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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. 

"Is college worth it?": A data-based look at the value of college

Jun 18, 2014

Time to put the question to rest.

Strengthen Strategic Enrollment Management leadership skills

Jun 17, 2014

Executive-level enrollment managers must understand institutional organizational structure and how to manage resources.

Technology and Transfer Spotlight: Technology solutions, transfer interventions, and the sustainability of MOOCs

Jun 17, 2014

AACRAO introduces the "60 Second Survey"

Jun 17, 2014

Watch your inbox: Starting this month, AACRAO will introduce a new way to capture snapshots of institutional practices and/or policy.

Student persistence and campus-based financial aid: How they intersect

Jun 3, 2014

Two of the most pressing institutional policy issues'student persistence and campus-based financial aid'intersect in the office of the enrollment manager.

AACRAO calendar contest winners announced

Jun 3, 2014

Members will receive this gorgeous calendar in June.

AACRAO talks with Department of Education

Jun 3, 2014

The Director of Federal Student Aid Policy for the Department of Education (DOE) recently reached out to AACRAO and NASFAA to discuss the financial aid and enrollment regulatory changes that go into effect July 1st.

Technology and Transfer Conference Spotlight: Transfer marketing, transfer student success and data-based strategic planning

Jun 3, 2014

The AACRAO Vanderbilt Institute empowers student success

Jun 2, 2014

AACRAO is pleased to announce that Donald Hossler, Director of the Center for Postsecondary Research & Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Indiana University Bloomington, will be presenting at the Institute for Senior Pr ...

AACRAO teams with K-12 assessment consortia to help colleges use new readiness results

Jun 2, 2014

This guidance offers a list of potential options for delivering the results from these assessments to higher education institutions.

Credit hours, credentials and competencies

Jun 2, 2014

For a variety of reasons many professionals are questioning whether credit hours and grades in courses are a good representation of a student's academic history and accomplishments.

Former Secretary of State Albright and NPR's Scott Simon to speak at AACRAO Annual Meeting

Jun 2, 2014

Save the dates: April 12-15, 2015, at the Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD.

Russia-Ukraine dispute: Impacts on Crimean education credentials

Jun 2, 2014

AACRAO IES has been following the latest developments in the ongoing territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine over the Crimean peninsula and the city of Sevastopol and its effect on the region's system of education.

Chief Enrollment Management Officer Career Profile report

Jun 2, 2014

This report is designed to provide a glimpse into the career profile and daily responsibilities of chief enrollment management officers in the United States

Sponsored research at AACRAO

May 30, 2014

In order to help meet the needs of members, AACRAO has begun to engage in sponsored research.

Meet a Consultant: Michele Sandlin, Managing Consultant

May 30, 2014

Consulting has kept Sandlin on the cutting-edge in many new strategic enrollment arenas, such as technology.

Can you say Baden-W├╝rttemberg?

May 20, 2014

Each fall, thanks to the generosity of the Baden-W├╝rttemberg Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts (MWK), north American international higher education professionals have the opportunity to apply for the prestigious B-W Seminar.

EAIE announces 3 webinars for international educators

May 20, 2014

European Association of International Educators, an AACRAO association partner, is offering webinars on topics including fraud in Chinese diplomas, Google Analytics and social media.

First year on the AACRAO Board of Directors

May 20, 2014

Two board members reflect on their first year of service.

From backpack to transcript -- How are we changing with the times?

May 20, 2014

What is the role of the registrar when it comes to MOOCs, "competency-based" learning and other disruptive innovations in higher education?