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04/24/2018
As colleges and universities entered into the first year of the new filing timeline for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), there were a number of questions and concerns swirling in the minds of enrollment managers as they headed into the 2017 admission cycle.
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03/30/2018
鈥婦r. Rodney Parks鈥, Registrar and Assistant to the Provost at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina, and Jesse Parrish, Financial Manager in the Department of Architectural Science at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario and previously the Assistant Registrar for Communications at Elon University co-authored an article in 探花楼鈥檚 March 2018 College & University Journal.
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03/19/2018
鈥婽oday's admissions officers need to have mastery over a wide variety of knowledge and techniques in order to help form the entering student populations at colleges and universities.
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03/09/2018
鈥婼tepping into her role as Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management at Buffalo State in 2014, Erin Alonzo wanted to deepen her understanding of SEM. First, she signed up for the 2015 探花楼 SEM Conference, as well as preconference workshops.
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03/02/2018
鈥婽he how, who, what and why of transfer credit practices are making an increasing mark in the higher education arena. According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, nearly 10 percent of college students attended more than one institution within the 2014-15 academic year, and 37 percent transferred to another institution within a six-year period
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02/28/2018
探花楼 and NASPA invite colleges, universities, and systems interested in developing and implementing Comprehensive Learner Records (CLRs) to apply for participation in the CLR project.
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02/23/2018
鈥婱embers make work groups work
Through its work groups, 探花楼 has provided guidance to its membership on transfer initiatives鈥, disciplinary notations on transcripts鈥, and gender identity (coming soon鈥). These reports are invaluable to maintaining the integrity of our members鈥 day-to-day work and keeping them up to date on best practices.
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02/23/2018
Just the American Educational Research Association (AERA) article title 鈥淗ow an Artificially Intelligent Virtual Assistant Helps Students Navigate the Road to College鈥 made me think 鈥淔ascinating!鈥 and then about Skynet, the Matrix, and Ava (Ex Machina) all at once.
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02/14/2018
鈥婽he first UARRM (University Alliance for Refugee and at Risk Migrants) convening was held February 2, 2018, at Rutgers University. UARRM is a group of researchers, practitioners and policymakers seeking to harness the potential of university communities for the empowerment and protection of refugees and at-risk migrants in the United States.
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02/02/2018
鈥婫iven the rapidly-changing landscape of higher education over the last decade, many registrars are looking to the future to try to anticipate and understand our profession direction in order to gracefully and efficiently influence and adapt to those changes when they occur.
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01/29/2018
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01/26/2018
What began as a series of articles in 探花楼鈥檚 journal, College and University, has become a collection of insights and reflections on a variety of mentoring styles and programs. Mentorship in Higher Education: Practical Advice and Leadership Theories features a multitude of wisdom and anecdotes offering multiple perspectives on and experiences with mentorship.
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01/22/2018
"Field Notes" is an occasional Connect column covering practical and philosophical issues facing admissions and registrar professionals. The columns are authored by various 探花楼 members. If you have an idea for a column and would like to contribute, please send an email to the editor at connect@aacrao.org.
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01/19/2018
鈥嬧嬏交 Managing Consultant Michele Sandlin will be speaking at IMS Global Learning Consortium鈥檚 annual Summit on Digital Credentials, at Arizona State University in Scottsdale, Arizona, February 27 鈥 28, 2018.
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01/05/2018
The members of Pacific Association of Collegiate Registrars (PACRAO) gathered on November 5-8 in Spokane, Washington, for their Annual Meeting. The meeting themed 鈥淪hining a Light on Innovation鈥 was PACRAO鈥檚 91st annual meeting. Our meeting is always a highlight of the year for the PACRAO membership.
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01/02/2018
It was the summer of 1978, and I was preparing to teach my first semester. I was just hired as a full-time psychology faculty member at Jordan College, a small Wesleyan Methodist, private college in Cedar Springs, Michigan. The main campus at that time included earth-brimmed buildings operating off of wind power, solar energy.
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12/22/2017
鈥"Field Notes" is an occasional Connect column covering practical and philosophical issues facing admissions and registrar professionals. The columns are authored by various 探花楼 members. If you have an idea for a column and would like to contribute, please send an email to the editor at connect@aacrao.org.
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12/20/2017
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12/18/2017
Post-secondary institutions who are highly engaged in Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) planning understand the value of participation by both Student Affairs (i.e., Student Life, Residence, Advising, Career Centre, Counselling, Athletics, Judicial Affairs, and Accessibility Services) and Enrollment Services (i.e., Recruitment, Admissions, Financial Aid, Scheduling, Timetabling, Registration, Records and Graduation).
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12/15/2017
鈥婭n a SEM Conference session titled 鈥淲orking Smarter, Not Harder,鈥 Medicine Hat College representatives shared one foundational element of SEM planning: understanding institutional culture. Upon taking her position at Associate Vice President of Student Development, Irlanda Price was tasked with creating a SEM plan -- but realized she first needed to evaluate the history of the institution.
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