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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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Documenting and validating learning outside the classroom

Sep 20, 2016

IUPUI Student Records and Student Affairs partnering to formally recognize out-of-classroom learning

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Using technology to facilitate enrollment management initiatives

Sep 20, 2016

E-advising, course scheduling software, and up-to-date data--and more.

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Free community college

Sep 20, 2016

An update on initiatives

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Join #AACRAOctober for #EMchat !

Sep 20, 2016

An innovative way to connect with other enrollment management professionals.

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Sep 20, 2016

Professional development wizardry in the Emerald City.

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Time management tips from NEACRAO

Sep 20, 2016

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Ask the FERPA Professor

Sep 20, 2016

Are students entitled to a copy of a recording of readmission hearing?

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Leveraging technology in student success

Sep 6, 2016

7 steps to improve student outcomes -- A live, free webinar.

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5 trends to watch: Where SEM has been'and where it's going

Sep 6, 2016

Three SEM leaders discuss the turning tides.

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OFSA responds to questions about the new FAFSA

Sep 6, 2016

FAQs from AACRAO's recent webinar.

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Implementing and managing curriculum changes at your institution

Sep 6, 2016

Considering chain of approval.

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Ask the FERPA Professor

Sep 6, 2016

Multiple questions, including the definition of educational record, written communication with faculty, and more.

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Research and data: The backbone of SEM planning

Sep 6, 2016

Are you collecting the right data?

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A comprehensive record for competency-based education

Aug 23, 2016

Brandman University's pilot project.

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Bologna, three-year degrees, and what it means for the U.S.

Aug 23, 2016

The problem of consistency and fairness.

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Market-centered SEM

Aug 23, 2016

It is the market structure and an university's position in it that frames and, to a great extent, dictates the range of outcomes to which board committees can realistically aspire.

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Addressing corruption in higher education

Aug 23, 2016

Expert group publishes "wake-up call" Advisory Statement.

Ask the FERPA Professor

Aug 23, 2016

A question about financial aid forms and FERPA

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7 considerations for building a SEM analytics reporting porfolio

Aug 23, 2016

Develop a SEM-focused analytics model.

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In remembrance of Frederick E. Lockyear

Aug 22, 2016

A world traveler and leader in international admissions research, Fred authored the AACRAO World Education Series volume on Iran in 1976.