̽»¨Â¥ seeks passionate and dedicated ̽»¨Â¥ members for an opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of incarcerated individuals and contribute to the development of national best practices for prison education programs.
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A collaborative work group between ̽»¨Â¥ and the U.S. Census Bureau exploring issues impacting institutions and their group quarters enumeration processes.
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Mentoring Work Group Report - 2023This report seeks to identify best practices and existing successful mentorship models in order to provide a foundation for the Association to make informed decisions for future mentoring opportunities for its members.
The ̽»¨Â¥ Alternative Credentials workgroup created this report to address the what, why, who, how, where, and when of Alternative Credential usage for higher education institutions.
Building on the recommendations and guidance for IHE closings as published in the ̽»¨Â¥ publications Academic Record and Transcript Guide and Student Records Management: Retention, Disposal, and Archive of Student Records as well as in the newly revised CAS Standards for Registrar Services, the ̽»¨Â¥ Board of Directors charged the work group with the development of clear and comprehensive guidance and best practices for both the closing and receiving IHE or entity as they pertain to student records and student support.
Established in 2018, the ̽»¨Â¥ Board of Directors established a work group charged with developing guidance and best practices concerning the use of student criminal history in the college admissions process. The work group reviewed the Transcript and Disciplinary Notations Guide to develop guidance and best practices related to the receipt of student transcripts with disciplinary notations or other notifications of disciplinary infractions at previous institutions.
̽»¨Â¥ established the Transcript Disciplinary Notations Work Group in April 2016 in response to growing interest from ̽»¨Â¥ members, new and proposed state legislation, and the increasing public accountability of colleges and universities. The Work Group, comprised of ten ̽»¨Â¥ members who represented diverse institutional types, positions, and geographic locations and chaired by Kristi Wold-McCormick, registrar of the University of Colorado Boulder, was charged with developing guidance regarding the use of disciplinary notations on transcripts.
The guide provides a broad range of resources that may be used by academic, enrollment, admissions, transfer, and records personnel at both originating and destination institutions, including:
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This document describes expectations and best practices for post-secondary institutions’ work with transfer credits. These guidelines are intended to assist and advise--not prescribe-- member colleges and universities in this work
̽»¨Â¥ Work Group on the implementation of the IMS Global CLR Standard.
Mentorship provides critical support that is vital to the growth and development of leaders in our field. ̽»¨Â¥ survey respondents show great commitment and enthusiasm for the field and for engaging in mentoring relationships as either a mentor or mentee. This report seeks to identify best practices and existing successful mentorship models in order to provide a foundation for the Association to make informed decisions for future mentoring opportunities for its members. Download the 2023 Mentorship Work Group Report to learn more.
Established in 2017, the ̽»¨Â¥ Board of Directors charged the Student Identity Work Group with developing guidance for ̽»¨Â¥ members and their institutions on serving transgender students and students who wish to update their gender marker, change their legal name, use a chosen name, or designate a pronoun. The Work Group was also charged with developing guidance on appropriate methods of collecting, recording, and reporting of name and gender identity in student record systems. The guidance should address practices in the student admissions process as well as those in student records and registration. In addition, the guidance will consider impacts for other campus offices including but not limited to student financial aid, identity management (CIO), student housing, and student life.
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PurposeThe ̽»¨Â¥ Student Success Work Group will identify needs of membership in the areas of professional development, resources, and technology related to improving student success.Context̽»¨Â¥ Board of Directors identified student success as foundational to its strategic plan. The Board developed a purpose statement and goals to guide efforts and programming in support of the membership. The purpose statement for student success is below.Charge̽»¨Â¥ will:
PURPOSETo identify a list of transfer-related policies and practices that indicate an institution is effectively focused on transfer student success.
The main recommendation of this work group report encourages the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to upgrade the VA-Once system and provide institutions the flexibility to complete student batch reporting to the VA, similar to Title IV reporting that institutions complete to the Department of Education. Complete the form to read the full report.