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AACRAO's biweekly 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. 

Field Notes: Higher ed funding cuts pass tuition costs on to students

Mar 24, 2015

AACRAO members can help by championing the cause for students

Ask the FERPA Professor

Mar 23, 2015

Do you need a student's permission to send a reverse transfer transcript?

What would free community college mean for your transfer policies?

Mar 23, 2015

An important session at the AACRAO Annual Meeting.

Spotlight on Annual: Registrars and Enrollment Management

Mar 23, 2015

Meet the AACRAO Staff: Nicole Spero, Assoc. Dir. of Consulting

Mar 23, 2015

She oversees the task flow of consulting projects -- and has been known to frequent throwback 80s parties.

Meet the Staff: Heather Zimar, Managing Editor, C&U and SEM Quarterly

Mar 17, 2015

Meet AACRAO's resident polo fan, yogini and C&U wordsmith.

Spotlight on Annual: Academic Progress and Graduation, International Academic Mobility

Mar 10, 2015

S&R Update: Workshops & Webinars

Mar 9, 2015

Tips to manage associations--financial and legal guidance, as well as other topics of common interest.

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.