Debate Over Paid Recruitment Agents Has Ended—for Now

By Eric Hoover. Toronto — One long chapter has ended, but the book surely hasn’t been shut.
American colleges may pay commissions to international-student recruiters as long as those institutions follow specific guidelines, according to new rules approved by the National Association for College Admission Counseling, or NACAC, here on Saturday. The new policy marks a shift for the association, which had long frowned upon the use of paid agents to recruit overseas. By a vote of 152 to 47, the association’s governing body amended NACAC’s Statement of Principles of Good Practice, the voluntary ethical standards for member colleges and high schools. Read more...