Counselor Message Board
The Counselor Message Board is updated each week.
Mark your calendar for the
2024 College Changes Everything® (CCE) conference, an in-person event taking place on July 18, 2024 at the Tinley Park Convention Center. Proposals for conference interest sessions are now being accepted (complete
session proposal forms that are submitted online by Monday, April 8, 2024 will receive priority consideration). Further details are provided in a
March 18 e-Message.
During a March 26 webinar, ISAC will discuss how to navigate the
one-time Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) Account Adjustment process that ends on April 30. Specific details were provided in a
March 6 e-Message
This is a reminder to join ISAC for free professional development webinars on March 26, 2024, at 11 a.m. (CT) and have a discussion on ISAC's Financial Aid Application Completion Initiative, and on March 28, 2024, at 10 a.m. (CT) to see an in-depth review of the FAFSA Submission Summary. Further details – including how to register for a webinar – were provided in a
February 27 e-Message.
If your school has been considering making the switch from paper to electronic transcripts, be sure to register for the Parchment Preview webinar that will take place at 10 a.m. (CT) on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Further details – including a high-level description of the
ISAC Transcript Exchange and access to online registration for the webinar – are provided in a
March 14 e-Message.
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March 12th e-Message announces ISAC will now require schools accessing GAP to use a separate two-factor authentication device following the Authy desktop app discontinuation.
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March 12 e-Message reminds partners that all
session proposals for the 2024
Illinois Postsecondary and Career Expectations (PaCE) Symposium – which will take place in April (in Champaign) and May (in Elgin) – are due no later than
11:59 p.m. (CT) on Friday, March 15.
The 2024 Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling (IACAC) annual conference will be held April 24-26, 2024 at the Westin Chicago Northwest in Itasca, IL. Details, including session titles and registration information, are available at the
Conference area of the
IACAC website. Be sure to register by the April 6 deadline in order to avoid paying a late fee.
Keep up with the latest information from ED by regularly visiting the
Federal Student Aid (FSA) Financial Aid Toolkit website.
A current
State Legislative Update, containing information about recent legislative activity impacting ISAC, is available in the
e-Library, #13, Press Releases & State Legislative Update.
March 31, 2024 is the priority
application consideration date for the 2024-25 Minority Teachers of Illinois (MTI) Scholarship Program. Details about this program are provided for applicants at the
MTI Scholarship Program page, located within the
Students & Parents area of this website.
If your institution is just getting started with adopting an
Illinois Postsecondary and Career Expectations (PaCE) Framework, be sure to
register for an upcoming "Part One" training session. Specific details – including dates, times, and locations – are provided in a
February 6 e-Message.
The links below have information on topics that were previously listed on the Message Board.
FAFSA Completion InitiativeOutreach Calendar/EventsFAFSA Completion Information