Missing the 2018 National Conference already? We’ve got you covered.
Join PlatformQ Education and NACAC on Thursday at 2 p.m. ET for an exclusive conversation and #nacac18 round-up with new NACAC President Stefanie Niles.
We’ll be discussing goals for Niles’ presidential term, key takeaways from the conference, and ways college admission professionals can take what they learned and use it back home.
Continue reading Tune In: Join Us for a #nacac18 Recap with NACAC’s President
NACAC’s national conference offers members a chance to learn and grow. It also signals the beginning of a new year for the association’s Board of Directors.
Continue reading NACAC Welcomes New Members to Board of Directors
The 74th Annual National Conference in Salt Lake City came to a close Saturday, complete with more amazing sessions, a spirited Membership Meeting and a rocking social.
Thanks to all of our attendees, sponsors, exhibitors, speakers, and staff that made this incredible conference possible.
Day 2 of the 74th NACAC National Conference in Salt Lake City was filled with Meet Your Match, informative sessions, networking, and the Counselors’ College Fair.
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof believes in the power of education.
From early childhood through adulthood, few other institutions hold the power to transform lives so completely. Yet as the gap between the haves and have-nots grows wider in America, more and more families struggle to tap into those benefits, Kristof told attendees Friday during the keynote address at NACAC’s 74th National Conference in Salt Lake City.
“Colleges are a great public good, and yet too often, that public good is largely reserved for kids of the modern educational aristocracy,” Kristoff told the roughly 6,000 attendees at this year’s annual gathering of college admission professionals. “…At 25 institutions around the country, including five Ivy League institutions, more kids come from families in the top 1 percent than from the bottom 60 percent — that is a failure of that public good. We can do better.”
Continue reading Kristof: Education ‘Escalator’ Broken for Too Many Students
The sun has set on the first day of the 74th Annual NACAC National Conference and our #nacac18 social media feeds were on fire!
Here’s a quick snapshot of what went down in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Sept. 27, Day 1 of the conference.
The statistics are stark when it comes to college access and success for American Indians and Alaska Natives.
On some reservations, the college-going rate for high school grads is as low as 18 percent, according to data from the American Indian College Fund. And US Census Bureau data shows that only 14 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives hold college degrees.
Yet when given support and curriculum that affirms their culture, Native students excel, Carrie Billy, president and CEO of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), told attendees Thursday at NACAC’s 74th National Conference in Salt Lake City.
“A lot of our students don’t know who they are,” she said. “They’ve been through the K-12 system — a lot of them on reservations — and still haven’t learned their culture and their identity.”
NACAC’s 74th National Conference officially kicks off tomorrow in Salt Lake City.
Want to get a feel for the size and scope of the nation’s preeminent education and networking event for college admission counselors.
Check out this year’s conference by the numbers:
As part of NACAC’s continuing commitment to fairness, equity, and professionalism, the association is dedicated to promoting cultural fluency in the college admission counseling profession.
Under the leadership of the Inclusion, Access, and Success (IAS) Committee, the next stage of NACAC’s work on this topic will consist of training sessions at the national conference that will focus on initiating and sustaining cultural fluency conversations in the workplace.
Continue reading Join Us for Cultural Fluency Conversations at #nacac18
Will your college be exhibiting at the New Orleans National College Fair on Oct. 2?
Use the opportunity to grow your professional skills by attending an Emerging Admission Professionals event planned in conjunction with the fair.
Continue reading EAP Session Planned in Conjunction with New Orleans National College Fair