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By Rachel Williams, NACAC Communications Los Angeles (Sept. 28, 2024) - In the wake of anti-DEI legislation taking hold in multiple states, college admission counseling professionals should continue to make decisions that are in support of their institution’s missions. That was the advice [...]
By Rachel Williams, NACAC Communications Los Angeles (Sept. 28, 2024) - Nearly five years ago, a NACAC ad hoc committee sought to answer a central question: What does the future of accessible, inclusive, equitable, and affordable postsecondary education look like, and what does NACAC [...]
By Rachel Williams, NACAC Communications Los Angeles (Sept. 27, 2024) - Instead of asking what students need to do to become more college ready, institutions need to ask themselves how they can become more student ready. That was the advice from Jennifer Baszile, [...]
By Rachel Williams, NACAC Communications Los Angeles (Sept. 26, 2024) — When Earvin “Magic” Johnson was in the ninth grade in Lansing, Michigan, his college counselor changed the trajectory of his life. “My counselor [Ms. Bird] pulled me aside and said, ‘You’re a [...]
By Rachel Williams, NACAC Communications Arlington, VA (Sept. 16, 2024) — If NACAC Conference 2024 in Los Angeles will be your first NACAC conference, you’re not alone. More than 1,000 registered attendees have already signed up for the First Timers’ Orientation, happening on [...]
By Rachel Williams, NACAC Communications New Orleans, LA (July 31, 2024) - The ambassador of New Orleans Bounce music — Big Freedia — was welcomed at Guiding the Way to Inclusion with a standing ovation. From New Orleans, Big Freedia is a hip-hop artist, [...]
By Rachel Williams, NACAC Communications New Orleans, LA (July 31, 2024) - "Hope is real. Hope is the only thing that got us to where we are today and it’s the only thing that’ll get us to where we need to go.” That [...]
By Rachel Williams, NACAC Communications New Orleans, LA (July 31, 2024) - For the first time at a Guiding the Way to Inclusion conference, NACAC presented three awards designed to recognize the exceptional and innovative contributions of individuals, institutions, and organizations in advancing equity, [...]
By Rachel Williams, NACAC Communications New Orleans, LA (July 30, 2024) - NACAC board member Chris Loo has been helping plan her school’s senior prom for the last six years. There’s just one problem: Nothing about prom aligns with her values or who she [...]
By Rachel Williams, NACAC Communications New Orleans, LA (July 30, 2024) - To truly make a difference in the work of diversity, equity, and inclusion, professionals need to be fully committed and not just ride the wave of passion that comes after big incidents. [...]