Thank You for Attending Critical Components 2013!
NACAC would like to extend our gratitude to everyone who attended Critical Components: Mastering the College Admission Process conference in Portland (OR). The event was a tremendous success with cutting-edge educational sessions and boundless networking opportunities. Portland (OR) was a remarkable host city—providing attendees with a refreshing dose of the Pacific Northwest’s unique culture.
Critical Components hosted close to 200 attendees and presenters, representing 36 states and two countries. Thanks to the generous funding from The Common Application and ACT, NACAC was able to provide scholarships to 76 attendees who work for schools or organizations that service communities with 40 percent or more of their population on federal free and reduced-price lunch programs.
What is Critical Components?
Critical Components is an intimate, one-of-a-kind professional development experience set to embark on its third year of instruction. Programmatically, its primary focus is to address the most disruptive issues in the college application process. However, the factor that sets Critical Components apart from other events is the manner in which the educational sessions are designed.
Critical Components takes a conventional idea and deliberately examines it from alternate angles. For instance, instead of discussing financial aid, it emphasizes the importance of financial literacy. In lieu of looking at the pitfalls of standardized testing, it focuses on the increased role of non-cognitive variables in college admission. Critical Components wrestles with weighty issues long before they seep into mainstream rhetoric—supplying professionals with tangible solutions to make an immediate impact on their school, practice, and/or community.
Critical Components will head to the Midwest in 2014. Stay tuned for a date and location announcement in the near future!
For whom is the program intended? The conference is applicable to all professionals who assist students with the college application process. Given the diverse array of attendees, networking serves as a core element of the program.
Learn More
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