Welcome
to Ethical College Admissions. As the
name implies, this is a conversation about the ethical issues surrounding the
college admissions process. I started to
call it Ethical Admissions for simplicity sake, but was afraid it would be
mistaken for a place to confess moral lapses and improprieties.
This
blog pulls together several important strands in my professional life. Early in my career I taught ethics at the
college level, but I have spent close to 30 years as a college counselor. In 2010 I had the opportunity to serve as
President of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC),
and enjoyed the chance to write about the issues facing our profession,
including the changing admission landscape and the need for maintaining common
ethical ground.
Ethical
College Admissions will be better at asking questions than at providing
definitive answers. It will interpret
both “ethics” and “college admissions” broadly, and it will err on the side of
ideals and principles, not afraid to look naïve. It will see college admissions as a noble
profession rather than the sales department of the Enrollment Management
division of Higher Education, Inc.
Please
join the conversation.
Jim
Jump