2010 ACCIS Institute Electronic Binder
Session #1: Dr. Joseph Soares, Professor of Sociology, Wake Forest University: The Power of Privilege and College Admissions Testing
Session #2: Three Panels
Test Prep Panel: Test Prep Perspective
Economies and the Current Landscape of Higher Education
Session #3:
Test Prep Panel: College Counselors' Perspective
Reprise of Financial Aid Session & Economies and the Current Landscape of Higher Education
Session #4: How Do You Handle This? Small groups focused on discussing the specific challenges we all face day-to-day.
Test Prep in Our Schools
Working with Naviance
Getting Seniors Ready for the Emotional Transition to College
Building the List - Sharing Under-Appreciated Gems
Working with Faculty - Rec Letters and other Forms of Support
Counselor Calls - How Have They Changed in Recent Years
Board Reports - How Do We Respond to the Call for Metrics
Session #5: Mark Bauerlein, professor of English at Emory University, discussed his book The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes our Future
Session #6: Admissions Deans Panel on Testing & Other Current Issues at Georgia Tech: Jean Jordan (Emory), Lee Ann Afton (Agnes Scott), Rick Clark (Georgia Tech), Nancy McDuff (U. of Georgia), and Ken Himmelman (Bennington)
Session #7: Bob Schaeffer, Public Education Director, Fair Test: The Movement to Challenge Standardized Tests in College Admissions
Session #8: Three Panels
Towards a New Understanding of Fit - Exploring a College Curriculum for Insight
Positive Psychology & College Counseling
Session #9: How Do You Handle This? (Round Two)
Office Dynamics - Directors, Associates, and Counselors
Getting Seniors Ready for the Emotional Transition to College
Building the List - Sharing Under-appreciated Gems
Working with Faculty - Rec Letters and other Forms of Support
Counselor Calls - How Have They Changed in Recent Years
Board Reports - How Do We Respond to the Call for Metrics
Session #10: ACCIS Meeting