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Stetson starting consulting company
College consultants say his clients will likely want to know why the ex-admit dean left
Anthony Campisi
Admissions consultant Steve Goodman said that Stetson would need to come clean about his reasons for leaving Penn before being embraced in the consulting community.
Other admissions experts called into question Stetson's move to consulting, citing possible ethical concerns.
Goodman said Stetson should clarify the way in which he plans to run his firm, saying that consulting for both universities and college applicants could present a conflict of interests.
"The best admissions officers tend to focus on either one or the other side of the table," Goodman said.
Hernandez also warned that under the ethical guidelines of college admissions, Stetson must not take advantage of the connections he had built up with admissions offices during his tenure at Penn in helping his students.
University spokeswoman Lori Doyle wrote in an e-mail that it was unlikely that Penn would hire Stetson as a consultant now that Eric Furda is taking over as the new admissions dean.
Stetson also appears slated to teach in June at the Harvard Summer Institute on College Admissions, a collaboration between the College Board and Harvard University that organizes a meeting of industry officials to talk about trends in college admissions.
Stetson was on campus Tuesday night for a meeting of the Friars Senior Society; he was named an honorary member of the group in 1999.
Other admissions experts called into question Stetson's move to consulting, citing possible ethical concerns.
Goodman said Stetson should clarify the way in which he plans to run his firm, saying that consulting for both universities and college applicants could present a conflict of interests.
"The best admissions officers tend to focus on either one or the other side of the table," Goodman said.
Hernandez also warned that under the ethical guidelines of college admissions, Stetson must not take advantage of the connections he had built up with admissions offices during his tenure at Penn in helping his students.
University spokeswoman Lori Doyle wrote in an e-mail that it was unlikely that Penn would hire Stetson as a consultant now that Eric Furda is taking over as the new admissions dean.
Stetson also appears slated to teach in June at the Harvard Summer Institute on College Admissions, a collaboration between the College Board and Harvard University that organizes a meeting of industry officials to talk about trends in college admissions.
Stetson was on campus Tuesday night for a meeting of the Friars Senior Society; he was named an honorary member of the group in 1999.
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Alum
posted 4/25/08 @ 12:12 PM EST
Stranger and stranger.
SAS 93
posted 4/25/08 @ 4:03 PM EST
Curiouser and curiouser, even.
BJ
posted 4/25/08 @ 6:34 PM EST
I have to say that as odd an announcement as this may seem, I may never have seen anything as hypocritical or absurd as a comments from Hernandez and Goodman on ethics. (Continued…)
Rick
posted 4/25/08 @ 9:49 PM EST
I had to laugh at Hernandez' hypocrisy in particular. A real fast-buck artist.
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