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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. 

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

Spotlight on SEM: Chief Enrollment Officers

Aug 26, 2014

What is a CEMO, and what can you do with your career path to become one? And, in the case of smaller institutions, how can you implement cross-functional positions to maximize your SEM efforts?

Using data to understand dropping persistence rates

Aug 26, 2014

AACRAO releases executive summaries from this year's Transfer and Tech Conferences.

"Summer in the City" with the AACRAO Board

Aug 26, 2014

Update on AACRAO Board activities this summer.

Tom Green delivers keynote address at technology conference in Wales

Aug 26, 2014

Green highlighted the ways in which technology can improve the student experience.

Dr. Tom Green selected to lead AACRAO consulting

Aug 25, 2014

Ask the FERPA Professor

Aug 25, 2014

Does FERPA allow work study students to call another student to find out their intentions on registering for classes in a future semester?

Ask the FERPA Professor

Aug 12, 2014

Can an online consent form be used to defer rent payments until aid money comes in?

Taking the transfer pathway towards student success

Aug 12, 2014

Understand the political and policy debate that led to the UC's Transfer Action report and learn how the plan will be applicable to higher education institutions throughout the nation.

AACRAO International Services hosts record-breaking Summer Institute

Aug 12, 2014

Participants discussed TOEFL scores, recruitment and foreign credential assessment

The MOOC is dead! Long live open learning!

Aug 12, 2014

Anya Kamenetz on how formal education is coping through cultural transition.

Competency-based education gains traction in Washington, D.C.

Aug 11, 2014

In an effort to graduate more nontraditional students faster, the U.S. Education Department will test the idea of awarding student aid based on something other than credit hours.

SEM planning for student and institutional success

Aug 11, 2014

Cabinet-level administrators and their teams are invited to explore "Balancing Student and Institutional Success" at this year's Executive Symposium.