2007 NACAC Session Materials
Materials will be posted as they are received.
A Educational Sessions
Thursday, September 27
3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
A100. Bylaws—Time to Talk: No More Band-Aids
A101. Professional Development—Time to Talk
A102. What Can We Do, Post-Prop. 2?
A103. NACAC Commission on the Use of Standardized Tests in Undergraduate Admission
A104. Time to Talk… About National Leadership
A105. Effective Marketing Techniques to Increase National College Fair Attendance
A106. How to Write for Professional Publications
A107. NACAC Acts to Support School Counselors
A108. Technology—The Amazing Race
A109. What’s on Your Mind?
A110. NACAC’s New and Improved PACT Manual
A111. The Common Application—Secondary School Counselor Q&A
B Educational Sessions
Friday, September 28
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
B200. Creative College Counseling Techniques and Games
B201. Moving Beyond Advanced Placement:
B202. Setting the Agenda: How NACAC and College Board Participate in the National Dialogue Concerning College Admission
B203. So You Think International Travel Is Glamorous
B204. The Digital Two-Way Street: Using Technology to Communicate With Applicants Instead of At Them
B205. Practical Advice for the “Yellow Chip” Student Athlete
B206. Creating a Mock Admission Program for Any Audience
B207. Cultural Shift From Admission to Campus Acclimation
B208. College Consulting: A Transformed Profession
B209. Standards of Disclosure: Who Needs to Know What and Why?
B210. Preparing Parents and Students to Jump Off the Treadmill
B211. Your Future is Getting Younger
B212. International Academic Study Options
B213. Approaching the College Essay
B214. Taking Our Daughters and Granddaughters Seriously: Gender Matters in College Choice
B215. The College Search Made Simple
B216. Avoiding the Disastrous Campus Visit: Training the Whole Campus
C Educational Sessions
Friday, September 28
1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
C300. College Access Marketing: Increasing College-Going Among Underrepresented Students
C301. Where Does the EFC Come From? (Materials for session C301 can not be posted to our site. For materials please email Marianna Deeken.)
C302. What Can We Do, Post-Prop. 2?
C303. Applicants With Disabilities—What Should I Mail? What Should I Read?
C304. Are You Preparing Your Students for Community College?
C305. Tell All About School Profiles
C306. What Determines the Value of Education? Research on Student and Parent Perspectives
C307. HBCUs as a Viable College Choice for High- Achieving African-American High School Students
C308. Student Staff in Recruitment and Admission
C309. When the “Uncommon App” Goes Common
C310. Those Hazy, Lazy Days of Summer… Or Not!
C311. Independent Meets School-Based Counseling: Partnering Benefits All
C312. Update on Admission Testing
C313. Recruiting Goes High-Tech
C314. Careers in Engineering: Resources for School Counselors
C315. TOEFL iBT: Student Performance and University Score Requirements
C316. Preparation vs. Reality in School Counselor Preparation
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C317. What 18-Year-Olds Think About Your College
C318. It Ain’t Rocket Science, But it Sure Isn’t Easy: Writing an Effective Recommendation for Every Student
D Educational Sessions
Friday, September 28
2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
D400. Where Would Holden Caulfield Get In? Underachieving Boys and Selective College Admission
D401. It’s Your Turn to Speak—We’re Listening
D402. The State of College Admission: Trends in Counseling and Admission
D403. Advising the College-Bound Non-U.S. Citizen
D404. Developing an American-Indian and Alaska-Native Pathways to College Network
D405. Promoting College Access Through Community Connections
D406. Can’t We All Just Get Along?
D407. That Was Then; This Is Now
D408. The Two-Year Private College: Higher Ed’s Outdated Dinosaur or Overlooked Asset?
D409. Managing Parent Expectations: A Four-Step Process
D410. Beyond College Night: A New Cooperative Program for Secondary Schools
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D411. The Successful Fly-IN Program
D412. Recruiting and Enrolling Underserved Students: Effective Strategies for Enrollment Managers
D413. Fight the Hype from Both Sides of the Desk
D414. The Proliferation of College Applications
D415. Admission Impact on the Division III Financial Aid Reporting Process
D416. Early Intervention: Critical Things You Need to Know About Entering Students
D417. Understanding Sexual Orientation and Facilitating Best Practices in Counseling GLB Students
D418. Applying to the University of California (UC) System
E Educational Sessions
Saturday, September 29
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
E500. College Knowledge: Parents as Primary Resources
E501. Increasing Latino College Participation at the University of Georgia and the University of Texas at Austin: A Joint Initiative With the Hispanic Scholarship Fund
E502. Access, Admission and Success in Higher Education: A College Board Commission and Task Force Response
E503. Helping Students Sell Themselves
E504. Helping Teachers Help Students
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E505. When the Professional Becomes Personal
E506. Managing and Retaining Key Student, Alumni and Faculty Volunteers in College Admission
E507. Collaborate or Compete: Are Community Colleges Stealing Some of the Market?
E508. How to Get Successfully Published
E509. Developing the STEM Pipeline
E510. Applying to the University of California (UC) System
E511. Beyond Bragging Rights and Bumper Stickers: The College Process, Adolescent Development and Family Dynamics
PowerPoint
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E512. College Admission: What Are Students Learning?
E513. On Paper, They Can Go Anywhere
E514. Submitting Secondary School Credentials Via the Common App Online
F Educational Sessions
Saturday, September 29
9:45 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
F600. Café Con Leche: Y Tu Mamá También
F601. Parents and the College Counseling Process
Moved onsite to G715
F602. Show Us the Money: The Challenge of Financial Aid for Native-American Students
F603. Become a Certified Educational Planner
F604. IB as a Predictor of Success
F605. Balancing Career and Family
F606. Creating a Strategic Plan: International Student Enrollment
PowerPoint
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F607. Subjective and Objective Factors in College Admission
F608. Collaboration Increases Access
F610. Accessing Students’ Foreign Educational Backgrounds
F611. COOL
F612. Advising the Friendly Skies
F613. Hispanic College Search: How and Why It Is Different
F614. How Do You Know What You Haven’t Been Taught?
F615. Hook ‘Em With Scholarships
G Educational Sessions
Saturday, September 29
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
G700. Students’ Views on Technology and the College Search
G701. Grass Roots Professional Development for College Counselors
G702. Electronic High School Transcript Delivery Network
G703. Just Be Yourself: How Admission and Marketing Offices Can Work Together to Tell a Compelling, Authentic Story
G704. Taking the Leap Online
G705. Early Access Programs: Getting a Jump-Start on College Preparation
G706. Appropriate Testing Accommodations for Students With Disabilities
G707. Undocumented Students: Is College Possible?
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G708. Planning for a Healthy Retirement
G709. We Know They Are Stressed, Now What?
G710. CSI—“C” Student Investigation
G711. “Fit” in Music Admission
G712. Opening Doors and Paving the Way: Developing Access, Readiness and Resilience Among Underrepresented Students
G713. Selling Your Location
G714. Getting Noticed, Getting In: Strategies for the Non-Recruited Student Athlete