Organizers of the much-talked-about effort to "recast" the college-admissions process are pushing back its start date, from January to April, according to an email on Wednesday from the Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success to college counselors.
The planned January release of the coalition’s "virtual college locker" feature, which would allow high-school students to upload videos and essays in real time, has prompted worries among counselors and others that the effort is moving too fast. "This feels like a mad dash," one high-school counseling director told coalition organizers in a crowded session at this year’s National Association for College Admission Counseling conference. "Don’t rush and, pardon me, screw it up."
Read more at The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/after-criticism-a-controversial-effort-to-recast-admissions-pushes-back-its-start-date/105664