AACRAO Spotlight interviews are published biweekly before major professional development meetings. They feature our conversations with industry experts, highlighting key issues and promoting sessions and workshops at the upcoming conference.
In this issue of Connect, AACRAO spoke with these presenters who have adapted their institution's internal processes to aid non-traditional transfer students and LGBTQA students.
In 2009, the University of Vermont became the first school to provide students the ability to enter a preferred name and pronoun in Banner. During this session, University Registrar Keith P. Williams will explain the impetus for putting this system in place. The session will cover how various member of the university community participated in the creation of the system, as well as how the registrar's office used Banner to provide the technical aspects of the project. He will also share lessons learned throughout implementing the project.
Read the full interview with Keith here.
One of the rising trends in higher education, and therefore a rising priority for enrollment managers, are "non-traditional" students. At the University of North Carolina Wilmington, there are four distinct non-traditional transfer student types -- main campus, extension site, military-affiliated and RN to BSN (Online Accelerated Program) students. These non-traditional transfer student types make up a substantial part of UNCW, and have a unique set of needs.
We talked with Karla Blanton, Admissions and Financial Aid Coordinator about the non-traditional student population at UNCW and steps the university has taken to support these students.
Read the full interview
here.
For the last five years we have seen a rapid shift in the educational requirements needed to obtain employment and to advance up the career ladder. We have also seen an increase in transfer students and those looking to go back to school. These factors have led to a change in attributes of the typical transfer student. This session, presented by John Ocasio and Mandie Corcoran will take an in-depth look at what the University of Arizona is doing to create a smoother transfer process for the new age of transfer students.
Read the full interview with John and Mandie here.