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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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AACRAO's SEM journal redesign: Greater impact, easier citation

Jun 4, 2018

The latest issue of SEM Quarterly addresses women in SEM leadership, how campus environments impact college choice and persistence, and more.

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AACRAO and AICE attend the Bilateral Seminar on The Transatlantic Friendship and Mobility Initiative

May 22, 2018

A report on the bilateral seminar held May 14-15, 2018, at the Embassy of France in Washington, D.C.

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Leadership meeting revisited

May 21, 2018

For the past several months, AACRAO's Board of Directors has been actively reviewing and revising AACRAO's annual Leadership Meeting, changing the timing as well as the format and focus.

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Building an international student pipeline

May 21, 2018

Reach students in their element through strategic recruitment partnerships.

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Field Notes: Clues to assessment: Solving the crime of just a check box activity

May 21, 2018

Program and service assessment is part of our world. Here are 11 ways to do it better.

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A GDPR lesson from Y2K, with duck sauce

May 21, 2018

Instead of a threat, it's an opportunity.

Unknown Portrait of An AACRAO Professional

Wang Chao joins AACRAO International as Summer Institute faculty member

May 21, 2018

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The rapidly changing nature of community college

May 21, 2018

Moving from smorgasboard to success.

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AACRAO prepares for move to new office in Washington, DC

May 21, 2018

Local D.C.-area school repurposes donated equipment from Dupont office.

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Credential Engine improves credential transparency, literacy, and decision-making

May 18, 2018

Institutions can create a free account to publish all types of credentials in a common language on a cloud-based Registry, allowing institutions to better understand what sets them apart. Learn how.

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AACRAO attends Groningen Declaration Network meeting in Paris

May 8, 2018

AACRAO serves on the board of the GDN, which functions as a think tank and sandbox supporting Digital Student Data Portability.

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Welcome to three new AACRAO SEM-EP evaluators

May 8, 2018

A veteran, an athlete, and a scholar step up to share colleagues’ SEM journey.

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5 findings on colleges & universities' readiness for the GDPR

May 7, 2018

Top issues ahead of the May 25th implementation of Europe's new privacy regulation.

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Using non-technical tools for effective data viz

May 7, 2018

How registrars can be key campus teachers, partners, and story-tellers with data.

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Straight from State & Regionals: NEACRAO’s George Coleman Scholarship helps students, institutions

May 7, 2018

Giving back to talented students in New England.

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Does your data have a purpose?

May 7, 2018

Negotiating the what, how, and why of one of your institution’s most valuable assets.

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Can You Say Baden-Württemberg?

May 7, 2018

Information on the full German education system, cultural experiences, and daily opportunities for the delegation to process learning and network.

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Field Notes: When the unexpected happens

May 7, 2018

Lessons learned from dealing with a natural disaster

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Registrar 201 revamped

Apr 24, 2018

The new format used case studies and discussion to analyze actual situations in which records and registration professionals find themselves.

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AACRAO Board Report: Policy statement on prohibited bias, discrimination, and sexual misconduct

Apr 24, 2018

The process and product of the board's year-long effort to establish a new policy.