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Posts Tagged ‘Principles of Good Practice’

Colleges: Engage With IECA at NACAC to Diversify Your Campus

September 15, 2011no comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA A week from today, the 2011 NACAC Conference opens with connections being at the core of that gathering. Many seek to connect to better understand the trends on the horizon in the ever more frenzied atmosphere surrounding college admission. Counselors and independent educational consultants (IECs) seek to connect with, … Read more »

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Ethics Matter: IECA Taking Bold Action to Ensure Professionalism

September 15, 20107 comments

by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Many months ago, The New York Times reporter/blogger Jacques Steinberg sat in my office and we looked at Web sites together. Outlandish claims. Ridiculous promises. False credentials. Needless to say, these were not Web sites of IECA members. No wonder Harvard’s William Fitzsimmons describes the field of independent … Read more »

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IECA’s First Conference Held Outside U.S. Reflects Our International Growth

May 10, 2010no comments

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 »

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Better Relations Between School-Based Counselors and Educational Consultants Is Focus of IECA Effort

April 20, 20106 comments

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 … Read more »

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Stanford Daily Asks the Right Question…But Gets the Answer All Wrong

March 15, 20103 comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA An article in the Stanford Daily has gotten a lot of attention over the weekend. It raised a question about the authenticity of student applications to the prestigious school, after an advertisement appeared in the campus newspaper for an “admission boot camp” run by an unaffiliated educational consultant whose ethics … Read more »

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A Day in the Life of an International Consultant

October 30, 2009no comments

by Becky Grappo, IECA Member, United Arab Emirates Blogging from Abu Dhabi, along the shores of the Arabian (or Persian) Gulf I’m taking a break while waiting for my next appointment, and asked myself where I could go to chill out, work on my computer, get a quick bite to eat, and feel at home? … Read more »

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The Expanding Awareness of Educational Consultants

October 15, 2009no comments

by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA I needed to be in Boston earlier this week for 25 hours on IECA business. It was a hectic day, but I was able to join a group for dinner Tuesday. None were consultants or admission directors or educators of any stripe. Rather, each was related to the … Read more »

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