Required Texts:
Asher, Donald. 2007. Cool Colleges, 2nd Edition. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press.
Springer, Sally P., Reider, Jon and Vining Morgan, Joyce 2013. Admission Matters, 3rd Edition. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. Make sure you purchase the most recent edition.
Required Online Readings:
NACAC �Statement of Principles of Good Practice� https://www.nacacnet.org/about/Governance/Policies/Documents/SPGP_9_2013.pdf
NACAC �Statement of Principles of Good Practice: Education, Monitoring Procedures, and Penalties� https://www.nacacnet.org/about/Governance/Policies/Documents/SPGP_EMPP_10_10_12_ChangesInRed.pdf
Sternberg, Robert J. �Defining a Great University,� Inside Higher Ed, November 29, 2010. https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2010/11/29/sternberg
NACAC “Student Rights and Responsibilities”
Early Decision(ED) Agreement form
Assignment: Week 2 Reflections
Optional discussion prompt: Have you had any students and their families blatantly disregard any of the mandatory or best practices or responsibilities you’ve read about this week? If so, how have you or your school handled it? If you choose to weave this prompt into your post, don’t forget to follow the rubric (including two specific references to the readings, with citation, etc.).
Another optional prompt… Here’s a charmer that was posted in a recent forum: “Top this: I have a parent who for sure completed her daughter’s college applications (she told me she did – in writing) and may have written the essays too. When I expressed concern not only about the ethics of this, but also the message this sends her daughter, she told me & I quote: ‘Your self-imposed ethics are of no concern to me & besides sending in the paperwork you have no role in this process.'” How would you handle this one? Again, make sure you follow the grading rubric and refer back to the readings.
Grading Rubrics:
* Reflections are thoughtful, polite, thorough enough to give the reader a clear indication the readings have been completed, stay on-topic, relate back to at least two separate* areas of the required readings and cite page numbers or e-reader locations where those readings can be found, and are posted by the Sunday noon PT deadline. Reflections should be between 250 and 650 words and reflect your thoughts about what you have read, not just parrot back what the authors had to say. You can do this by relating what you’ve read to something you’ve seen, experienced, or read elsewhere.
* 12 – or 14 fonts
