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...gave the unfortunate impression that these resolutions were passed hastily, when in fact, NACAC was given a directive to study its early admission policies as far back as the 2000 National Conference in Washington, D.C. during its general membership meeting. The Admission Practices committee previewed its potential modifications to NACAC??€™s early admission policies to state and regional leaders in March and July of 2001 and sent a comprehensive preview to all 199 national delegates in August of 2001, a full month prior to the conference...
...disagreement stems from a policy change instituted at NACAC??€™s sparsely attended convention in San Antonio one week after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, when members voted to allow students applying under binding Early Decision programs at one college to file as many nonbinding Early Action applications as they wished. Although students would still be required to enroll at their Early Decision school if accepted, they could attend an Early Action school that admitted them if they did not get into their Early Decision college...
...accepting membership in NACAC, colleges agree to abide by the organization’s policies including its definitions of Early Decision and Early Action, according to Martin A. Wilder, NACAC??€™s Vice President for Admission, Counseling, and Enrollment Practices. Continued noncompliance can result in expulsion from NACAC, which Wilder said the association has not done in 20 years to his knowledge...
...NACAC??€™s annual conference begins in Salt Lake City this week, and Wilder said it is possible that the organization might change the policy once again to defuse the situation. But if the two sides cannot resolve their disagreement, it’s unclear which would be hurt more...
...decision to let Early Decision applicants file simultaneous Early Action applications was made at NACAC??€™s national conference, which received little media attention and was poorly attended due to the terrorist attacks one week beforehand...