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AACRAO is committed to supporting its members through its grants and scholarships to fund professional development and research.

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Meet our Newest Community and Content Facilitator

Nov 11, 2024

Meet the newest of our six Community and Content Facilitators (CCFs), who are here to help you optimize your membership benefits year-round.

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Call for Volunteers: AACRAO & Ad Astra Roundtable

Sep 2, 2024

Understanding the use of shortened parts of term in class scheduling.

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Announcing New Community and Content Facilitators

Nov 10, 2023

Meet our newest Community and Content Facilitators and learn more about the work they'll be doing in the coming months.

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Advancing Adult Learner Success

May 16, 2022

Learn more about supporting adult learner success and join the conversation.

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Meet the 2022 Public Policy Advisory Group

May 16, 2022

Learn about the AACRAO Public Policy Advisory Group, who's involved, and how to participate.

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Become an Advocate at Hill Day

May 16, 2022

Apply to participate in this year's virtual event and advocate for higher education policies that impact the work that you do on a daily basis.

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2022 AACRAO Leadership Nominations Open

May 2, 2022

Learn how to nominate your fellow AACRAO members for open board positions.

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Hispanic Heritage Month

Sep 20, 2021

Learn more about Hispanic Heritage Month.

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3 Reasons to Listen to Season 4 of For the Record

May 18, 2021

Learn more about AACRAO's For The Record podcast as it enters season 4.

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New Leadership in AACRAO Caucuses

Apr 19, 2021

New leadership for AACRAO's Black and Women's caucus in 2021.

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Call for volunteers: SEM-EP seeks evaluators to review reports and projects

Feb 9, 2021

Apply for one-year position by Feb. 26.

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Call for Work Group members: Identifying Institutional Best Practices for Transfer Student Success

Nov 30, 2020

Application deadline: December 11, 2020.

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Call for authors: COVID-19 response articles

Nov 29, 2020

College & University seeks stories about professional experiences of the ongoing pandemic.

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AACRAO celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month

Sep 22, 2020

How are you supporting Latinx and Hispanic students, staff, and faculty?

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What is your gift? Introducing the Identifying Caucus Excellence Initiative

Sep 21, 2020

Share your knowledge and talents.

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4 ways to improve your writing

Aug 10, 2020

Hone this critical professional skill.

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AACRAO strategic planning update

Jun 26, 2020

The effort is underway to shape AACRAO's future. Talk to your leadership.

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Recognizing the outgoing members of C&U’s editorial board

Jun 10, 2020

“We are grateful for our board members’ contributions to our profession,” says journal Editor-in-Chief Christopher Tremblay.

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Executive Director search committee: Call for volunteers

Jun 10, 2020

AACRAO's Board of Directors seeks two members to serve on the search committee.

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During pandemic, institutions seize opportunity for change

Jun 2, 2020

Professional networks, standards, and consensus matter more during challenging times.

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Black Caucus Town Hall: Race in America

Jun 2, 2020

Join us Thursday, June 4, to discuss how we can make a difference.

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May Book Club: Invisibility and the myth of the model minority

May 19, 2020

Hosted by the new leadership of the Asian and Pacific Islander Caucus.

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Meet new AACRAO President Jack Miner

May 4, 2020

"A challenge we are equal to": COVID, strategic planning, and the search for a new Executive Director.

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Serve on the AACRAO Research Advisory Board

Mar 22, 2020

Learn what board members do. Applications open now.

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Highlighting the work of the AACRAO Black Caucus

Feb 11, 2020

One of our largest caucuses, the Black Caucus is open to any member interested in advancing the black community in higher ed.

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Seeking Evaluators for AACRAO SEM-EP

Feb 10, 2020

Applications due by February 28.

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AACRAO Journals: Scholarship for our professions

Jan 27, 2020

Learn more about the content—and how you can contribute. Both C&U and SEMQ welcome member submissions.

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Voting for good

Oct 22, 2019

One vote = one donation to a good cause.

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AACRAO Book Club launches this month

Oct 7, 2019

The virtual discussion will be held on Tuesday, November 12. Join here for updates.

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Black Caucus redefines purpose and builds membership

Apr 15, 2019

The Black Caucus meets together every year to mentor, collaborate, solve problems and celebrate each other.

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AACRAO LEAD Curriculum Work Group members named

Mar 17, 2019

Workgroup to establish the Senior Enrollment Management Officer leadership development program, which will kick off this fall.

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Become an AACRAO Content Coordinator

Mar 4, 2019

AACRAO is seeking volunteers to fill leadership positions developing and delivering content in 6 programmatic areas.

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AACRAO Professional Activities Committees to develop more content

Feb 17, 2019

Six new coordinators will support the creation of content for delivery methods outside of the Annual Meeting program.

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4 ways for women, and all humans, to navigate bias and insecurity at work

Feb 4, 2019

AACRAO leaders discuss strategies to keep imposter syndrome, glass ceilings, and cultural conditioning from holding you back.

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Call for Public Policy Advisory Group (PPAG) members

Jan 30, 2019

Applications are being accepted through Friday, March 1, 2019.

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Seeking volunteers for the SEM Quarterly Journal Editorial Board

Jan 30, 2019

To indicate your interest, please respond by March 5, 2019.

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Call for authors

Aug 3, 2018

SEMQ seeks manuscripts based on original research or practice in strategic enrollment management, demonstrating familiarity with strategic enrollment management (SEM) concepts.