{"id":4180,"date":"2020-03-18T11:05:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T15:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=4180"},"modified":"2020-03-20T14:39:04","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T18:39:04","slug":"new-nacac-tool-helps-students-navigate-college-admission-process-amid-coronavirus-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/03\/18\/new-nacac-tool-helps-students-navigate-college-admission-process-amid-coronavirus-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"New NACAC Tool Helps Students Navigate College Admission Process Amid Coronavirus Outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus_tool_header_750x250.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4181\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus_tool_header_750x250.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus_tool_header_750x250.png 750w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/coronavirus_tool_header_750x250-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a>As a service to students and families, NACAC has created a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/news--publications\/newsroom\/college-admission-status-coronavirus\/\">new resource<\/a> cataloging campus-specific changes in college admission events, deposit dates, and more as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of the tool\u2014which features information from postsecondary institutions\u2014is to make it easier for students and others to navigate the admission process during this unprecedented time of upheaval. So far, more than 460 colleges and universities from around the world have submitted their information.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Both public and private postsecondary institutions are included on the list. The resource will update in real time as NACAC receives new information from colleges and universities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStudents need reliable information to assist them in making informed choices during this uncertain time,\u201d Jayne Caflin Fonash, the association&#8217;s president, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/news--publications\/newsroom\/press-releases\/covid19tool\/\">press release<\/a>. \u201cThis collaborative resource does just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an email on Tuesday, Fonash urged the association\u2019s postsecondary members to submit campus-specific updates and asked all NACAC members to share the resource with students and families.<\/p>\n<p>View the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacacnet.org\/news--publications\/newsroom\/college-admission-status-coronavirus\/\">resource<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a service to students and families, NACAC has created a new resource cataloging campus-specific changes in college admission events, deposit dates, and more as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. The purpose of the tool\u2014which features information from postsecondary institutions\u2014is to make it easier for students and others to navigate the admission process during &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/03\/18\/new-nacac-tool-helps-students-navigate-college-admission-process-amid-coronavirus-outbreak\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New NACAC Tool Helps Students Navigate College Admission Process Amid Coronavirus Outbreak<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[10,6],"tags":[461,462],"class_list":["post-4180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-admission","category-nacac-news","tag-coronavirus","tag-covid-19"],"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-15q","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4180","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=4180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}