NACAC Policies and Statements

NACAC develops and adopts policy statements to guide the work of the organization and to maintain high standards of integrity and practice among its members to better serve students.

Click on the links below to view the NACAC Policy Statements. Note: These files should be viewed using the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader, available free from from Adobe. 

SPGP

Revised and approved October 2007:

Statement of Principles of Good Practice (172K PDF)

Revised and approved September 2005:

Statement of Principles of Good Practice: Education, Monitoring, Procedures, and Penalties (124K PDF)

Professional Competencies

• Statement on Counselor Competencies (164K)
• Statement on the Counseling Dimension of the Admission Process at the College/University Level (108K)
• Statement on Precollege Guidance and Counseling and the Role of the School Counselor (120K) 
• Guidelines for Professional Recognition Opportunities (PRO) (136K)
• Recommendations of the Commission on the Role of Standardized Testing in College Admission (140 K)

Student Rights and Responsibilities

• Statement of Students' Rights and Responsibilities in the College Admission Process (117K)

• Articles of Incorporation (100K)
• NACAC Bylaws (178K)
• State or Regional Guidelines for Determining Consistency with NACAC Governing Documents (132K)
• Statement on Recruitment and Admission of Student Athletes (141K)
• NACAC Identification Usage