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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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Diversity, higher education, and the law: Can they co-exist?

Sep 7, 2015

Higher education is at a crossroads, and upcoming legal decisions will have repercussions on campuses across the country.

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Best practice on evaluating credit from non-accredited institutions.

Sep 2, 2015

Survey: Many institutions don't have documented process for unaccredited transfer credits.

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Meet the AACRAO Board: Luke Schultheis, Vice President for Admissions and Enrollment Management

Aug 25, 2015

His path towards leadership has been anything but conventional.

How to create interactive dashboards in Excel

Aug 25, 2015

A live, free professional development webinar.

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The cultural touchstones of students born in 1997

Aug 25, 2015

Beloit College's Annual "Mindset List" for the class of 2019

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Proficient means prepared: New assessments of college readiness

Aug 25, 2015

Live, free webinar with practical information about how the new Common Core assessments are changing the transition from high school to college.

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Meet the AACRAO Staff: Melanie Gottlieb, Deputy Director

Aug 25, 2015

Melanie talks about the transition from institution to association and confesses to "a serious book habit."

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Field Notes: Serving increased numbers of transfer students at small colleges

Aug 25, 2015

Low-cost ways to build a stronger system for transfers.

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3 reasons to attend Upper Midwest ACRAO's Annual Conference

Aug 25, 2015

UMACRAO would like to extend an invitation to all members of any State and Regional ACRAO.

Ask the FERPA Professor

Aug 25, 2015

Can admissions staff have access to all current student records?

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UCF's groundbreaking transfer model raises its profile

Aug 11, 2015

In the last six months, the University of Central Florida's DirectConnect transfer pipeline program has made some waves.

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Recruitment--the easiest job on campus

Aug 11, 2015

Everyone tells you how to do it and no two pieces of advice are the same.

Ask the FERPA Professor

Aug 11, 2015

What are best practices for handling digital signatures?

Meet the Staff: Erika, Assistant Director of Meetings and Marketing

Aug 10, 2015

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What does the higher education horizon look like and what might that mean for AACRAO?

Aug 10, 2015

Summary of a recent AACRAO Board strategic discussion.

SPEEDE Committee Quarterly Executive Summary: April-June 2015

Aug 10, 2015

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2015 EAIE Conference & Exhibition in Glasgow: "A Wealth of Nations"

Jul 28, 2015

Register by August 26th for Europe's largest international higher education conference.

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AACRAO congratulates the 2015 Baden-Württemberg Seminar participants

Jul 28, 2015

Participants gained a "deep understanding" of the German educational system.

10 factors affecting diversity in the student body

Jul 28, 2015

Highlights and resources from Insider Higher Ed's recent webinar.

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AACRAO SEM 2015 features team programming, a faculty mentor and a take-home action plan

Jul 28, 2015

This year marks the 25th anniversary of AACRAO's Strategic Enrollment Management Conference (SEM).