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Slate Integration is Here!
Ask and you shall receive! Our product team has been working hard to build what so many of you have been asking for. We’re very excited to announce we are launching Slate integration! With this, student data will flow automatically from Concourse into your system once...
Is This the Hardest Year Ever to Get into College?
Ask almost any admissions officer how the admissions cycle has been and many will tell you they have been overwhelmed with applications.
Concourse and CIS Join Forces to Reinvent Admissions for 1,300+ Education Institutions
Today we're proud to enter into partnership with the Council of International Schools. For decades, CIS has been helping, guiding, and evaluating the continual improvement of education institutions to help them provide students with the knowledge, skills, and...
MarketScale Podcast: Do College Admissions Need to be Disrupted?
Joe shared our vision, mission and "origin story" with JW Marshall on the Voices of E-Learning podcast for MarketScale this week... The process of applying to college continues to get more complex, especially for international students. The burden is on the student,...
Costa Rica Student Attends Canadian University during Pandemic
Congratulations to Rommel and to Bishop's University - the university of his dreams! Rommel was one of our favorite students: motivated and positive in a time of turmoil for his family and country. And his counselor – Marijke Armstrong of Lighthouse International...
Forbes: This Company Could Change The Broken College Admissions System
We're very excited to share that Derek Newton just wrote a great article about Concourse for Forbes. In his words... The way we do things now - students pick a few schools, fire off applications and wait to hear - is unfair to students, incentives the wrong things,...
Key ways to transform the college admissions process
Harder doesn’t always equal better—the admissions process should be easier and more accessible. The lasting impact of the pandemic on higher education is undeniable. The number of high school graduates going straight to college decreased by 22 percent this fall, and...
Concourse Global Partners with Amala Education to Make Higher Education Accessible to Refugees
Concourse Global is excited to announce a partnership with Amala Education (formerly known as Sky School), an organization focused on using transformative education to create opportunities and inspire positive change in the lives of refugees and their communities. ...
Applying to College: Making a Stressful Process Empowering and Equitable
For decades, it’s been widely accepted that applying to college is a hard, stressful and time-consuming process. Students can easily spend months on university preparation and the application process, as well as thousands of dollars in application fees. Parents aren’t...
Our Prediction for 2021: Remote Student Recruiting Will Become the “New Normal”
2020 will probably go down in history as the most disruptive and challenging year in the history of higher education. Like many, we're happy to leave behind some of that stress and uncertainty. But we also think the reverberations of 2020 will be felt well into...
Test Optional Is Just The Beginning. What’s Next?
The COVID-19 pandemic has driven institutions to find new ways to recruit and assess students. Innovative policies, like test-optional admissions, can increase access and diversity on campus. But it's only the beginning. Universities can do more to break down barriers...
Students Wanting to “Shelter In Place” Can Now Access New Paths to University Without Losing a Year of Study
Many say that uncertainty is the new normal, but a novel partnership in the educational industry is helping students find peace of mind.
Concourse is Revolutionizing Education Fairs
Education fairs are often celebrated as the most effective way for students to connect with university representatives. But what about how students and universities connect and keep in touch after those events? Most often, students are filling in dozens of forms,...
Concourse Helps Get Your Students Noticed with Profile Sharing
Picture this: It's early June, and you have a student who has not yet received an offer of admission. You're trying to find them a last minute opportunity, but it's almost impossible to quickly and concisely communicate their academics to a university representative....
Concourse Global Launches New Free Curriculum to Help College Counselors
Currently, the C4 has month-by-month, step-by-step guides for the countries including Australia, Netherlands, USA, UK and Canada. “It’s hard for counselors to help all of their students if they don’t have a process,”says Joe Morrison, founder of Concourse Global....
Concourse Global Helps College Counselors Bypass Metrics Madness (Rankings vs Fit)
What is really important when it comes to choosing a university and course? “Traditionally, college-bound students and their families were obsessed with the highest-ranked institution that would accept them regardless of whether or not the school was a good fit for...
“Justice League” & Concourse Global Save Nepali Students’ Future
Joan Liu from the "Justice League" and the Nepalese students she represented When high achieving, qualified Nepali high school students were left stranded by funding problems at the University of Texas at Tyler, Joan Liu sprang into action like the super-hero she is....
Introducing the Common College Counseling Curriculum
Dear Concourse Friends and Colleagues, We’re excited to announce the first release of the Common College Counseling Curriculum (C4 for short). This is a resource that we’re making available for free to the education community, to serve as a default curriculum for...
2018 Reflections on Higher Education: Taking the Long View
Dear Concourse friends and colleagues, Let’s face it, 2018 was challenging! US relations with the world are at an all time low. The UK is struggling with Brexit, and populism is on the rise in Europe. China is facing a possible economic slowdown. Extreme weather...
‘Twas the Week Before Winter Break- A Counselor’s Tale
‘Twas the week before Winter Break, and all through the hallsThe students had checked out, some had since the fall.The ED decisions had come back in forceWhile some kids rejoiced, most were deferred, of course. The counselors had worked the past year, two or threeTo...
International Education Week
Happy International Education Week! Every November, we celebrate the exchange of academic and cultural knowledge that spans across continents, crosses oceans, and over mountains. International education brings people of different cultures, religions, and backgrounds...
Early Action vs Early Decision: What do they mean for your students?
The U.S. higher education system can be difficult to navigate. There are over 4,000 higher education institutions in the U.S. and a huge variety in the types of programs offered: semesters, trimesters, modules, co-op learning, it’s endless! Now add into the mix...
Concourse Announces PowerSchool Integration
Concourse Global is excited to announce PowerSchool integration support. If your high school uses PowerSchool, you can now easily import your student data into Concourse for easy platform on-boarding and grade population. By pre-populating students’ basic information...
How can a Code of Ethics Violate Antitrust Law?
The US Department of Justice is currently investigating the ethics code of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC). Specifically, they are looking into whether the Code of Ethics of Professional Practices (CEPP), formerly known as the...
Concourse Software Launch: All Systems are Go!
We're thrilled to announce the launch of Concourse 1.0 this week! Kudos to our amazing development team (powered by AgilityIO) who completed the first release of our software on time, on budget, and at a superlative level of quality. Hats off to Will Simmons, our UX...
Combating the Tyranny of Rankings
The typical college fair... If you have ever attended a college fair- whether it is in a fancy hotel ballroom or in the cramped breezeway of a high school at lunchtime- you have heard the words that, even a grandmother in Asia who barely understands English can...
International Baccalaureate Diploma Requirements
Recognized by universities around the world as broad and highly rigorous, the International Baccalaureate (IB) program gives academically inclined students a way challenge themselves. In addition to individual courses, the IB offers a complete two-year program known...
Another Way In to a Top Korean University?
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