Webinars
NACAC is proud to offer our members complimentary access to webinars on a variety of topics. Our webinars are timely and relevant to the latest issues in college admission counseling. Connect with colleagues and learn from experts through these valuable professional development opportunities!
Meeting the Moment Webinar Series:
College Admission Counseling’s Expansion of Strategies to Sustain DEI Goals
Meeting the Moment is a five-part webinar series meant to demonstrate new approaches to cultivating diversity and equity in the college admission process. The webinar topics are designed to enhance conversations among college admission counseling professionals as they prepare for a possible adverse ruling from the Supreme Court in the SFFA v. Harvard / UNC race-conscious admission cases. This webinar series is designed to share research-informed, promising practices from institutions and schools, including a focus on states currently practicing “race-neutral” admissions. A curricular guide will be provided, including segments from The Playbook (2d ed.); relevant amicus briefs filed before the U.S. Supreme Court (filed by the University of Michigan and UC System Leaders); and published research reports (to be named).

Webinar 1: Legal and Policy Fundamentals
Recording now available!
Webinar 1: Legal and Policy Fundamentals
Recorded Tuesday, March 7th, 2023
Legal and policy experts will synthesize relevant federal law, the potential impact of pending cases before the U.S. Supreme Court on race-conscious admission, and the implications of a potential adverse Court ruling on DEI efforts.
Speakers: Vern Granger, NACAC Board Chair, and Art Coleman, Education Counsel
Price: Members: Free / Nonmembers $50
Webinar 2: Eliminating Barriers
Recording now available!
Webinar 2: Eliminating Barriers
Field-leading experts, admission officers and school counselors will discuss barriers to achieving equity in admissions, and strategies for eliminating those hurdles. Areas of focus will include a discussion of the uses of standardized tests; early decision rules; and legacy admissions.
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 2pm ET/ 11am PT
Speakers:
- Mamie Voight, President & CEO, Institute of Higher Education Policy
- Robert Gould, Vice President for Strategic Enrollment Management, Augsburg University
- Moderator: David Hawkins, Chief Education and Policy Officer, NACAC
Price: Members: Free / Nonmembers $50
Webinar 3: Challenging Assumptions – Calculus and math pathways
Recording now available!
Webinar 3: Challenging Assumptions – Calculus and math pathways
A panel of experts in mathematics curricula and admission will share groundbreaking information about math pathways and debunk myths about the preeminence of calculus in the math ‘hierarchy.’ Broadening our understanding of math proficiency is an important step toward greater equity in college admission.
Date/Time: May 2, 2023, 2pm ET/11am PT
Speakers:
- Melodie Baker, National Policy Director/Just Equations
- Brendan Kelly, Director of Introductory Math/Harvard University
- Sarah Humphries Nazionale, Director of Undergraduate Admissions/UNC Charlotte
- Thomas C Redd, Associate Professor & Interim Coordinator/NC Agricultural and Technical State University
Webinar 4: Imagining What’s Possible – Rethinking how we assess student potential (RCA)
Coming June 29. Register today!
Webinar 4: Imagining What’s Possible – Rethinking how we assess student potential (RCA)
Thursday, June 29, 2023, 2:00PM ET/11:00AM PT
Speakers:
- Dr. Blaire Moody Rideout, Director of Undergraduate Admission/University of Michigan – Stephen M. Ross School of Business
- Dr. Jared Anthony, Director of Policy & Assessment Redesign/Colorado Education Initiative
- Larkin Willis, Research and Policy Associate/Learning Policy Institute
Price: Members: Free / Nonmembers $50
Webinar 5: Expanding Horizons: Enhancing All Facets of Holistic Review
Date, time coming soon!
Webinar 5: Expanding Horizons: Enhancing All Facets of Holistic Review
Date and time will be announced soon.
Admission officers and school counselors will discuss important ways to elevate and consider all facets of an applicant’s lived experience as part of the application process, including through student shorts answers and essays.
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