{"id":2013,"date":"2018-04-17T08:29:49","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T12:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2013"},"modified":"2018-04-17T09:00:55","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T13:00:55","slug":"nacacreads-join-tomorrows-discussion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/04\/17\/nacacreads-join-tomorrows-discussion-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#NACACreads: Join Tomorrow\u2019s Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>From identifying right-fit schools to securing financial aid and selecting classes \u2014 success in higher education is intrinsically linked to a student\u2019s ability to make informed decisions about their future and follow through on their plans.<\/p>\n

Discuss new ways to help students navigate this critical process Wednesday during a\u00a0#NACACreads<\/a>\u00a0discussion with Benjamin Castleman, author of\u00a0The 160-Character Solution: How Text Messaging and Other Behavioral Strategies Can Improve Education<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>The chat kicks off at 9 p.m. ET on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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Castleman\u2019s research shows that counselors and others can help more students succeed by leveraging the science of decision-making and using technological \u201cnudges.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPrompts to take action or follow through on our intentions are powerful because they directly address some of the barriers that prevent people from making informed decisions\u2026\u201d writes Castleman, who was tapped to help the Obama White House create\u00a0Up Next<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 a mobile messaging campaign aimed at boosting college access. \u201cPrompts can operate through various channels to encourage more active decisions: they can help us combat procrastination by creating a sense of urgency around a task we have been putting off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn more about #NACACreads<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em>mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From identifying right-fit schools to securing financial aid and selecting classes \u2014 success in higher education is intrinsically linked to a student\u2019s ability to make informed decisions about their future and follow through on their plans. Discuss new ways to help students navigate this critical process Wednesday during a\u00a0#NACACreads\u00a0discussion with Benjamin Castleman, author of\u00a0The 160-Character … Continue reading #NACACreads: Join Tomorrow\u2019s Discussion<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64],"class_list":["post-2013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nacac-news","tag-nacacreads"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-wt","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}