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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. 

A dream undone? Higher education access and opportunity in a shifting legal landscape

Oct 7, 2014

Survey may help researchers understand how to enroll diverse student bodies.

Ask the FERPA Professor

Oct 7, 2014

Is wide-open advisor access to directory and non-directory information permissible under FERPA?

The importance of professional acknowledgement

Oct 7, 2014

Nomination for an AACRAO award is one way to share your appreciation.

Spotlight on SEM: Canadian Institutions and Policy

Oct 6, 2014

This issue of Connect, we talked with presenters on strategic alignment for recruiting and integrated university planning at Canadian colleges and universities. We also talked with a presenter on the impact of statewide articulation policie ...

Spotlight on SEM: Emerging Issues

Sep 23, 2014

So, what does a registrar do?

Sep 23, 2014

If only there was an easy answer.

Meet the AACRAO Staff: Drew Carlisle, Assistant Director, Membership

Sep 23, 2014

Meet the cyclist and home-brewmeister who hails from Nashville.

Ask the FERPA Professor

Sep 23, 2014

Is SSN an OK way to verify caller identity?

India: Four-year degree fight reaches IITs and private institutions

Sep 23, 2014

India's University Grants Commission has notified prestigious institutes that they must abandon four-year bachelor's degree programs.

Admissions professionals to gather in L.A.

Sep 22, 2014

Workshop focuses on data, benchmarks and staffing issues specific to admissions officers.

Institutional Aid allocation: How does your campus compare?

Sep 22, 2014

How do your institutional aid policies and practices impact recruitment and retention?

Complimentary SEM Consulting at the SEM Conference

Sep 19, 2014

Review your SEM plan with an expert.

As midterm elections approach, get out the student vote

Sep 19, 2014

Join CVP this fall with an action to get students excited and motivated to vote in the midterm elections.

AACRAO Program Task Force presents results to Board

Sep 9, 2014

The Board and Program Committee leadership have reviewed the report, adopted some suggestions, and are reviewing others.

Two pillars of an effective early warning system

Sep 9, 2014

Comprehensive early warning can improve student success.

AACRAO SPEEDE Committee Executive Summary

Sep 9, 2014

Summary of the ongoing activities during April-June 2014.

Rwanda: Reorganization of public higher education underway

Sep 9, 2014

The goals are to strengthen academic standards, maximize resources and improve operating efficiency.

FERPA in the Digital Age

Sep 9, 2014

Regardless of how or where the information on students is stored, FERPA requires that the institution own and control the education record, which includes emails.

Sen. Warren to reintroduce student loan refinancing bill

Sep 9, 2014

The bill would allow those with existing student loans to refinance their federal loans down to the current lower rates.

Spotlight on SEM: Retention and Student Success

Sep 8, 2014