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As a high school member, you'll be connected to more than 11,000 members from institutions around the world. Facilitate your professional development by attending discounted meetings, gaining complimentary subscriptions to our College & University journal and more.

Why should you join? From professional development opportunities to forging connections that will help you in setting down career stones, there's more than one reason. 

Annual Membership Price: $302

Requirements: YOU MUST BE A REGISTRAR, COUNSELOR, OR OTHER PERSONNEL AT A SECONDARY SCHOOL.

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Work on your skills like leadership and management, technical knowledge, and upping your professional contributions to the field. We have the tools for you.

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From free webinars to self-paced on-demand learning, AACRAO's online learning covers a variety of subjects—technology, strategic enrollment management, admissions, FERPA, transfer, credential evaluation, and international education—and allow you to engage with the presenters and instructors.

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AACRAO's professional journals College & University and SEM Quarterly are always accepting articles and have a wide circulation base.

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Leverage the expertise of our over 11,000 members and contribute to one of the premier sources of practice related research within the global higher education community. 

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Do work you're passionate about, with support and mentoring from fellow members. From Caucuses to specialized topics, it's all one community, no matter where in the world your institution is located. 


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AACRAO's bi-weekly professional development e-newsletter

Mobilizing the Power of Peers

Nov 1, 2021, 09:07 AM
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Summary : See how Pacific University implemented its peer mentorship program to enhance the student experience.
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Join this SEM 2021 session to learn how Pacific University partnered with Mentor Collective to leverage large-scale peer mentorship to enhance the admitted student experience and gain insight into student voice trends to drive their enrollment strategy.

Led by Pacific University's Karen Dunston, Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management, this session details how their institution has fostered more than 2,000 mentorships in its peer mentorship program for admitted students since its launch in March 2021.

From session presenter Karen Dunston:

The mentorship program has been a welcome starting point for the incoming students. It not only helped them feel part of our community early, but it also allowed the current students to build new friendships and talk about Pacific and what it means to them, how they approach academics and how they have managed to get involved and enjoy it. I am confident that the mentorship program has helped many of the new students feel more at ease as they approach this next step in their education.   We are excited to continue and refine the matching of current students with admitted students as we begin to recruit for Fall 2022. 

By attending, you will learn how:

● Large-scale peer mentorship empowers admissions offices to mobilize their most effective resource for increasing yield—their students.

● Providing all admitted students—regardless of background—with a relevant, trained peer mentor from your institution helps close the equity gap within education.

● Student mentors benefit from the mentorship and increase their sense of belonging, school pride, leadership skills, and retention.

● Mentor Collective’s school-branded platform powers mentorship programs to run effectively at scale.

Are you interested in attending the 2021 SEM Conference? Register today to join this session and many others.

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