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After Affirmative Action Ban, More Emphasis Is Placed on College Essay
03/15/2024
High school seniors this year faced a changed admissions landscape when applying to college
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Can You Create a Diverse College Class Without Affirmative Action?
03/11/2024
How can higher ed institutions increase racial diversity without race-conscious admissions? Casting a wider net in the recruiting process, "to me, it's everything," said Jill Orcutt, AACRAO's global lead for consulting.
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The Evolution of Partnership Agreements
09/28/2023
Katie Schwienteck and Insiya Bream look at how to make sense of the explosion of alternative credential providers.
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Well Assessed and Well Expressed
09/28/2023
AACRAO Associate Executive Director, Dr. Mike Simmons, makes the case for trust innovation in learning credentials.
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Institutional Governance/ Decision Making and the Role of the Registrar | September 2023 | 60-Second Survey featured in University Business.
09/25/2023
The expertise of the academic registrar to enforce policy and guide curriculum as higher education breaks into micro-credentials and AI can ground schools with a pragmatic and ethical approach while satisfying student needs.
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Beyond Transfer - Transfer Evaluation Transformation Through Automation
09/07/2023
How to streamline the credit-evaluation process.
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USA Today: College professor harassed students to quench 'clown fetish,' offering extra credit, cash
09/01/2023
LeRoy Rooker, AACRAO Senior Fellow, on the overuse of FERPA
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Beyond Transfer - Tug-of-War: Bought vs. Brought Credit
03/30/2023
Can an incentive business model support a transfer-receptive culture?
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What a Shooting at the U. of Arizona Tells Us About Student Privacy and Campus Safety
11/28/2022
AACRAO's LeRoy Rooker comments on FERPA requirements during campus safety events.
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Upgrading the Credit Mobility Infrastructure to Support Learner Success
08/11/2022
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Transfer Shock: Reality or Myth?
08/10/2022
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Inside Higher Ed: Improving Recognition of Learning
06/09/2022
Mark McConahay and Mike Simmons detail how to maximize the key institutional official entrusted with ensuring the integrity of the learner record
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Open Standards Bridging the Gap in Lifelong Learning
02/17/2022
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Building Better Global Pathways and Strengthening Transfer Advising
10/28/2021
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Solving for Transfer: Looking Inward While Building Outward
08/19/2021
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Inside Higher Ed: Students Favor Free College, Oppose Admissions Preferences
07/20/2021
"'A lot of colleges describe students as living on the knife’s edge,' says Tom Green [...] at [AACRAO], adding that community college students are especially vulnerable to mishaps that would take them out of school."
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Understanding the Needs of Today's Student
06/03/2021
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Insider: New international student enrollment fell 43% this fall, according to survey of more than 700 US universities, and an expert says a 'perfect storm of issues' is to blame
11/19/2020
"[Melanie Gottlieb said] an increase in market competition among international schools, economic shifts that impacted monetary exchange rates, and the pandemic are all factors that play into international enrollment declining."
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Inside Higher Ed: Private Colleges Should Take Transfer Seriously
10/19/2020
"[R]ecent survey results provided by the American Council on Education and the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers [show] there is a lot to be encouraged by based on the results."
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Inside Higher Ed: Common App Ditches High School Discipline Question
10/01/2020
“About two-thirds of institutions in the U.S. have typically asked for and collected criminal history as part of their admissions applications,” said Reilly.