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School’s Out For Summer!
Hi All, Sam Schreiber here, your Communications Committee Chair, with a quick note. Thanks so much for reading the blog this past year, we hope you have found the content engaging, educational and fun. We’re taking a break for summer (we all deserve one, after all) but will be back in late August/early September with…
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Resolution to Support: Children’s Education and Health Care Protection Act
WACAC! Be sure to vote in favor of extending Prop 30 on the November ballot in California. Below is the language of WACAC’s resolution. WHEREAS, the Western Association for College Admission Counseling (WACAC) is committed to making policy and financial decisions that enable the school districts to provide quality educational programs and services to the school-age…
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Presidential Pontifications: What’s Your Story? President OUT!
By Ed Devine It has been a tremendous honor to serve as the 39th President of WACAC during the past year. I hope I did my part in carrying the baton with honor on behalf of all of our current and past members and the 38 presidents that have gone before me. As I set…
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The Way I See It: Reflections on This Year’s Admission Cycle
Curated by Amy Hammer As much as the admission cycle is seasonal, each year presents itself with new challenges along with rewarding experiences. It is difficult to predict what will happen next as people change jobs, responsibilities are added to someone’s plate, or new opportunities are explored. In the conclusion of “The Way I See…
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Presidential Pontifications
By Ed Devine White House Reach Higher Initiative – California Style Unprecedented Partnership Will Drive the Mission First Lady, Michelle Obama, created the Reach Higher Initiative to encourage every student in America to take charge of their post-secondary education plans. The goal, set by her husband, was that the U.S. would once again, by the…
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Back to the Future (of College Admissions)
The fifth and final installment in a series of posts dedicated to a deeper-than-usual dive into the college admissions process. By Jenny Umhofer Many pixels have been parsed over the subject of “the future of college admissions.” These forward-looking conversations tend to revolve around technology and criteria—focusing on the increased use of videos and social…
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DEA Inclusion: Are you going to IDEA?
The WACAC Annual Conference (https://wacac2.wpengine.com/wacac-2016/) is just around the corner and as we all prepare for networking and professional development opportunities, I want to put a plug in for the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access Institute (https://wacac2.wpengine.com/idea/), which is a pre-conference taking place on the morning of June 1. IDEA, coordinated by the WACAC Diversity,…
