{"id":588,"date":"2017-03-06T11:54:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T16:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=588"},"modified":"2017-03-08T10:38:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-08T15:38:16","slug":"nacac-members-meet-with-congressional-leaders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2017\/03\/06\/nacac-members-meet-with-congressional-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"NACAC Members Meet with Congressional Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Southern ACAC and International ACAC leaders, from left: Amanda Lopez, Poinciana High School (FL); Myra Simpson, Oak Hall School (FL); Johanna Fishbein, United World College of South East Asia \u2014 Dover (Singapore); and Juan-Camilo Tamayo, JCT4Education (FL).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

More than 130 NACAC members traveled to Capitol Hill on Monday to meet with members of Congress.<\/p>\n

Their goal? To discuss issues important to students, families, and admission professionals across the country.<\/p>\n

The visits\u00a0with Congressional leaders are\u00a0part of NACAC’s annual advocacy meeting, which brings together members from both sides of the desk to advocate on behalf of students.<\/p>\n

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NACAC’s \u00a0priorities center on improving college access for all students and include support for:<\/p>\n

1. Equitable access to college preparatory coursework.<\/strong> Staffing and funding inequities in public schools result in uneven access to college preparatory coursework, leaving underserved students at a disadvantage.<\/p>\n

2. Hiring, training, and equipping school counselors.<\/strong> The national student-to-counselor ratio in public schools is 476:1. School counselors assist students with their academic planning, development, and college applications. Students in low-income schools often have the least access to school counselors.<\/p>\n

New York ACAC leaders, from left: Susan Davidson, Rye Country Day School (NY), and Robert Piurowski, SUNY College of Technology at Delhi (NY).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3. Need-based financial aid for college.<\/strong> Increasingly, students must rely on loans to pay for college. State and federal governments should renew their commitment to making college affordable for low-income students.<\/p>\n

4. A federal DREAM Act.<\/strong> Qualified undocumented students deserve a pathway to continue their studies by pursuing a postsecondary degree or credential.<\/p>\n

5. Protections for students and taxpayers against waste, fraud, and abuse in federal student aid programs.<\/strong> Students and taxpayers have collectively lost billions of dollars at the hands of unscrupulous institutions. Congress must ensure that the federal government is receiving returns on its investment in higher education.<\/p>\n

6. Global student mobility.<\/strong> NACAC opposes the administration\u2019s recent executive order denying entry to visa holders from seven majority-Muslim countries. The order, which has since been blocked by the courts, directly contradicts NACAC\u2019s long-held belief that international students bring cultural, academic, and economic value to US education institutions.<\/p>\n

Learn more about NACAC’s legislative priorities<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Leaders from the Illinois ACAC, from left: Steven Landgraf, Michigan State University; Michelle Rogers, Saint Louis University (MO); and Joseph Freeman, Beacon Academy (IL).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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More than 130 NACAC members traveled to Capitol Hill on Monday to meet with members of Congress. Their goal? To discuss issues important to students, families, and admission professionals across the country. The visits\u00a0with Congressional leaders are\u00a0part of NACAC’s annual advocacy meeting, which brings together members from both sides of the desk to advocate on … Continue reading NACAC Members Meet with Congressional Leaders<\/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":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,6],"tags":[277],"class_list":["post-588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advocacy","category-nacac-news","tag-nacac-advocacy-meeting"],"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-9u","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588","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=588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}