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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. 

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3-Minute Mentor: The value of self-expression and resilience in the workplace

Jan 21, 2019

“Don’t be afraid of your own voice,” says Whitney N. West.

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Ambassadors and pathways transform the first time AACRAO experience

Jan 21, 2019

Would you like to be an AACRAO Ambassador? Learn more!

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Tips for evaluating incomplete international credit

Jan 21, 2019

Addressing the training gap.

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The overlooked impact student services can have on retention

Jan 20, 2019

3 simple strategies for serving students better

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How is your college putting purpose first?

Jan 18, 2019

Learn about AACRAO's vision for "starting with the dream in mind" and share your stories.

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Field Notes: Job burnout: Whose responsibility is it?

Jan 18, 2019

As architects of workplace culture, managers have a role to play in addressing systemic stress.

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Present a poster session at AACRAO 2019 in Los Angeles

Jan 8, 2019

New projects, research-in-progress, and common challenges make great poster session material.

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How to support trans and non-binary students in the admissions and registrar offices

Jan 8, 2019

The Admit It podcast covers common misconceptions about trans students.

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Blockchain: The perfect tool for registrars

Jan 7, 2019

The case for adoption that even non-technical staff can understand.

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AACRAO attends UNESCO meeting in Paris

Jan 7, 2019

The goal of the global convention is to facilitate inter-regional mobility, build and reinforce the regional conventions, and serve higher education into the future.

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Field Notes: Satisfaction versus stagnation: Professional advancement in small institutions

Jan 7, 2019

Four strategies for growth when opportunities seem limited.

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AACRAO invited to join Data Privacy and Protection Task Force

Jan 7, 2019

The task force ​spans will serve as an information clearinghouse for the education community, focused on technical implementation of rules and regulations such as GDPR.

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AACRAO's journals seek authors

Jan 7, 2019

AACRAO’s College & University and SEM Quarterly Journals are seeking manuscript submissions for 2019.

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AACRAO to present at EdUSA seminar on recruiting and hosting international students

Jan 7, 2019

Event held at UW-Madison and free to all accredited institutions in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Minnesota.

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Just do it: 3 reasons to present at conferences

Jan 7, 2019

You don’t have to be an extrovert (hot tip within), and you don’t have to have all the answers.

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From cotton picking to college professor

Jan 7, 2019

One black woman’s story of courageous leadership in the academy.

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3-Minute Mentor: How to handle egos and set long-term goals

Jan 7, 2019

Luisa Havens Gerardo shares tips picked up along her higher education journey.

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Become the 100th applicant!

Dec 11, 2018

AACRAO's Strategic Enrollment Management Endorsement Program (SEM-EP) will soon receive its 100th application. It could be you!

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9 career podcasts you didn't know you needed

Dec 10, 2018

Admit It: Ep 1 explores higher ed as a partisan issue, test optional, enrollment goal struggles, and the admissions director survey. PLUS: 8 other podcasts to boost your career.

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Field Notes: Balancing your career when caring for a loved one

Dec 10, 2018

One higher ed professional offers realistic, hard-won wisdom about working through crisis.