Awards
Each year, NACAC honors individuals for outstanding contributions and service to the field of education, the profession, and to our organization. The 2026 award nomination process has now closed. Questions? Please contact governance@nacacnet.org.
Congratulations to the 2026 award recipients. Expand each section to learn more about the award and learn about the winners.
The Margaret E. Addis Exceptional Service to NACAC Award honors a NACAC member who provided exceptional service to the growth, promotion, and/or advancement of the Association.
Below are several (but not all) of the criteria that is taken into consideration when nominating an award recipient for the Margaret E. Addis Exceptional Service to NACAC Award.
- NACAC Membership: must be a current NACAC member
- Service to the association over an extended period through progressive volunteer leadership.
- Service to the association during a crisis or transition.
- Integral to defining policy or shaping responses on important issues.
- Demonstrated commitment to advancing NACAC’s mission and vision.
About the 2026 award winner, Marybeth Kravets:
Marybeth Kravets has dedicated 47 years to advancing college access and student success. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in Guidance and Counseling from Wayne State University.
Marybeth served as College Counselor at Deerfield High School (Illinois) for 31 years before becoming Vice President for College Partnerships at Chicago Scholars. There, she helped develop and lead the organization’s signature Onsite Admission Forum, an annual program connecting high-achieving, under-resourced Chicago high school seniors with representatives from more than 150 colleges and universities nationwide. The program has resulted in on-the-spot admission offers and substantial merit scholarships for countless students.
She later became a founding faculty member and Dean of College Counseling at Wolcott College Prep High School, where she helped establish a nationally recognized model for supporting students with diverse learning styles and backgrounds. Wolcott graduates have gone on to successful careers in architecture, aeronautics, education, technology, finance, filmmaking, and many other fields.
A nationally recognized leader in college admission counseling, Marybeth served as president of both the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) and the Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling (IACAC). She is the co-author of the K&W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Differences (16th Edition), published by The Princeton Review/Random House. Her distinguished career has earned her numerous honors, including the Harvard University Club of Chicago Community Service Award, the University of Arizona SALT Program Community Service Award, the NACAC Gayle C. Wilson Award for Outstanding Service, the John B. Muir Award for Outstanding Contribution to Literature in Educational and Admission Counseling, and NACAC’s highest honor, the Margaret E. Addis Exceptional Service Award, which recognizes extraordinary contributions to the growth and advancement of the association.
Marybeth is president of Marybeth Kravets & Associates, a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, and serves on the Board of Trustees of The Night Ministry of Chicago. She is also a founding trustee of College Bound Opportunities and a former trustee of United World College–USA. Throughout her career, she has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to expanding educational opportunity and helping students achieve their college and career aspirations.
Previous Award Winners:
- 2025 – Stephen Pultz
- 2024 – Beth H. Gilfillan and Christopher W. Tremblay
- 2023 – David Burge
- 2022 – Jayne Caflin Fonash
- 2021 – NACAC Admission Practices Committee
- 2020 – Nancy Beane
- 2019 – David Kamimoto
- 2018 – The Steering Committee on Admission Practices under the leadership of Todd Rinehart
- 2017 – Lou Hirsh
- 2016 – Phyllis Gill
- 2015 – Alice Tanaka
- 2014 – Bridget Herrera
- 2013 – Frank Sachs
- 2012 – Patty Montague
- 2011 – Richard Powell
- 2010 – Peter Hauet
- 2009 – Samuel Moss
- 2008 – Carl ‘Sandy’ Behrend
- 2007 – Joseph Monte
- 2006 – Members of the Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate Coursework and Authors of the Fundamentals of College Admission Counseling: John Anderson, Robert Bardwell, Carl Behrend, Francis Bernstein, Susan Biemeret, Robin Brown, Elsa Clark, Steve George, Barbara Hall, Esther Hugo, Marybeth Kravets, Bradford MacGowan, Joseph Manning, Joan Mudge, Patrick O’Connor, Bill Pruden, Susan Rexford, Rebecca Rutsky, Rod Skinner, Jeffrey Smith, Susan Street, Scott White
- 2005 – Martin Wilder
- 2004 – Mary Hendry and William Neal (posthumous)
- 2003 – National College Fair Chairs Who Served the Program for More Than Five Years: Richard Bory, Mimi Grossman, Gwendolyn Hoover, Richard Hutchinson, Steve Kerge, Kathi Lecertua, Barbara Lowe, Frank Muzio, Susan Reantillo, Debbie Rupert, Marvin Sills, Alice Tanaka
- 2002 – Katy Murphy
- 2001 – Antonio Solorzano, Jr.
- 2000 – Audrey T. Hill
- 1999 – Patricia L. Burgh
- 1998 – William R. McClintick, Jr.
- 1997 – Marjorie S. Loennig
- 1996 – Mary Lee Hoganson
- 1995 – Margaret Williamson
- 1994 – Patricia Hawkins
- 1993 – Sharon M. Alston
- 1992 – Joyce E. Smith
- 1991 – Steven T. Syverson
- 1990 – Ron Ancrum
- 1989 – Joyce E. Suber
- 1988 – Carl F. Brown
- 1987 – Richard A. Stewart
- 1986 – Helen J. Pape
- 1984 – Sarah S. Heckscher
- 1983 – Conrad J. Sharrow
- 1981 – Ray A. Stines
- 1980 – Steven C. Munger
- 1979 – Joseph A. Monte
- 1977 – Anne M. Kennedy
- 1976 – Edward J. Yaw
- 1975 – Silas Purnell
- 1974 – George Giampetro
- 1973 – Richard Rowray
This award honors an individual(s) who advanced access to postsecondary education through a commitment to advocacy, ethical practices, and equity. NACAC members and non-members are eligible to receive this award.
About the 2026 award winner, Art Coleman:
Art Coleman is a Founding Partner of EducationCounsel LLC, an affiliate of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough LLP. Art provides policy, strategic, and legal counseling services to national non-profit organizations, postsecondary institutions, school districts, and state agencies. His work centers on efforts to help organizations and institutions design and implement legally sustainable and educationally sound access and diversity-related policies and programs. He has also helped lead major federal amicus efforts supporting postsecondary institutions asserting the lawfulness of their admission policies; and supporting transgender students in major discrimination cases. Mr. Coleman served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, where, in the 1990s, he led the Department’s development of its Title VI policy on race-conscious financial aid, as well as OCR’s first comprehensive Title IX sexual harassment policy guidance. A former litigator, Mr. Coleman is a 1984 honors graduate of Duke University School of Law and a 1981 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Virginia.
Previous Award Winners:
- 2025 – David Hawkins
- 2024 – Justin Draeger
- 2023 – John Mahoney
- 2022 – Patrick O’Connor
- 2021 – The Nepal Justice League
- 2020 – The Shawn Carter Foundation
- 2019 – Joyce E. Smith
- 2018 – The ACCEPT Facebook group (Founded by Marie Bigham, Steve Frappier, and Brandi Smith)
- 2017 – William R. Fitzsimmons and Carmen Lopez
- 2016- Stacy Lightfoot
- 2015 – Dr. Trish Hatch, Dr. Sandy Savitz-Romer, Campus Pride and Shane Windmeyer
- 2014 – First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama
- 2013 – Nicole Farmer Hurd and Ted O’Neill
- 2012 – Greg Darnieder
- 2011 – Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
- 2010 – Steve Peifer
- 2009 – Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- 2008 – Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
- 2007 – Loren Pope
- 2006 – Hugh O’Brian
- 2005 – Irving Fradkin
- 2004 – Rep. David Obey (D-WI)
- 2002 – Sen. George V. Voinovich (R-OH), Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL), and Rep. Betty McCullum (D-MN)
- 2001 – Lee C. Bollinger
- 2000 – Richard Riley
- 1999 – William G. Bowen and Derek Bok
- 1998 – Tom Joyner
- 1997 – Dr. Benjamin Carson
- 1996 – Peggy Cooper Cafritz
- 1995 – David L. Boren
- 1994 – Eugene Lang
- 1993 – Arnold Mitchem
- 1992 – Sen. Herbert Kohl (D-WI) and Sen. Thomas Sawyer (D-OH)
- 1991 – Theodore Sizer
- 1990 – Augustus F. Hawkins
- 1989 – Harold L. Hodgkinson
- 1988 – Oluf Davidsen and George Hanford
- 1987 – Ernest L. Boyer
- 1986 – William D. Ford, Samuel L. Meyers and Paul Simon
- 1985 – Alexander W. Astin
- 1984 – Fred Hargadon
- 1983 – Francis Keppel
The Gayle C. Wilson Outstanding Service to the Profession Award honors NACAC members who provided outstanding service through counseling and assisting students in attaining their educational goals.
Below are several (but not all) of the criteria that is taking into consideration when selecting an award recipient for the Gayle C. Wilson Outstanding Service to the Profession Award.
- NACAC Membership: must be a current NACAC member
- Consistently serves and advocates for students with passion and integrity.
- Routinely serves students and families above and beyond the “call of duty”.
- Regularly mentors colleagues, provides inspiration and support, and uplifts the next generation of practitioners and leaders.
About the 2026 award winner, Mary Worland Napier:
Founder of NES, an executive search firm specializing in higher education since 2014, Mary Worland Napier has built a reputation for being a strategic leader in guiding colleges and universities in identifying top talent in enrollment management. Mary has a deep commitment to the field and extensive experience in enrollment management over the past 40 years, championing a profession that has a profound impact on the lives of individual students. She delights in being a connector and has encountered great satisfaction in the process of discovering the right leader for each position. The daily joy has been getting to know intelligent, caring enrollment practitioners, those established as well as those on the rise, who value students, surpass goals, and advance their institutions in the face of changing times, tools, and challenges. To that end she has invested herself in the success of individuals in the field – offering wisdom, guidance, an ear during tough times, and sometimes, a gentle push and a dose of confidence. Mary has consistently sought to raise up higher education and the passionate professionals dedicated to making a difference.
Beginning in 2010, Mary played an integral role as a search consultant with Lahti Search Consultants. Before specializing in executive search, Mary served directly in the field for 16 years, including roles such as the chief enrollment officer for Stetson University (Florida), interim Vice President at Manhattanville University (New York), and in progressive management roles in admissions at the University of Tulsa (Oklahoma) and Ripon College (Wisconsin). Additionally, Mary worked for nine years as a consultant for the National Research Center for College and University Admissions, now known as Encoura.
A first-generation college student, Mary earned her bachelor’s degree in behavioral sciences from Lake Forest College (Illinois) and her master’s degree in industrial/organizational psychology from the University of Tulsa.
Previous Award Winners:
- 2025 – Toni Schexnyder
- 2024 – Mark Hatch
- 2023 – Mary Lou Bates
- 2022 -Mary Ann Willis
- 2021 – Thomas Butler and Sean Callaway
- 2020 – Dominique Jordan Turner
- 2019 – Nan Davis
- 2018 – Lynn Slaughter (posthumous) and Susan Biemeret
- 2017 – Youlonda Copeland-Morgan
- 2016 – Evelyn Boyd White
- 2015 – Bill Dingledine
- 2014 – Myron Arakawa
- 2013 – Carolyn Barnhart
- 2012 – George Mills
- 2011 – Esther Hugo
- 2010 – Marybeth Kravets
- 2009 – John Blackburn
- 2008 – Theodore Spencer
- 2007 – Kpakpundu Ezeze
- 2006 – Michael Barron
- 2005 – Angela ‘Nickie’ Roberson
- 2004 – Daniel Feldhaus and Edward Wall (posthumous)
- 2003 – Richard Stabell
- 2002 – Lonnie Barefield
- 2001 – Joseph P. Allen
- 2000 – Gary Williams
- 1999 – G. Gary Ripple
- 1998 – Roger Campbell
- 1997 – Peggy Templeton-Strong
- 1996 – Naomi Kuziemski
- 1995 – Sally LaGoy
- 1994 – Braxton Rethwisch
- 1993 – R. Russell Shunk
- 1992 – Anne M. Kennedy
- 1991 – James A. Alexander, Jr.
- 1990 – Joseph A. Monte
- 1989 – Lois C. Mazzuca
- 1988 – Margaret E. Addis
- 1987 – Sarah J. Needham
- 1986 – Jeanette B. Hersey
- 1985 – Mary Ann Schwalbe
- 1984 – Evelyn M. Yeagle
- 1983 – Donald G. Dickason
- 1982 – Charles E. Malone
- 1981 – Anna H. Bowditch
- 1980 – Marion Flagg
- 1979 – Emery R. Walker, Jr.
- 1978 – Mildred G. Fox
- 1977 – Harley Wyatt, Jr.
- 1976 – Louis H. Fritzmeier
- 1975 – Esther DeMerritt
- 1974 – Eugene S. Wilson
- 1973 – Harland W. White
The David A. Hawkins Government Relations Award is presented to a NACAC member or initiative that made outstanding contributions to advance policies that promote equal access to higher education, encourage student achievement, and further the government relations priorities of NACAC members.
About the 2026 award winner, Lisa Sohmer:
Lisa Sohmer served as Director of College Counseling at Garden School in Jackson Heights, New York, for 20 years before launching Sohmer College Counseling LLC. Throughout her career, she has worked closely with students and families, helping them find the right academic and personal fit for college.
Lisa has held numerous leadership roles in the field. She is a past president of the New York State Association for College Admission Counseling (NYSACAC) and was honored with the organization’s President’s Award in 2008. From 2006 to 2009, she served on NACAC’s Board of Directors, where she contributed to national initiatives supporting students and counselors alike.
Committed to professional development and empowering others in the field, Lisa co-directed the NYSACAC Summer Institute (2010–2012), chaired the planning committee for NACAC’s National College Fair in New York City (2012–2016), and currently co-chairs the NYSACAC Women Empowering Women Special Interest Group (SIG). She also serves on the NACAC Women Empowering Women SIG Executive Board and co-leads its Membership Committee.
One of Lisa’s most important ongoing projects is her Glossary of College Counseling Terms, which she first created in 2003 and has updated annually ever since. Lisa is gratified to know that it has been widely shared and used by countless counselors, students, and families for more than 20 years.
Lisa holds a bachelor’s degree in English and Government from Connecticut College and a master’s degree in Journalism from New York University. This year, she celebrates 30 years in college counseling and 10 years of Sohmer College Counseling LLC.
Previous Award Winners:
- 2025 – Kristina Luster
- 2024 – Indiana ACAC Advocacy Webinar Series (AWS)
- 2023 – The Pennsylvania ACAC Government Relations Committee
- 2022 – Stephanie Brazinsky and Maria Ornelas
- 2021 – Ashley Young
- 2019 – Paul Welsh
- 2018 – Breanne Boyle
- 2017 – Sarah Summerhill
- 2016 – Jessica Sant
- 2015 – Grant Blume
- 2014 – Julie Fopma
- 2013 – Jayne Fonash
- 2012 – Ken Anselment
- 2011 – Bob Bardwell
- 2010 – Craig Dodson
- 2009 – Patrick O’Connor
- 2008 – Jon Westover
- 2007 – From Western ACAC: Kevin Buck, Elsa Clark, Esther Hugo, Esther Lopez, Rafael Magallan, Marc Meredith, Katy Murphy, and Loretta Whitson
- 2006 – Allen V. Lentino
- 2005 – New York State ACAC
- 2004 – Rose-Ellen Racanelli
- 2003 – Jim Miller
- 2002 – Frank Sachs
- 2001 – Braxton Rethwisch
The Inclusion, Access, and Success Award honors NACAC members who have made opportunities for historically underrepresented students in postsecondary education.
About the 2026 award winner, Young Women’s Preparatory Network:
Previous Award Winners:
- 2025 – Peggy Jenkins
- 2024 – Melisa Hypolite
- 2023 – Naziat Hassan and Jennifer Jessie (Jenn The Tutor)
- 2022 – EMERGE
- 2021 – Yvonne Espinoza
- 2020 – Sylvester Rembert
- 2019 – Heidi Bonner
- 2018 – Catalina Cifuentes
- 2017 – Celina Barrera-Scott
- 2016 – Jonathan Burdick
- 2015 – Audrey Smith and Coalition for HB 1079
- 2014 – Janice Downing
- 2013 – Alfred Herrera and Julie Kampschroeder
- 2012 – Richard Alvarez
- 2011 – Chris Milton and Karen Staller
- 2010 – Aliza Gilbert and Posse Foundation
- 2009 – Admission Possible
- 2008 – College Goal Sunday
- 2007 – Advancement Via Individual Determination
- 2006 – Alejandra Rincón
- 2005 – Whitney Laughlin
- 2004 – Pathways to College Network
- 2003 – The Daniels Fund
- 2002 – Dr. Arnold Mitchem
- 2001 – Jacob Schramm
- 2000 – I Have a Dream Foundation
- 1999 – Susan Chipley
- 1998 – Roberto Haro
- 1997 – Edward Bell
- 1996 – Donald Johnson
- 1995 – Robert Albright, Gloria de Leon and Ernesto Nieto
- 1994 – Laurice Sommers
- 1993 – Carl F. Brown
- 1992 – J. Alan Marks and Betty Schneider
- 1991 – Silas Purnell
- 1990 – Samuel H. Johnson
- 1989 – Betty Fairfax
- 1988 – NACAC Human Relations Committees of 1986 & 1987 for the development of Guide for Parents: Ronald C. Ancrum, Rosetta L. Gooden, Audrey T. Hill, Naomi Kuziemski, Leslie K. Lane-Epps, Geverna Levels, Brian J. Lewis, Walter M. Pritchett, Clifton B. Rawles, Thedore Sherron and Anthonio Solorzano, Jr.
- 1987 – Clarence Mixon
- 1986 – Marion R. Flagg
- 1985 – Jack Wright
- 1984 – William R. Davis
The John B. Muir Excellence in Media Award honors NACAC members who have consistently made significant media-related contributions to the college admission counseling field.
All content must be free or included with NACAC membership. A wide variety of works will be considered, including those falling into the following categories:
Writing
A news article, op-ed, or long-form blog entry or blog series related to college admission counseling
Video
A documentary, or instructional or informational video (non-marketing) related to college admission counseling
Podcast Series
A series of podcasts related to college admission counseling
Author/Creator
Published a book or another major work in the past year
Social Media Campaign
Collective posts for one campaign in the past year
PSA Series
A themed series that supports the need for postsecondary education (or other college admission counseling themes)
About the 2026 award winner, Edward Pickett III:
Edward “Eddie” Pickett III is a first-generation college graduate who earned a B.A. in Media Studies and Studio Art from Pitzer College (CA) and an M.A. in Higher Education Administration from Boston College (MA). He joined Pomona College (CA) in December 2021 and currently serves as Assistant Vice President and Director of Admissions, a role he assumed in November 2025.
Eddie began his career in college admission at Tufts University (MA), where he advanced from Admissions Counselor to Director of Diversity Recruitment and Associate Director of Undergraduate Admissions. He later transitioned to the secondary school side as College Counselor and Dean at Polytechnic School (CA), advising juniors and seniors through the college search process, teaching a college counseling course, coaching football, and serving on committees that advanced the school’s diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. During this time, he also became the inaugural College Counselor for Partnership for Success!, a community-based organization serving predominantly low-income students in the Pasadena Unified School District (CA). There, he developed the organization’s college counseling program from the ground up, creating his own role and designing a comprehensive, grade-level college counseling curriculum.
Since 2021, Eddie has served as the host of NACAC’s College Admissions Decoded podcast, where he facilitates thoughtful conversations with admission leaders, counselors, and higher education experts on topics shaping the profession. Known for his engaging interview style and ability to make complex issues accessible, he helps translate conversations about equity, student success, and institutional practice into practical insights for students, families, and college admission professionals. He also served on the NACAC Board of Directors from 2021 to 2024 and has been selected as a faculty member for NACAC’s Guiding the Way to Inclusion (GWI) program four times.
Outside of work, Eddie enjoys listening to audiobooks, asking random questions, and having deep conversations.
Previous Award Winners:
- 2025 – John Durante
- 2024 – Jim Jump
- 2023 – Timothy Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown
- 2022 -Shanda Ivory
- 2021 – Ken Anselment
- 2020 – Jon Boeckenstedt
- 2017 – Tommy Lucas and Whitney Linsenmeyer, “Cutting Through a Crisis: Guiding Prospective Students and Families During Times of Unrest” (Spring 2016)
- 2016 – Dr. Tara Jabbaar-Gyambrah and Dr. Seneca Vaught, “Why College as an Investment is a Lousy Analogy” (Winter 2015)
- 2015 – Jason Klugman, “Creating a Community of Scholars on the Edge of Disaster” (Winter 2014)
- 2014 – Arthur Levine and Diane R. Dean, “It’s Only Technology If It Happens After You Are Born” (Summer 2013)
- 2013 – Benjamin S. Baum, “LGBT Applicants and Challenges for Admission: Five Cases” (Fall 2012)
- 2012 – Amy Liu, “The Admission Industrial Complex: Examining Entrepreneurial Impact on College Access” (Winter 2011)
- 2011 – Ryan Gildersleeve, “Access Between and Beyond Borders” (Winter 2010) and Anne Pabst, “The Search for Sustainable Girls” (Fall 2010)
- 2010 – Jonathon Epstein, “Behind the SAT-Optional Movement: Context and Controversy” (Summer 2009)
- 2009 – Angel Pérez, “Struggling Between Two Worlds: How College Affects Identity Construction” (Winter 2008)
- 2008 – Kirsten Olson, “Hyperventilating: The Concerted Cultivation of the Teenager” (Summer 2007)
- 2007 – Joyce Vining Morgan, “Yves: Hope Against the Odds” (Summer 2006)
- 2006 – Sam Patterson, “How Much is Too Much? Effective and Ethical Response to Application Essays” (Fall 2005)
- 2005 – Kelly Herrington, “The Pleasure, Privledge and Agony of Application Reading” (Summer 2004)
- 2004 – Carla Shere and Mark Hicks, “Toward Reflective Admission Work: New Direction for Thoughts and Practice” (Spring 2003)
- 2003 – Sarah Myers McGinty, “Issues of Access: The College Application Essay” (Fall 2002)
- 2002 – John L. Mahoney, “Perception of the Profession is Cause for Concern” (Winter 2001)
- 2001 – Frank D. Sachs, “The Evolvement of Parent Education in the College Counseling Process” (Fall 2000)
- 2000 – Kim Stafford, “College Recruitment Night” (Spring/Summer 1999)
- 1999 – Van Sturgeon, “The Day I Turned Stupid” (Summer 1998)
- 1998 – Michael Smith, “Multicultural Admission: From Paper Policy to Institutional Committment” (Summer 1997)
- 1997 – James Alexander, Anne L. Bryant, Gwendolyn Jordan Dungy, Jean H. Fetter, Bill Fitzsimmons, Lawrence E. Gladieux, Mary Lee Hoganson, Don Johnson, Marybeth Kravets, Judy Rolfe, Ted Spencer, Peter Van Tyle, and Albert C. Yates, Special Issue: Diversity (Summer/Fall 1996)
- 1996 – Ron W. Moss, “A Generation of Variance: Are We Prepared?” (Fall 1995)
- 1995 – Peter Van Tyle, “How to Keep College Admission Officers at Their Desks and Out of the Courtroom” (Winter 1995)
- 1994 – Frank C. Leana, “Blueberry Pancakes, Please” (Summer 1994)
- 1993 – Maryam Ahamad, Edward Bell, Charlene Blue Horse, Deborah B. Bowles, Frank Burtnett, Deborah J. Carter, Richard Ferguson, John Hollifield, Naomi Kuziemski, Whitney Laughlin, Laudelina Martinez, Suzannne D. Mintz, Arnold Mitchem, Michael Rowland, William E. Sedlacek, Charles Shom, Donald M. Stewart, and Kristin Tichenor; Achieving Diversity: Strategies for the Recruitment and Retention of Traditionally Underrepresented Students
- 1992 – Bethany L. Spotts, “Creating a Successful Minority Affairs Position” (Spring 1991)
- 1991 – B. Ann Wright, “Smile When You Say Performance Appraisal” (Winter 1990)
- 1989 – Steven Munger, A Guide to the College Admissions Process
- 1988 – Jean Ballard Terepka
- 1987 – E. Douglas Norton, “Intervention in Burnout and Substance Abuse in the Admissions Professions” (Spring 1987)
- 1986 – Daniel C. Tyson, “The Montezuma Eight: A Moral Challenge to the Admissions Profession” (Winter 1986)
- 1985 – David Chapman and Susan L. Benati, “The Structure of Salaries in College Admissions” (Spring 1985)
- 1984 – Suzanne McColloch and Betsy Porter, “No-Need Scholarships: Practices, Trends, and Attitudes” (Fall 1983)