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CONNECTING DREAMS WITH OPPORTUNITIES
Transforming life’s journey by connecting dreams with opportunities.
Our Approach
Corinth Education was built on the belief that the right school can change a student’s life.
Every student is different. We take the time to understand the student, the family, and their goals before recommending schools.
We work with students, families, schools, and organizations to create meaningful educational opportunities. Our focus is on school placement, university guidance, athletic advising, and international student support.
Corinth Education helps students and families navigate the school, university, and athletic search and placement process with expertise, experience and confidence.
Corinth Education guided our family through every step of the boarding school process with professionalism, honesty, and exceptional knowledge. They took the time to understand our son’s strengths and goals, ultimately finding a school that has been the perfect fit. We couldn't be happier with the outcome and highly recommend Corinth Education to any family considering boarding school.”
Private School Placement & Advising
We help families identify, apply to and enroll in boarding schools, private day schools, and specialized athletic environments. We guide students and families through the application process from start to finish, including school lists, timelines, essays, interviews, recommendations, testing plans, and communication with admission offices.
As an international family being so far away, the U.S. boarding school process felt overwhelming. Corinth Education made it simple, guided us every step of the way, and found the perfect school for our daughter. We couldn't be happier with the outcome.”
International Student Support
For families outside the United States, the American school and university process can feel confusing.We specialize in assisting international families as they navigate the American school system, including school selection, communication with schools, application preparation, interview support, coordination around enrollment, I-20, SEVIS, and visa-related steps.
Rich and Dillon’s knowledge of prep school hockey and their relationships with coaches gave our family tremendous confidence throughout the process. We couldn't have asked for a better outcome for our son's educational and athletic development.”
Athletic Placement
Choosing the right school as a student-athlete is about more than finding the strongest team. The best fit includes coaching, development, academic support, competition level, school culture, schedule, exposure, and the overall environment around the student. Corinth’s founders, Rich Brande and Dillon Duncan, have decades of experience guiding student-athletes to more than 100 NCAA Division I Universities and on to the professional ranks.
Corinth made the college soccer recruiting process clear and manageable. They understood our daughter's academic and athletic goals and found the right university, soccer program and social environment for her. We couldn't be happier with the outcome because she is thriving.”
College and University Guidance
We help students think carefully about their long-term path, including academic interests, athletic opportunities, college goals, and the type of environment where they are most likely to thrive.
Corinth by the numbers
- Over 50 families advised on successful placements
- Hundreds of partner schools and programs
- NCAA Division I, II, and III along with professional athletic placements
- International Students placed from over 15 countries
Meet Our Team
Rich Brande
Rich Brande has been involved in education and athletics throughout his career, having spent over 25 years holding prominent administrative and leadership positions at boarding and day schools in the United States along with coaching ice hockey at the DI and DIII college levels, prep schools and national team programs. His career includes a focus on admissions, enrollment management, and strategic advancement, and Richard has been instrumental in shaping international student programs and fostering sustainable enrollment models at the institutions where he has worked.
While serving as Director of Admissions for over 10 years at South Kent School, Brande oversaw the development and implementation of the nationally prominent Selects Academy Ice Hockey program. Seen as a deeply innovative program at its inception in 2010, the South Kent has produced 21 NHL draft picks and over 80 NCAA Division 1 players.
Rich has extensive consulting experience in multiple sports, working with agencies and coaches from around the world, helping place student – athletes at prep schools, junior programs, NAIA and NCAA institutions.
Rich and his wife, also an educator, live outside Boston and have two sons.
Rich can be reached by phone at 781.690.9125.
Dillon Duncan
Dillon Duncan is an education consultant who helps families, schools, and organizations navigate the modern landscape of learning. A former Director of Admission and independent school leader, Dillon has spent more than a decade guiding students to top boarding schools and universities across the United States and abroad.
He provides personalized support throughout the admissions process — including school and university placement, academic planning, NCAA eligibility, SEVIS, and visa coordination — with an approach rooted in experience, integrity, and long-term success.
Earlier in his career, Dillon served as Associate Director of Admission and Assistant Director of Financial Aid at Kent School, where he worked closely with families from around the world to identify the best educational fit for their students. He also helped launch Selects Academy at South Kent School, collaborating with colleagues to build what has become one of the premier ice hockey development programs in the world. The program has produced more than 100 NCAA Division I players and over 25 NHL draft picks, setting a global benchmark for student-athlete development.
Before his work in education, Dillon played professional ice hockey in Germany with the Landshut Cannibals (DEL2/Bundesliga) and TEV Miesbach, gaining firsthand experience in international competition and player development. This perspective continues to inform his work with student-athletes pursuing academic and athletic excellence.
Today, Dillon works with families and institutions worldwide to design pathways that connect education, athletics, and innovation. His consulting focuses on program development, international partnerships, and strategic growth, helping organizations adapt to the evolving needs of modern learners.
Dillon lives on the Kent School campus in Connecticut with his wife, Courtney, who teaches psychology and chemistry. Together, they are deeply connected to the boarding school community and committed to helping students and institutions achieve their full potential.
Dillon can be reached by phone at 860.671.7177.
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