What Are College Admission Counselors' Perspectives in 2009?

Today's Campus (formerly Greentree Gazette) shares a collection of very brief quotes from conversations it overheard at the National Association for College Admission Counseling annual meeting recently, in Baltimore. Some examples: "Using sophisticated econometric models, we predicted enrollment to be down 10 percent this year.  That didn’t happen." - Kevin Crockett, CEO, Noel-Levitz; and "This is not the bad year.  By the time everyone realized (in Spring 2009) that this economic situation was not a blip, they had already committed (for Fall 2009).  Next year will be the test."  -Brian Niles, CEO, Target X.

Leading Indicators Provide a Peek at the Fall Admissions Story

A NACAC study shows that students have more interest in public schools, including community colleges, than before the financial crisis. Despite the challenges this presents for admissions staff, they're getting their budgets cuts at public (46 percent of schools) and at privates (30 percent of schools).

Read about it here:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/06/09/nacac

The top link is to the Inside Higher Ed story, this one is to the full report: "Effects of the Economy on the Admission Process, 2008-09, National Association for College Admission Counseling June 2009":
http://www.nacacnet.org/AboutNACAC/PressRoom/2009/Pages/EffectsoftheEconomy.aspx