Last
week NACAC members received an invitation to participate in a research survey
aimed at gathering information about decision-making among college admission
professionals.
The
survey is being conducted by Ashley Floyd, a student in the Ph. D. program in
Higher Education at the University of Alabama.
Ashley’s day job is as the Director of National and International Fellowships
and Scholarships for the Honors College at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She moved there in September from Samford University,
where she served as Associate Director of its Fellows Honors program, but began
her career at Samford in admissions working under my good friend (and current
NACAC Board member) Phil Kimrey. At Samford
she also taught a course on Calling and Leadership.
I
met Ashley at the NACAC conference in Denver, and have taken the survey, and
think her research looks promising and worthwhile. I look forward to seeing the results, and am
particularly interested in seeing what the research might show with regard to
ethical reasoning in the profession.
The
deadline for completing the research survey is November 8 at midnight. It takes about 45 minutes to complete. I urge my professional friends and colleagues
to participate.