AACRAO Research Advisory Board Charter
Purpose
This advisory board provides feedback and ideas to the Director of Research on research topics of interest to the membership. Additionally, advisory board members will be asked to serve as an occasional source of practice expertise for inquiries from
members and to provide feedback on survey/research design.
The advisory board will engage in a face-to-face meeting or phone conference meeting at least twice a year. All members will be expected to participate in these meetings. If the meeting is face-to-face, it will be scheduled either during the SEM conference
or the Annual meeting depending on advisory board member availability (TBD).
Ad-hoc phone meetings and email exchanges may also be needed to support the research efforts. Participation in the ad-hoc discussion is encouraged but not mandatory.
Composition
The advisory board is comprised of up to 7 members. The collective experience of the advisory board members is intended to represents expertise spanning several areas including registrar, admissions, enrollment services, institutional research and enrollment
management among others as appropriate.
Length of Service
Each advisory board member will be expected to serve for three years starting on October 1st of each year with an option to continue for an additional three years. The inaugural year was October 2015.
Member Selection Process
Applications will be evaluated by current advisory board members and a new member will be selected by October 1 each year unless an unexpected vacancy needs to be filled.