning-from-a-school-or-college-to-independent-educational-consulting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA I&#8217;m blogging today from the back row of a pre-conference workshop in Baltimore, part of the NACAC Conference.  No, I&#8217;m not ignoring the speaker, I&#8217;m one of the faculty for the all-day training.  This sold-out workshop is on transitioning from work as a school-based college counselor or a college [...]]]></description>
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