US Admissions Directors change approach to international student recruitment

In a change of mind reported by Inside Higher Education, US Admissions Directors attending NACAC have now decided to permit the use of agents/consultants in recruiting international students,  A complicating issue is that "college officials seem well aware of the challenges of promoting integrity in international admissions. Sixty-one percent of admissions directors answered Yes when asked if they believed that agents play a direct role in helping international applicants fabricate parts of their applications."
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/survey/feeling-heat-2013-survey-college-and-university-admissions-directors#ixzz2fEcRR2RE

If 61% believe that their decisions on international students could be flawed by the practice of using agents, what does that mean for the institutions that may find students on their doorsteps who are not really prepared for their studies?

In a subsequent article, Insider Higher Education indicated, "If this passes the Assembly on Saturday we will go from a ban to an allowance with those provisions, and then we can work out the details," Miller continued. "If we don't get it through the Assembly on Saturday, then we've got the ban."

Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/09/20/admissions-officials-discuss-pending-vote-use-commissioned-agents-international#ixzz2fQzlSzDn