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AACRAO's bi-weekly professional development e-newsletter Connect offers timely information, actionable tips, and expert guidance relevant to your career; stories about interesting colleagues doing inspiring things; and news about association services, activities and resources.

Like a virtual, on-demand AACRAO conference-between-conferences, Connect keeps professional conversations alive and helps you stay engaged with the association that advocates for and believes in your career. 

Ask the FERPA Professor

Mar 9, 2015

Field Notes: Big Data and Student Success: A Big Help or Big Brother?

Mar 9, 2015

When good people say dumb things

Mar 6, 2015

AACRAO VP Monique Snowden and diversity trainer Maura Cullen talk about when well-intended people make insensitive remarks.

AACRAO collaborates on assessment user guide for colleges and universities

Mar 6, 2015

The free guide offers practice recommendations on how to use data and how to incorporate the new test scores into technology systems.

AACRAO: The premier association for enrollment content

Feb 24, 2015

A SEM-EP graduate talks about his experience with the program.

Poster sessions highlight grassroots efforts in student retention

Feb 24, 2015

They offer the chance to engage one-on-one with innovative researchers across the country.

Madeleine Albright to speak at AACRAO Annual Meeting

Feb 24, 2015

The closing session promises to bring one of the most engaging sessions in recent memory--a Q&A with the former Secretary of State.

Orienting new board members

Feb 24, 2015

Each agrees to a duty of care and loyalty to the association and its members.

Serving the student you can't see

Feb 24, 2015

Registrar and admissions challenges for online students

SPEEDE Committee Quarterly Executive Summary: Oct-Dec 2014

Feb 24, 2015

Summary of the ongoing activities of AACRAO's Standardization of Postsecondary Education Electronic Data Exchange Committee.

Open Doors survey is now open

Feb 24, 2015

The International Student Census Survey, which captures fall 2014 data on international students in the U.S., is part of the Institute of International Education's annual Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange.

AACRAO International Education Services offers Senior Symposium on International Admissions

Feb 24, 2015

The inaugural "Senior Symposium on International Admissions" was held February 3-4, 2015.

Campaign helps transfer students get the credentials they've earned

Feb 23, 2015

Over the course of two years, states awarded thousands of associate degrees through reverse transfer.

AACRAO co-hosts first bilateral conference on France-U.S. student mobility

Feb 23, 2015

Roadblocks, strategies and access were central to the discussions.

Spotlight on Annual: Enrollment Management, Recruitment, and Transfer Best Practices

Feb 10, 2015

Record attendance at the 9th Annual Winter Institute for International Transfer Credit!

Feb 10, 2015

Next year's meeting will offer separate, intensive coverage of China and India.

Data-based decision making and SEM planning

Feb 9, 2015

3 uses for big data and resources that help turn data into action

Study: 40 percent of college grads lack skills necessary for workforce

Feb 9, 2015

The Collegiate Learning Assessment Plus (CLA+) test measures workforce readiness.

Oh, the places you'll go with AACRAO!

Jan 27, 2015

In-person meetings are key to professional development--and help cure that travel bug!

Is a football program a viable enrollment management strategy for small, private colleges?

Jan 27, 2015

A recent SEMQ article tackles the question.