By Kristine Lee In my opinion, middle managers are often overlooked. Pressure comes from all sides and the middle manager needs to learn how to navigate these unchartered waters. Finding happiness in the middle is very possible, but it takes experience and skills to...
By Kevin Dyerly, WACAC Development Chair What a great conference our affiliate hosted recently in San Diego for 7,400 of our closest friends and colleagues! For those of you who attended our WACAC affiliate business meeting that Thursday, you heard me make a plea to...
By Chris Tokuhama “We must restore integrity to online learning and will not tolerate programs that fall short.” This statement, issued as part of Hillary Clinton’s New College Compact, raised questions regarding the way in which online higher education...
Recently, I have traveled to schools, college fairs, libraries, and many homes to help kids with their college applications, including their college application essays and/or personal statements. While I brainstorm essay topics with them and provide some guiding...
When you’re on the road earning per diem, what is it going toward? Go ahead. Think about it. Did you say, “Food, Chris. Duh. Haha. What a silly question!” Well, you’re wrong! Your first thought should never be food. Your first thought should be, “what are all the...
UC PROMPT #2: Tell us about a personal quality, talent, accomplishment, contribution or experience that is important to you. What about this quality or accomplishment makes you proud and how does it relate to the person you are? Thank goodness for UC Prompt #2. This...
“It might be worth it, if only to get out of this heat.” This was, without a doubt, not the most ringing endorsement for Tomorrowland (Disney, 2015) but the logic was irrefutable and so, with that, the journey began. Opening at the 1964 World’s Fair, Tomorrowland...
Have you heard about WACAC’s Leadership Development Institute? Started in 2012 by WACAC Past-President Greg McCandless, LDI is a professional development opportunity for post-secondary emerging leaders. Admission professionals with at least four years of experience...
I have spent the past month giving presentations on writing powerful college application essays and reading first drafts of students' UC personal statements. Regardless of where I've gone, I've seen a troubling pattern in interpreting and writing UC Essay Prompt 1,...
Juniors (or new rising seniors) are entering a year of bragging, a skill most lack because they live in a world of superficiality enabled by rampant social media usage. Yet rising seniors must learn to successfully boast about themselves to get admitted to competitive...