Learning to Lead: Admissions in the 21st Century Webinar Series

The Task Force on Admissions in the 21st Century is pleased to announce the launch of the Learning to Lead: Admissions in the 21st Century webinar series.

Learning to Lead will offer insight, information and resources to enable admissions, enrollment, financial aid, and counseling professionals to improve their understanding and professional development on the issues impacting the school-to-college transition. Webinar topics in the series will include: complexity in the admissions process; financial aid and college affordability; institutional mission and leadership; counselor advocacy; institutional advocacy; and student access and diversity.

UPCOMING WEBINARS

The Admission Process: Surviving the School-to-College Transition 
Postponed until further notice.

School counselors and admissions officers are major players in their students and families’ lives as students prepare for, apply to and get into higher education institutions. Navigating these processes is particularly challenging for underserved, lower-income and first-generation students. Using information and recommendations from the College Board’s Complexity in College Admission: The Barriers Between Aspiration and Enrollment for Lower-Income Students and from the National Office for School Counselor Advocacy’s (NOSCA) 2011 National Survey of School Counselors: Counseling at a Crossroads, this webinar will feature experts from the counseling and admission fields who will address some of the critical issues in the college admission process and how we can better support all students.

The discussion will focus on two keys areas:

1. The admission process: filling out forms, making deadlines, understanding the process and the outcomes
2. The acquisition of skills and knowledge for educational success and career preparation

Speakers:

• Margo McCoy Howe, College and Career Counselor, Discovery Canyon Campus High School, Colorado Springs, CO
• Patricia Martin, Assistant Vice President, NOSCA, The College Board (moderator)
• Bradley Quin, Executive Director, Higher Education Advocacy, The College Board (moderator)
• Gordon Stanley, Director of Counseling, Marist School, Atlanta, GA

PAST WEBINARS

Be an Education Advocate
January 26, 2012
1–2 p.m. ET

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Now, more than ever, education plays an increasing role in improving the lives of not just students, but their families, communities and our nation as a whole. This is an extraordinary time to be involved in education. However, if we are to reach our goal of 55 percent of young Americans holding a postsecondary degree by 2025, we need to become advocates to address the broad challenges facing the school counseling, admission, enrollment, and financial aid professions. Join this free webinar to learn tips to becoming an advocate and how the College Board Advocacy & Policy Center can provide the resources, support and tools you need to increase college and career readiness. Speakers:

• Michael R. Heintze, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing, Texas State University – San Marco
• Christen Pollock, Vice President, The College Board Advocacy & Policy Center

Complexity in College Admissions
March 28, 2011

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This inaugural webinar in the Learning to Lead: Admissions in the 21st Century webinar series explores the implications of the recently released report, Complexity in College Admission: Fact or Urban Myth, commissioned by the Task Force on Admissions in the 21st Century. Through a survey of approximately 1,000 students and parents who had recently undergone the college application process, the research focuses on questions of: transparency in the application process; overall perceptions of applying; parent experiences in securing good information about college choice; and the review process. The webinar will review the core findings of the research and discuss its implications for those who assist students in the transition process. 

Speakers:

• Arlene Cash, Vice President of Enrollment Management, Spelman College
• Brad Quin, Executive Director, Higher Education Advocacy, The College Board
• Bruce Walker, Vice Provost of Special Projects, The University of Texas at Austin

Cracking the Student Aid Code
April 28, 2011

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This webinar will explore the findings from Cracking the Student Aid Code, a report released in January 2011 by the College Board Advocacy & Policy Center. Based on research with parents and students of low- and moderate-income backgrounds, the report underscores families’ urgent need for earlier information about the cost of college and the resources that are available to help them afford it. The webinar will explore the implications of the research findings and ways to reduce the financial barriers faced by many students and families.

Speakers:

• Kathleen Little, Senior Advisor, Student Aid Policy, The College Board
• Anne Sturtevant, Director, Enrollment Services and Access Initiatives, The College Board

Leadership, Access and Institutional Mission
August 17, 2011

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This webinar will explore barriers to access that can be created by institutional policies and practices that inadvertently send the wrong message to aspiring students. To improve access to higher education for all students, institutional leaders must place the needs of students above those of institutions. Campus leadership is a critical component to re-align the institutional mission with the overarching goal of facilitating access. The webinar will help admissions and financial aid professionals engage meaningful discussions with institutional leadership to create greater access for all students.

Speakers:
 

• Stephanie Balmer, Vice President for Enrollment & Communications and Dean of Admissions, Dickinson College
• Carolyn Lindley, Director of Financial Aid, Northwestern University
• Jerry Lucido, Research Professor of Education and Executive Director of the University of Southern California Center for Enrollment Research, Policy, and Practice

Common Core Standards and the Impact on Admissions 
January 17, 2012
1 - 2 p.m. EDT

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As the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are adopted and implemented, how will the admissions process be impacted?  What will admissions officers need to know about CCSS and its impact on the admissions process?  This free one hour webinar will provide an overview of CCSS, their effect on college and career readiness and the changes in English language arts and math. A panel of education researchers and admissions officers will discuss the potential impact of CCSS on admissions. The result will be a better understanding of what admissions staff will need to know as colleges and universities move toward a new and important evaluative aspect to college admissions.

Speakers:

• Michael Barron, Assistant Provost for Enrollment Management and Executive Director of Admissions, University of Iowa
• Jay Goff, Vice President for Enrollment and Retention Management, Saint Louis University
• Natasha Vasavada, Executive Director, Standards Research and Development, The College Board

Be an Education Advocate 
January 26, 2012
1 - 2 p.m. EDT

DOWNLOAD THE POWERPOINT
WATCH THE WEBINAR

Now, more than ever, education plays an increasing role in improving the lives of not just students, but their families, communities and our nation as a whole. This is an extraordinary time to be involved in education. However, if we are to reach our goal of 55 percent of young Americans holding a postsecondary degree by 2025, we need to become advocates to address the broad challenges facing the school counseling, admission, enrollment, and financial aid professions. Join this free webinar to learn tips to becoming an advocate and how the College Board Advocacy & Policy Center can provide the resources, support and tools you need to increase college and career readiness.

Speakers:

• Michael R. Heintze, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing, Texas State University – San Marco
• Christen Pollock, Vice President, The College Board Advocacy & Policy Center