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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. 

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Building staff capacity to support undocumented youth

Dec 15, 2015

How Chicago is working to improve training for counselors.

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Uncertainty in the Post-Fisher Era

Dec 15, 2015

Admissions leaders are faced with more questions than answers.

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Social Media Maven: Talking with WVU's strategist about lessons learned

Dec 15, 2015

Observe trends to capitalize on your social media campaigns.

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2015 Leadership Meeting

Dec 15, 2015

The AACRAO Board of Directors, Annual Meeting Program Committee, and chairs of all the professional activity committees joined 30 state and regional association officers in Washington, DC, for the 2015 Leadership Meeting.

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Fulbright seminar grants available for higher education professionals

Dec 15, 2015

They are currently accepting applications for October 2016 seminars in France and Germany.

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2 examples of cross-campus collaboration at the start of SEM planning

Dec 15, 2015

Developing an enrollment plan takes a team.

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Recording disciplinary annotations on transcripts

Dec 14, 2015

AACRAO revisits its stance on behavioral notations

AACRAO's 2015 Year in Review

Dec 14, 2015

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6 intangibles of workplace satisfaction

Dec 14, 2015

Registrar Adrian Cornelius explores what makes work feel worthwhile.

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AACRAO Position Opening: Director, AACRAO Technology & Transfer Conference

Dec 12, 2015

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Daily Recap at AACRAO's SEM Conference - Wednesday, November 4 (Day 4)

Dec 1, 2015

Access for all: Results of the 2015 Open Doors Survey

Dec 1, 2015

The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and the Institute of International Education (IIE) event aims to understand trends in study abroad.

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Inaugural Summit on Generation Study Abroad: What can your campus do?

Dec 1, 2015

Education, government and business leaders met to discuss the importance of access to international experience.

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Efficiencies, challenges and expert advice for electronic transcript exchange

Dec 1, 2015

A case for electronic transcript implementation.

Ask the FERPA Professor

Dec 1, 2015

Can you provide student chaperones with a list of students who can't attend events due to disciplinary infractions?

Q&A about The Common Application for transfer applicants

Nov 30, 2015

AACRAO SPEEDE Committee Quarterly Executive Summary: July-Sept. 2015

Nov 23, 2015

Summary of ongoing activities of the Standardization of Postsecondary Education Electronic Data Exchange (SPEEDE) Committee.

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How one college is improving services to undocumented youth

Nov 17, 2015

Six suggestions that may work at your institution.

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Right to autonomy: Should colleges or courts decide how to seek diversity?

Nov 17, 2015

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Race, class, and college access: Achieving diversity in a shifting legal landscape

Nov 17, 2015

Authors of ACE's report on admissions practices share their research and insight.