2019 NACAC State of College Admission Report
Read the Report

Every year, NACAC publishes the State of College Admission report. As a counselor on the high school side of the process, I always find helpful nuggets including data that backs up the claim that colleges accept two-thirds of first time freshman applicants (beginning on page 6).

The top factors considered by admission offices is a chart I always share with students (beginning on page 14). Information about recruitment and yield strategies (beginning on page 10) should be especially interesting to our members on the college side.

There is so much interesting information. I hope you take some time to peruse this report.

 Sincerely,
Claire Nold-Glaser
PNACAC President

We are hiring for an Academic Coordinator. The Academic Coordinator acts as the primary contact for high school students for dual credit and college credit opportunities, promotes and exposes students to career pathways, and assists with college applications, registration, and financial literacy. They may view the posting here: https://hr.fvcc.edu/job-openings/.

JOB TITLE:             
Academic Coordinator
DEPARTMENT:     
Student Services                         
PAY RANGE:          
$36,000 - $42,000 annual, full-time, 12 mos. per year, benefit eligible
 
Generous Benefits includes:

• Health/Vision, Dental, Life/ADD & Long-term Disability Insurance: Employer contributes $1,054 per month toward the cost of these benefits--effective immediately upon hire
• Vacation Leave: May earn up to 15 days per year
• Sick Leave: May earn up to 12 days per year
• Holiday Leave: Total of 12 per year (3 are floating holidays)
• Retirement:
  • Participates in MT Teachers Retirement System
  • Optional 403(b): Employer matches up to 7% of employee's contribution
• Tuition Waiver:  Employee plus up to two legal dependents (tuition only)

 
CLOSING DATE:
Open Until Filled; however, first review of application materials is December 9, 2019

SUMMARY:
The Academic Coordinator acts as the primary contact for high school students for dual credit and college credit opportunities, promotes and exposes students to career pathways, and assists with college applications, registration, and financial literacy. Start date is January 6, 2020.
           
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Provides outreach, support, and programs to area high schools with career pathways exploration, financial literacy, and college applications.
• Provides academic advising and career advising to high school students.
• Assists potential concurrent enrollment students with college placement and registration process.
• Works with FVCC faculty and area high school instructors and counselors to facilitate, develop, increase participation, and enhance career pathways for students in coordination with supervisor and recruitment team.
• Initiates and develops new programs of study and pathway agreements with regional high schools
• Assists with FVCC Summer Experience and other educational opportunities for high school students.
• Participates actively and with initiative in continuous improvement efforts to provide efficient and quality student recruitment.
• Manages applicable grants; ensures grant objectives are met; maintains files, reports, and contracts; updates information according to policy and regulations.
• Promotes, encourages, and executes programs of continuous assessment and benchmarking of goals, programs, and services and communicates the results.
• Creates and maintains a collaborative and collegial environment with colleagues and maintains effective working relationships.
• Fosters cooperative relationships with schools, community groups and other external agencies to enhance and promote the College.
• Keeps abreast of the latest developments in student services to help build strategic initiatives.
• Maintains professional ethics and confidentiality of students in accordance with applicable laws and policies
• Attends related trainings and workshops
• Assists and collaborates with staff on projects or events as needed.
• Reports to the High School Relations Program Coordinator.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree AND one year of related experience; AND
• Valid Montana driver’s license with insurable driving record upon employment

MORE INFORMATION @  https://hr.fvcc.edu/job-openings/ 

Following the votes at last month’s national conference to remove three provisions from NACAC’s Code of Ethics and Professional Practices (CEPP) and to institute a moratorium on enforcement of the entire document, members have asked for advice about what counselors can tell students and families moving forward. How will these changes affect students in the college admission process? What do students and their families need to know? And what can counselors tell them?

To help you respond, we asked NACAC colleagues on the Admission Practices Committee, Aaron Salasek and Stacey Cunitz, for their advice for counselors. Additionally, we are sharing an edited version of a letter prepared by NACAC member Rafael Figueroa, dean of college guidance at Albuquerque Academy (NM), for the parents of his students. Both documents, along with an updated version of the CEPP, are linked below.

We hope these resources can help guide your conversations this fall with the understanding that it will still be some time until NACAC has complete details to share with you, our members. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation has not yet been resolved. We don’t know when the DOJ will make its decision, what it will entail, if a consent decree will be imposed, or what the association will need to do in order to comply.

In the interim, we hope these resources can be of assistance. Please feel free to share these with colleagues as well as with the students and families you serve:

• Updated Code of Ethics and Professional Practices
• Message to Counselors from NACAC’s Admission Practices Committee
• Sample Letter from a School Counselor to Parents

 
Thank you for your attention to this important issue. I am confident that despite the CEPP changes our association can and will remain a champion for the ethical practice of college admission. If you have further questions or for more information, please contact NACAC's governance team.
Sincerely yours,

Jayne Caflin Fonash
NACAC President