Research and Reports
NACAC’s research and reports offer insights, data, and context on various topics in college admission counseling.
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State of College Admission Report
For the last two decades, NACAC’s State of College Admission report has been a key source of college admission trend data. For 2023, the report has been redesigned as an online interactive tool that will be updated throughout the year.
Additional Research and Reports
Student Mobility
The growth of international student enrollment at American high schools, colleges, and universities, along [...]
NACAC Opposes DHS Proposed Rule to Eliminate Duration of Status for International Students in the US GalleryNACAC Opposes DHS Proposed Rule to Eliminate Duration of Status for International Students in the US
For Admission Professionals, For Counseling Professionals, International Education, Managing the Application Process, Recruitment, Research and Reports
NACAC Opposes DHS Proposed Rule to Eliminate Duration of Status for International Students in the US
Arlington, VA (Sept. 25, 2020) – The National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) expressed opposition [...]
Commissioned Agents and NACAC’s Guide to Ethical Practice Series GalleryCommissioned Agents and NACAC’s Guide to Ethical Practice Series
Ethics, For Admission Professionals, For Counseling Professionals, International Education, Managing the Application Process, Professional Standards and Ethics, Recruitment, Research and Reports
Commissioned Agents and NACAC’s Guide to Ethical Practice Series
For some colleges and universities partnering with commissioned agents to recruit international students is part [...]
Cultural Fluency at the Institutional Level
Diagnostic Tools 7 circle model reflection questions Making equity a part of post-secondary planning [...]
Cultural Fluency at the Individual Level
Diagnostic Tools Implicit bias test Facilitation skills self-assessment Readings What unconscious bias has to [...]
College Rankings: What Do They Really Mean?
Various magazines publish their college rankings issues every year, generating a lot of attention [...]
Methodology Behind College Rankings
Each ranking publication relies on a different formula, or methodology, to determine which colleges [...]
Report of the NACAC Ad Hoc Committee on US News & World Rankings
Released in 2011, this report includes recommendations from NACAC’s Ad Hoc Committee on U.S. [...]
Barriers to Successfully Financing a College Education
NACAC conducted an extensive study in the Fall of 2017, including a literature review, [...]