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The Business of Independent Educational Consulting

EDUC X371

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Delivery Options Online

This course focuses on the business aspects of working in educational consulting and helps learners understand keys to success within this rapidly growing profession. You will explore how to manage your career as an educational consultant, identify how you will find clients and manage the marketing and selling side of the business, determine how you will run the business, and determine how you will do the actual work with students seeking college advising.

Prerequisites:

  • EDUC X369.3 - Foundations of College Admissions Advising (Grade >= 2.00)

Learner Outcomes

Individualized assignments make the course relevant whether you intend to create your own business or join an existing educational consulting practice. Under this approach, there are two overall (career) objectives (the 1st and last) three objectives that relate to each of the other course areas (do, run, find) and then the ethics object that has been in all of the courses. After successfully completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Identify your own strengths related to serving as an independent educational consultant.
  • Describe how you intend to advise students throughout each step of the college admissions process.
  • Describe strategies for business marketing and finding clients.
  • Identify key considerations in running an educational consulting business.
  • Describe specified ethical issues in college admissions advising.
  • Identify personal areas for growth and professional development opportunities.
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Sections

Section 003

Jan 27 to May 12

Type: Online, Fixed Date

Instructor:

  • Brooke Daly

Cost: $1,592.00

See section 003 Details

Type Online, Fixed Date

Dates

Jan 27, 2025 to May 12, 2025

Instructional Hours

60.00

Delivery Options

Online

Available for Credit

4 semester units

Section Notes

Students must have first taken EDUC X369.3 Foundations of College Admissions Advising, and must have either completed or be currently enrolled in EDUC X369.4 Strategies for College Admissions Advising.

Drop deadline: 6 days after start date.

This is a fixed-date class with asynchronous, online instruction. 

Students will receive access to their online section within the Canvas Learning Management System on the scheduled start date. There are weekly deadlines for assignments, and students will complete assignments within the specific dates posted in their online class.

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Section Materials

  • (Mandatory)

    A Student of Colleges by Steven R. Antonoff

    © 2019 EDUconsultingMedia ISBN 978-1733578400

  • (Mandatory)

    Business Made Simple by Donald Miller

    © 2021 Harper Collins Leadership ISBN 978-1400203819

  • (Mandatory)

    The New Consultant's Quick Start Guide by Elaine Biech

    © 2019 Wiley

Spring 2025 enrollment opens on October 21!

This course applies to the following programs:

Professional Program in College Admissions Consulting

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Required Courses

  • Foundations of College Admissions Advising
  • Strategies for College Admissions Advising
  • The Business of Independent Educational Consulting
  • Practicum in Independent Educational Consultancy

Learn More About this Program

Instructional Types

Live Online
Live Online courses provide an interactive learning experience with scheduled synchronous online sessions held via Zoom video conferencing (Pacific Time). Learn more about the Live Online format.
Online, Start Anytime
Continuous enrollment course begins when you enroll. You have a minimum of 90 days and a maximum of 180 days to complete the course.
Online, Fixed Date
Enroll in this course by its start date and complete it by its specified end date. There are no live sessions, but plenty of opportunities to collaborate with your classmates and instructor.
Classroom
Take classes in-person at one of our buildings or partner locations.

English Language Proficiency Requirements

All of our courses are taught in English. If English is not your first language, please use the following test scores as guides in order to be successful:

  • TOEFL: 90
  • IELTS Academic Format: 7
  • DAAD: C1
  • TEM-4 or TEM-8: Level 70
  • Duolingo: 125

Note: You do not need to submit test scores.

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Brooke Daly

Brooke Daly is the Founder of Advantage College Planning, an independent college consulting firm headquartered in Raleigh, NC. She expanded the business with a franchise model, coaching new business owners in opening and growing college consulting businesses across the U.S. Brooke and her husband co-founded the industry-leading software, CollegePlannerPro. A former business coach for aspiring college consultants, she is a certified Associate Certified Executive Coach. Brooke is a past president of the Higher Education Consultants Association, the past Chair of the IECA Business Practices Committee, and a member of SACAC and NACAC. 

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