Courtney Tipker joined the Dartmouth College Registrar’s Office in June 2018 as a Service Specialist and began her role as Assistant Registrar for Academic Applications and Policy in December 2018.
Courtney enjoys finding creative solutions in technical systems, including Banner and DegreeWorks, and assists with reviewing academic policies, while prioritizing equity among students. Courtney is an active member of the AACRAO Women’s Caucus, serving as the current Secretary Chair.
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Erin has spent over 15 years as an Administrator devoted to Graduate and Professional Student Affairs and has been a Board-Certified Counselor through the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) for over 30 years. Academically, Erin graduated from Purdue University with a BA in Psychology, a MSEd, specializing in Counseling and Personnel Services, and an EdS in Educational Studies, focusing on College Student Affairs Administration.
Capstone Abstract:
Being a Registrar is multifarious and differences exist from one professional setting to another. As a previous Medical College Registrar and current Law College Registrar, differences noted between the two roles are vast. To further define the Law Registrar role through use of quantitative data and qualitative analysis, two questions were posed: Does Strategic Enrollment Management exist across Professional Colleges of Law and if so, how do Law Colleges implement Strategic Enrollment management principles/practices?
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Michael Soltys, Ph.D., joined California State University Channel Islands (CSUCI) in 2014 as Professor and Chair of Computer Science, Information Technology and Mechatronics Engineering. His vision is to build a world-class department where cutting edge research is put at the service of students and community. His Ph.D. is from the University of Toronto, and he was chair of Computer Science at McMaster University (2001–2014), an Ulam professor at the University of Colorado Boulder (2007–2008), a visiting scholar at UC San Diego (2013), and author of two books and more than 60 research papers. He specializes in algorithms, cybersecurity, and cloud computing.
Enrollment Predictions with Machine Learning
Ginger Reyes Reilly, Ed.D., is the Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management at California State University Channel Islands. She currently oversees the areas of admissions, recruitment, and the registrar’s office. Dr. Reyes Reilly has more than 20 years of higher education experience ranging from various student and academic affairs areas. She holds a Ed.D. in organizational leadership from Pepperdine University, a masters in public administration from California State University Northridge, and a B.S. in biology from California State University San Marcos.
Katharine Soltys is a professional communications manager with expertise in enrollment. She is the former assistant director of enrollment communications for California State University, Channel Islands, and previously was director of alumni communication and partnerships at the University of Toronto. Ms. Soltys holds a master’s in communication management (MCM) from McMaster/Syracuse University in 2013. Publications include building an online community, the role of social media in strategic community building, and perceptions of foundational knowledge by computer science students, and managing student expectations of university programs.
Hung D. Dang is the Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management at California State University Channel Islands, where he oversees admissions and recruitment, financial aid and scholarships, registration and records, and student data systems. Over the past three decades, he has held similar leadership roles at the University of Hawaii, Manoa; University of Washington, Bothell; and University of Washington, Tacoma. Mr. Dang holds a M.A. in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University and a B.A. in political science from University of Washington.
David Wright received his doctorate from Purdue University before coming to Wichita State University (WSU) as a professor and serving as the university’s chief data officer. During his time at WSU he has served as associate graduate dean, associate vice president, and interim CIO. In addition to his duties as chief data officer, he is also the senior data scientist and database architect overseeing data governance, analytics, reporting, and related institutional research offices.
Wright co-chaired WSU’s strategic enrollment management plan development process and serves on the university’s SEM committee.
Beyond Collaboration: A Registrar and Institutional Research Journey
Gina Crabtree has worked in higher education for 30 years, 25 of those at Wichita State University. She earned her B.S. in political science and public administration from Northern Arizona University and her M.B.A. from Wichita State. She came to WSU for a position in undergraduate admissions and has served in various roles including director of admissions, director of budgets and personnel for the division of student affairs, associate registrar, and university registrar.
Crabtree co-chaired WSU’s strategic enrollment management plan development process and serves on the university’s SEM committee.
Alyssa Orlando serves as the Associate Director of Graduate Admissions at Bentley University, where she oversees mid-cycle conversion efforts and strategic event planning. Originally from Buffalo, N.Y., she has worked in graduate admissions and marketing since 2014. Orlando holds a B.A. in journalism from Ithaca College, an M.A. in higher education from Boston College, and is working on her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. Her dissertation research focuses on the potential bias in holistic master’s program admissions.
The Inequality of Holistic Graduate Enrollment Management
Role: Dean of Academic Foundations and Connections
Tara Sprehe serves as the Dean of Academic Foundations and Connections at Clackamas Community College in Oregon. This unique division blends all functional areas of student affairs (including athletics and counseling) and includes the academic areas of math, English, adult basic skills, and English for Speakers of Other Languages. Sprehe has 30 years of experience working in higher education with 20 of those years in the community college environment. Prior to her role as dean, Sprehe was the associate dean for enrollment and student services, which included the following functional areas: admissions and recruitment, academic advising, disability resources, financial aid, registration and records, and testing services. She served as the college registrar for nine years at Clackamas.
Prior to her work in community colleges, Sprehe worked in admissions, academic advising, residence life, and career services for several four-year public universities. She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Oregon and a master’s degree in student affairs in higher education from Miami University (Ohio). Sprehe served as president of Oregon ACRAO (OrACRAO), the local arrangements committee chair for PACRAO 2013, was an editor for the 2016 edition of the AACRAO Academic Record and Transcript Guide, and a member of the AACRAO Disciplinary Notations on Transcripts Work Group. She regularly presents at the annual Strategic Enrollment Management Conference and feels incredibly lucky to do this challenging and rewarding work.
Managing Enrollment during the “Unprecedented”
I am the Associate Registrar for Degree Progress and Audit at Stanford University. I’ve worked at Stanford since 2016 and in higher education administration since 2011. In addition to being a multi-institution transfer student myself, I have spent a good portion of my career in higher education working with transfer credit policies, processes, and systems, but most of what I know now I learned from processing each unique transfer credit request and working through various transfer inquiries/challenges over the years. AACRAO’s Transfer resources (namely the conference roundtable sessions and the email listserv) offered valuable resources that helped me in how I approached some of the challenges I faced, and I’ve been eager to find a way to help others get similarly connected to those resources—in a more frequent and less formal format—so that they can share both their inquiries/challenges and experiences with folks. The COVID pandemic threw a myriad of interesting curveballs to institutions and students alike, and I’m excited to have an opportunity to discuss how folks did (or will) navigate those policy/process/system curveballs. I’m looking forward to these discussions!
Dr. Randi Reich Cosentino is President of the U.S. Naval Community College (USNCC), which is designed to serve enlisted Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen in providing access to military-relevant education. Prior to joining the USNCC, Dr. Cosentino served as Chief Academic Officer (CAO) at Guild Education, an academic platform and marketplace designed to provide access and support to millions of working adult learners through partnerships with Fortune 1000 companies, and non-profit universities. As CAO, Dr. Cosentino was responsible for academic partnerships and operations, as well as student success/coaching.
Previously, Dr. Cosentino served as Chief Operating Officer of Quad Learning/American Honors, where she oversaw academic partnerships, operations, admissions, student support, and the teaching and learning center. Before that, Dr. Cosentino served as Provost and Chief Academic Officer for Strayer University, and in a number of other senior roles for 13 years. Prior to joining Strayer, Dr. Cosentino worked in education technology as well as serving several years in city government with the City of New York as the Assistant Director in the Mayor’s Office of Transportation.
Dr. Cosentino holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and political science from the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard University, and an Ed.D in higher education also from the University of Pennsylvania. Her husband is a proud veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Katherine Scoville is the Registrar of Russell Sage College, in the Capital Region of New York. She has over 20 years of progressive experience working in higher education. As an experienced and self-motivated administrator, she has a strong background in project management, organization and is an advocate for a student-centered approach to academic processes. She is a proactive and capable leader with various approaches, including retention and assessment. She earned her B.A. in Psychology and M.A. in Forensic Psychology at Sage. She currently serves as the Secretary on the MSACROA Executive Board, and is a member of the AACRAO Small College Issues Committee.
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With nearly two decades of experience working with online and distance education students at the post-secondary level in admissions, registrar, and academic administration roles Marc Booker brings a unique perspective on the trends in higher education from a non-traditional student lens. As Vice Provost for Strategy at the University of Phoenix, Marc oversees critical path academic initiatives to improve the student experience such as learning platform implementations, curricular enhancements, and developing empathetic solutions to drive improved student outcomes through data.
Marc is actively engaged in the higher education community and in 2016 served as the President for the Pacific Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, and is currently a faculty member for the Association’s Leadership Development Institute. Since 2009, Marc also has been a regular speaker, contributor, and subject matter expert at national and regional conferences for AACRAO, PACRAO, CAEL, EDUCAUSE, and ACBSP sharing insight on various topics including leadership, process improvement, change management, prior learning assessment, transfer credit, and articulation. Marc has also contributed to several publications as a co-author for AACRAO’s Guide to Best Practices: Articulation Agreements (2019); writing a chapter on international admissions for the AACRAO International Guide (2016), and was a consultant and named contributor to the Transferability of Postsecondary Credit Following Student Transfer or Co-Enrollment (2014) study published by the National Center for Education Statistics within the U.S. Department of Education. In 2020, Marc received a Hall of Fame recognition from Blackboard for his contributions in providing thought leadership and innovation in education.
Marc has extensive experience with finances and investments. Functionally, he served as both the President and also as Treasurer for PACRAO. During his tenure as PACRAO treasurer, he re-organized the Association's financial planning strategy and book-keeping processes to provide more clarity to membership and assist the PACRAO Board with understanding the P&L for their annual meeting and board expenses more clearly. In his professional role at work as Vice Provost-Strategy, he is responsible for building and allocating multi-million dollar annual operating plans on behalf of the academic division at my institution. This includes handling contract negotiations and relationship support for third-party vendors (LMS, EdTech, etc.) consisting of several multi-million dollar partnerships.
Prior to joining the NISTS team in 2017, Emily held roles in testing, registration, and student orientation at a primarily transfer-sending, two-year campus. She has expertise in student development, instructional design, and teaching pedagogy, and is deeply committed to sharing information that is relevant, practical, and practitioner-focused. A self-professed nerd, Emily loves learning and is an avid consumer of podcasts, including the HBR IdeaCast, Business Made Simple (formerly Building a Storybrand), and Teaching in Higher Ed. Emily earned a bachelor of science degree in Psychology from the University of Central Arkansas and a master of science degree in Family Studies from the University of Kentucky.
Jennifer Causey is a Research Associate at the National Student Clearinghouse.
Renee Esparza is the Transfer Resources Director at Austin Community College. Over the last 15 years, Renee has been a recruiter, advisor, adjunct faculty member, program coordinator, and analyst. Renee has served on many ACC, university, and statewide committees during her time at ACC. Most recently, Renee is a member of the Texas Transfer Alliance and the Equity Transfer Initiative grant work team which both aim to improve transfer rates and ease the transfer path ACC students navigate as they progress to earning a bachelor’s degree.
Renee has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas, a Master’s of Arts from Texas State University, and recently earned a Post-Master’s Certificate in Transfer Practice and Leadership from The University of North Georgia.
Professor and Founding Inaugural Dean, Founder's 2-yr College, Butler University (formerly Assistant Vice President for University Academic Policy, Director of Transfer, and Director Academic Policy at Indiana University System)
A leader in transfer at the state and university level in Indiana, Dr. Carolyn Gentle-Genitty is well-known in her field for innovation, partnership, and valuing what students can buy with their transfer credit. She has launched and sustained various transfer initiatives, from making transfer a priority through Caucus action, gaining data and student experiences for policy and practice decision-making to removing localized barriers with sending and receiving institutions, and engaging in state policy implementation to finesse pathways and articulations in degree approvals. She served as IU’s lead on reciprocity agreements, feeder school relationships, guaranteed admissions pathways, credit evaluation and sat on the State-wide Transfer Articulation Leadership Committee, the Core Transfer Library Committee, Leadership member on all 20 Transfer Single Articulation Pathways Faculty panels for the state and served as the State’s representative to the Western Regional Higher Education Council. She was a key consult on the American Council on Education’s task force on transfer credit. She is a tenured university full professor.
A Challenge to Self-fulfilling Systems: Recognizing Transfer Currency, Exposing Equivalencies, and Tracking Outcomes