{"id":4621,"date":"2020-09-22T23:06:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T03:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=4621"},"modified":"2020-09-23T12:26:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T16:26:30","slug":"nacac20-a-students-first-approach-to-higher-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2020\/09\/22\/nacac20-a-students-first-approach-to-higher-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"#NACAC20: A Students-First Approach to Higher Ed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>If US higher education is to survive, it must refocus its efforts and prioritize students, NACAC CEO Angel B. P\u00e9rez said Tuesday in remarks at the 2020 NACAC Virtual Conference.<\/a><\/p>\n

Like many sectors of the US economy, the admission profession has felt the effects of the coronavirus crisis on its institutional budgets, P\u00e9rez noted. But those concerns are secondary when compared to the larger crisis looming for higher ed, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we all understandably worry about our schools and our institutions, we have to remember that without students, nothing else in the educational endeavor matters,\u201d P\u00e9rez said in his first keynote address as the association\u2019s chief executive officer. \u201c\u2026As we move away from enforcing a code of ethics, NACAC will act publicly and with determination when policy or practice threatens to cause harm to or perpetuate inequities among students.\u201d<\/p>\n

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P\u00e9rez\u2019s address to conference attendees comes at a time of transition for the association. In December, following a two-year long \u201crestraint of trade\u201d inquiry by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), NACAC announced its was deleting three provisions from its code of ethics that the DOJ believed could inhibit, to some extent, competition among colleges for students. Prior to the conference, NACAC\u2019s Assembly voted to change its code of ethics to a \u201cbest practices\u201d guide.<\/p>\n

The new document will not be enforced, but P\u00e9rez said today he is confident the association will use its national profile to advocate for students and change the conversation about the role of higher education.<\/p>\n

Citing findings from NACAC\u2019s <\/em>Ad Hoc Committee on Leadership in College Admission: Process, Findings, and Recommendations<\/em><\/a>, P\u00e9rez outlined the critical challenges facing higher education overall as well as crucial next steps.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo many of the challenges we face as a profession stem from the distorted view of higher education as a commodity to be purchased,\u201d said P\u00e9rez. \u201cThis orientation is the deliberate result of policies in the US that have marginalized the value of higher education to both the individual and to society. This orientation has to change. Higher education is a public good, and NACAC will be work tirelessly to restore this notion in America.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more about P\u00e9rez\u2019s message to conference attendees<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If US higher education is to survive, it must refocus its efforts and prioritize students, NACAC CEO Angel B. P\u00e9rez said Tuesday in remarks at the 2020 NACAC Virtual Conference. Like many sectors of the US economy, the admission profession has felt the effects of the coronavirus crisis on its institutional budgets, P\u00e9rez noted. But … Continue reading #NACAC20: A Students-First Approach to Higher Ed<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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":[17,16,19,6,1],"tags":[494],"class_list":["post-4621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access","category-advocacy","category-nacac-national-conference","category-nacac-news","category-uncategorized","tag-nacac20"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NACAC","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/wpadmin\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-1cx","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4621","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}