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Educational Sessions
The heart and soul of the national conference, more than 100 educational sessions in seven topic areas offer plenty of choices to gain knowledge in areas that have direct impact on your job. Learn alongside colleagues dedicated to advancing the profession, hear from leaders in the field and share your experiences in these sessions.
Sessions are categorized by the professional area to which they are most applicable. Some sessions also fall under secondary or tertiary professional areas and are noted as such. The professional areas are:
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Career and Staff Development
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Provides information about career planning and advancement and topics that will help increase counselor skills and abilities
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College Admission Requirements, Policies and Procedures
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Provides a forum where members come to understand what is required of them and/or their students for entry into postsecondary educational institutions, and research/debate the requirements/policies/procedures
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National Issues and External Influences in Admission
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Focuses on factors not directly controlled by schools or colleges such as college rankings, admission-related services, test preparation, state/federal regulation, and other environmental issues |
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Networking
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Provides information about building professional relationships and the value of networking with NACAC colleagues and within your own institution
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Postsecondary Admission Issues
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Provides information about the profession of college admission, best practices, ROI (evaluation of practices), and other practice-related information specific and relevant to the operation of the admission office
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Postsecondary Admission Issues and Secondary Counseling Issues
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Includes information equally relevant to both sides of the desk |
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Secondary Counseling Issues
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Provides information about the profession of college counseling, best practices, ROI (evaluation of practices), and other practice-related information specific and relevant to secondary counseling. Topics for independent counselors, community colleges, transfers, overseas counselors, and community-based organizations (CBOs) are also included
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Student Issues
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Includes demographics, population trends, improving college access among various segments of the population, student behavior/preferences, and other student-related information
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View the Sessions by Professional Area.
NACAC's educational sessions are scheduled into seven (7) time blocks from Thursday through Saturday. The schedule for the time blocks is:
| A Educational Sessions |
Thursday, September 30, 2010 |
3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
| B Educational Sessions |
Friday, October 1, 2010 |
8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. |
| C Educational Sessions |
Friday, October 1, 2010 |
10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. |
| D Educational Sessions |
Friday, October 1, 2010 |
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. |
| E Educational Sessions |
Saturday, October 2, 2010 |
8:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. |
| F Educational Sessions |
Saturday, October 2, 2010 |
10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. |
| G Educational Sessions |
Saturday, October 2, 2010 |
11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. |
View the Sessions by Day and Time.
NACAC’s educational opportunities extend on to the exhibit hall in the Exhibitor Presentations. View the Exhibitor Presentations.
Circumstances beyond NACAC’s control—weather, transportation difficulties, last-minute speaker cancelations, or other unforeseen occurrences—may necessitate changes in scheduling or cancelation of a particular scheduled event or speaker.
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