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College admissions consultants and the Higher Education Consultants Association were recently featured in an article about the field of higher education consulting in Education Week's College Bound blog. The article noted that school counselors often have enormous workloads that make it difficult for them to meet individual student needs for customized college counseling services. Independent counselors, the article explained, are available in the summer, nights and weekends to work with students one-on-one and are also "plugged into the current college scene, visiting campuses often, and can be an effective third party in relaying information to students."
Admissions season 2010 is winding down, but this year's results can help students plan for next year.
HECA Member Ellen Richards reviews the 2010 admissions rates at various colleges in an article on the Examiner.com website.
HECA Member Nancy Griesemer also looked at 2010 admissions numbers at the University of Virginia in another Examiner.com article.
New York Times education correspondent Jacques Steinberg also posted the admissions rates for multiple institutions in his blog.
The Cyndy McDonald Professional Development Scholarship will pay 2010 HECA Conference registration fees for a HECA member who would be unable to attend the Conference without financial assistance. The application deadline for this year's Scholarship is April 1, so if you are thinking about applying, now is the time to move into action! For details, please see the Cyndy McDonald Scholarship section of the HECA Conference website.
Mycca.net is an online management system for private educational consultants. It features an online counselor portal with organizational and college planning tools, as well as a student portal. Mycca.net has just announced a special discount for HECA members. For details, please visit the HECA Member Discounts section.
To better accomodate attendees flying in from the West Coast, the HECA Conference Committee has adjusted the schedule for the Pre-Conference Consulting Basics Seminar.
The Pre-Conference Seminar will now begin at 4:30 PM on Sunday, June 13. The free shuttle from the Minneapolis Airport will depart at 2:30 PM instead of 1:00 PM.
The Pre-Conference Consulting Basics Seminar will be jammed-packed with information, tools, and resources you can immediately apply to your practice when you return home. In today's tough economy, having a toolkit of the latest consulting tools is a must for starting and growing a successful practice.
The Pre-Conference Consulting Basics Seminar is included in the price of the HECA Complete and Essential HECA packages. Questions? Email Liz Zucker at ProfDevelop@HECAonline.org
HECA Member Claire Friedlander was recently featured in the Jewish Ledger discussing essential questions families need to be asking themselves about college admissions today. Read the article.
In an article in the San Diego Union-Tribune, HECA Member Amanda Hirko gave advice to parents worried about how their child's boyfriend or girlfriend might influence the child's college choices.
McClean's Magazine (Canada) recently interviewed HECA Member Ana Homayoun about strategies that parents can use to help boys succeed in school. Homayoun is also the author of a new book on the subject, That Crumpled Paper Was Due Last Week: Helping Disorganized and Distracted Boys Succeed in School and Life, available on Amazon.