The College Board has launched a series of online professional development modules for higher education professionals. These online tools will provide them with information about College Board programs and services as well as information about the enrollment profession.
SAT Foundations
In a first-year pilot phase, SAT Foundations gives admission professionals and application readers foundational information on the SAT and the SAT Suite of Assessments. Since the redesign of the SAT, enrollment and admission leaders have requested more training and basic information about the assessments suitable for new professionals.
In response, we’ve developed an on-demand, multimedia training tool that gives approximately 75 minutes of focused training. Each of the four modules is focused on what we heard from enrollment leaders as the most important information:
- The basic concepts of the SAT including the definition of an achievement test and the history of the assessment.
- Important information about the SAT to know when reading applications, including what the SAT measures, how we ensure questions and tests are fair, score structures, validity, concordance, and the differences between the SAT and ACT®.
- Frequently asked questions that come up when speaking with students and parents—including how to access practice tools, how the College Board supports low-income students with unlimited fee waivers and score sends, how the SAT is used in high school, and, how the SAT and PSAT work together.
Each module is a self-directed session containing a mix of video and written material and ends with a brief quiz to assess mastery of the information. A successful completion also generates an email to the participant that can then be forwarded to managers.
Access SAT Foundations today.
Higher Ed Online Professional Development Series
The following courses offer brief, focused information on topics important to higher education leaders and staff. They are drawn from sessions delivered at the 2019 College Board National Forum.
Trends in Higher Education 2019
This three-part series records the popular Colloquium session at the 2019 College Board Forum, Trends in Higher Education. In these videos, the authors of Trends in College Pricing 2019 and Trends in Student Aid 2019 discuss their findings.
- Professional Level: Leadership, Mid-Level
- Field: Enrollment, Financial Aid
Identifying Talent and Potential Using Noncognitive Admissions Measures
This five-part series records the 2019 College Board Forum Session: Identifying Talent and Potential Using Noncognitive Admissions Measures. Presenters are from three institutions experimenting with the use of noncognitive measures in admissions contexts.
- Professional Level: Leadership, Mid-Level
- Field: Enrollment
Beyond Tuition: Getting to the True Cost of Attendance
This four-part series records the 2019 College Board Forum Session: Beyond Tuition: Getting to the True Cost of Attendance. Calculating costs to attend college beyond tuition and fees is complex, yet critical to students’ ability to complete their degree. Better accuracy, consistency, and transparency of costs for books, transportation, housing, and food expenses are needed to help students make informed financial decisions to ensure they not only start college but finish.
- Professional Level: Leadership, Mid-Level
- Field: Enrollment, Financial Aid
Retention Begins with The Product
This two-part series records the session at the 2019 College Board Forum, Retention Begins with the Product. Two highly regarded enrollment leaders consider retention from an institutional strategic perspective.
- Professional Level: Leadership, Mid-Level
- Field: Enrollment, Financial Aid