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Moss ('63) elected to national admissions board
Dec 5, 2006 10:47 AM
By Tannika King - Faculty
Sam Moss (’63), dean of college guidance at Darlington School, was elected to the board of directors of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) at its 62nd national conference held recently in Pittsburgh, Penn. NACAC is the largest association of admissions officers and counselors dedicated to the college admission process, with more than 9,200 colleges, universities, secondary schools, and individual members worldwide.
Moss has served in many capacities with NACAC, including as coordinator of its state and regional president’s council and as a member of its admissions practices (ethics) committee, fund advisory board, and governance and nominating committees. He has also served as president of the Southern Association for College Admissions Counseling (SACAC), one of NACAC’s 23 state and regional affiliates, as well as chair of numerous SACAC committees. In addition, Moss has served the College Board as chair of the admissions and guidance assembly for the Southern region and as a member of the College Board’s regional council. He has also served as a member of the National Merit Scholarship selection committee, on the admissions advisory committees at both the University of Georgia and at the University of Miami, and as a faculty member of summer professional institutes at Vanderbilt University, Emory University, Agnes Scott College, and Davidson College.
Following his graduation from Darlington in 1963, Moss received a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., and a Master of Arts in English from Jacksonville University, Fla., as well as doing additional studies at Oxford University in England. He served at Episcopal High School, Jacksonville, Fla., as a teacher, administrator, and dean for 15 years before returning to Darlington in 1982.
In Moss’s speech to the NACAC assembly in Pittsburgh, he cited two key – and interrelated – issues that should be kept at the fore in the world of college admissions today. “With America’s obsession with rankings, ratings, and institutional prestige, NACAC’s greatest challenge is to influence our members to remain true to our ethical principles in an era in which we see a plethora of ethical issues facing us every day,” he said. “We must work to ensure that in their attempts to ‘market’ their institutions and increase their selectivity in the rankings, colleges never lose focus on the fair and ethical treatment of students and the importance of a good ‘match’ between student and institution.”
Moss has served in many capacities with NACAC, including as coordinator of its state and regional president’s council and as a member of its admissions practices (ethics) committee, fund advisory board, and governance and nominating committees. He has also served as president of the Southern Association for College Admissions Counseling (SACAC), one of NACAC’s 23 state and regional affiliates, as well as chair of numerous SACAC committees. In addition, Moss has served the College Board as chair of the admissions and guidance assembly for the Southern region and as a member of the College Board’s regional council. He has also served as a member of the National Merit Scholarship selection committee, on the admissions advisory committees at both the University of Georgia and at the University of Miami, and as a faculty member of summer professional institutes at Vanderbilt University, Emory University, Agnes Scott College, and Davidson College.
Following his graduation from Darlington in 1963, Moss received a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn., and a Master of Arts in English from Jacksonville University, Fla., as well as doing additional studies at Oxford University in England. He served at Episcopal High School, Jacksonville, Fla., as a teacher, administrator, and dean for 15 years before returning to Darlington in 1982.
In Moss’s speech to the NACAC assembly in Pittsburgh, he cited two key – and interrelated – issues that should be kept at the fore in the world of college admissions today. “With America’s obsession with rankings, ratings, and institutional prestige, NACAC’s greatest challenge is to influence our members to remain true to our ethical principles in an era in which we see a plethora of ethical issues facing us every day,” he said. “We must work to ensure that in their attempts to ‘market’ their institutions and increase their selectivity in the rankings, colleges never lose focus on the fair and ethical treatment of students and the importance of a good ‘match’ between student and institution.”
