Workshop Information
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Monday, March 24
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
M1.1 - International Admissions 101
Monday, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $135
Using the AACRAO International Guide: A Resource for International Professionals (included in workshop fee), we will introduce beginning professionals to the key aspects of international admissions. Topics will include recruitment basics, technology, inquiry and application processing, using appropriate admission criteria, English proficiency and TOEFL, and the process involved with admitting international students—including evaluation of documents.
Presenters:
Elizabeth White, SUNY at Buffalo
Jennifer Minke, Texas A&M University - Kingsville
Melanie Gottlieb, Webster University
Robert Watkins, The University of Texas at Austin
M1.2 - Admissions 101: Operations and Management
Monday, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $135
This is a comprehensive one-day workshop for assistant, associate, and new director-level personnel with three to five years of experience in admissions. The workshop includes modules on recruitment and marketing, processing and operation, technology, and professional responsibility.
Presenters:
Boyd Bradshaw, University of Louisville
Brent Gage, Northern Illinois University
Jim Antonio, John Cabot University
M1.3 - Awarding Transfer Credit for Non-Traditional Education and Experience
Monday, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $135
AARTS/SMARTS, CLEP, ACE, PONSI, etc. What does this all mean, and how can it translate into academic credit towards degree requirements? Topics covered will include military education and experience, credit by exam, police academy training, and prior learning assessment. Attendees will leave the workshop with the basic knowledge for completing non-traditional evaluations, as well as practical tools for working with academic departments to get them approved.
Presenter:
Tracy Cosker, American Public University System
M1.4 - Enrollment Management 101: Covering the Basics in Best Practices and Strategic Planning
Monday, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $135
Learn the basic tenets and considerations in this practical workshop on enrollment management and how to approach strategic enrollment planning. The first part of the workshop will focus on the basic tenets and considerations for enrollment management and the keys for effective strategic enrollment planning. Next, the presentation will show how strategic enrollment planning should evolve from a strategic and systems thinking approach that focuses on a compelling institutional purpose. The final part of the presentation will encourage participants to assume active 'stakeholder' roles in the planning process.
Presenters:
Amanda Yale, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Stanley Henderson, University of Michigan-Dearborn
M1.5 - Federal Compliance 101
Monday, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $135
This workshop will provide an introduction to compliance issues related to at least the following federal compliance topics: SEVIS, Student Right to Know/Cleary Act, Solomon Amendment, and FERPA. The workshop will include not only a summary of the compliance expectations, but it will also include time for participants to openly discuss and share their current approaches and “best practices.”
Presenters:
Dennis Hicks, Indiana University - East
Eliott Baker, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
M1.6 - Registrar 101: An Introduction to the Profession
Monday, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $135
Sponsored by National Student Clearinghouse
This workshop is designed to provide new registrars with an overview of the profession, a network of contacts, and a databank of information sources. It will include presentations and a concluding breakout discussion. Modules will include: the role of the registrar, outsourcing registrar services, information sources for registrars, and FERPA.
Presenters:
Barbara Lauren, AACRAO
Glenn Munson, Rhodes College
Monday, March 24
8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
M2.1 - Introduction to IPEDS Data Tools: A Hands-On Test Drive
Monday, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Fee: $70
This workshop will provide participants with an overview of several NCES data sources, including: College Opportunities Online (COOL), the Executive Peer Tool (ExPT), the Peer Analysis System (PAS), and the Dataset Cutting Tool (DAS). Participants will have hands-on activities. The workshop will be offered off-site, with transportation provided in the workshop fee.
Presenter:
Michael Duggan, Suffolk University
M2.2 - Mentoring: Principles, Practices, and Resources
Monday, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Fee: $95
The future of organizations depends on quality leadership. Attendees will be introduced to various mentoring principles, practices, and resources that can help them to develop their own personal mentoring style. Attendees will be introduced to several mentoring methodologies, but will focus more in depth on that of Norman Cohen. The workshop fee includes a copy of three of Dr. Cohen’s publications, which will be used during the workshop for the planning exercises, and may be taken home.
Presenters:
Julia Pomerenk, Washington State University
Marla Herron, University of Kansas Main Campus
Virginia Johns, University of California-Santa Barbara
M2.3 - System Re-Engineering: Cases, Pitfalls, and Opportunities
Monday, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Fee: $70
How can you get the most out of your human, financial, and time resources? How can you move things forward in your office instead of staying with the notion that "we've always done it this way?" This workshop explores the basic principles of Business Process Re-engineering and how the electronic exchange of data can help. Use your staff more efficiently rather than have them do the repetitive work that your computer system can do for you!
Presenter:
Jerald Bracken, Brigham Young University
Richard Skeel, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
M2.4 - Theological Schools Workshop I
Monday, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Fee: None
This is an opportunity to meet with colleagues and discuss issues common to theological schools. We will have networking and roundtable discussions on current topics.
Presenter:
Anne Malone, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
M2.5 - State and Regional Officers Workshop
Monday, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Fee: None
This FREE workshop is offered to all state and regional officers, including the traditional officers such as president, vice president, etc., and other people in leadership roles, including newsletter editors, Web masters, and local arrangements chairs. The State and Regional Relations Committee is planning the workshop with three primary segments: a general leadership topic relevant to all participants; break-out sessions for smaller groups by organization size or leadership roles; and discussion time.
Presenter:
Nora McLaughlin, Reed College
M2.6 - FERPA and the Crisis Communication Imperative
Monday, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Fee: $70
In light of recent tragedies in higher education, what plans for communication within our institutions and with our broader communities do we have in place, and what are the FERPA implications? A panel from various campus offices will approach this topic from different perspectives.
Presenters:
Eric Davis, Bluffton University
Brad Myers, Ohio State University
M2.7 - Power Up! Blast your way to Enrollment Success by Understanding the "Gamer" Generation
Monday, 8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Fee: $130 New Lower Price $70
Until now, higher education has been largely unaware of a large cohort of prospective students. "Gamers" are rapidly increasing in volume and are predicted to soon outnumber the Millennials. The authors of Gamers Go To College offer you the opportunity to learn how to tune in to these highly-skilled prospects and effectively incorporate their unique perspective into your marketing and recruiting strategies. Westman and Bouman's new book, The SEM Imperative: Taking Enrollment Management Online, and all of their other books are available for purchase at the AACRAO Bookstore.
Presenter:
Craig Westman, The University of Texas at El Paso
Monday, March 24
12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
M3.1 – E-Mail is for Old People: Wikis, Blogs and Podcasts, Oh My!
Monday, 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $70
This session will define the technologies of Podcasts, Blogs, and Wikis and offer strengths and limitations for all. We will brainstorm uses of these technologies as well as solicit existing practices. Participants should leave this session with several concrete applications for these technologies for advising.
Presenter:
George Edward Steele, Ohio State University
M3.2 - FERPA: Beyond the Basics
Monday, 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $105
This workshop will provide attendees with a comprehensive working knowledge of FERPA. A series of cases and resolutions will be presented and considered individually or in groups. The session requires a basic knowledge of FERPA. The AACRAO FERPA Guide is included in the workshop fee.
Presenter:
John Snodgrass, Chapman University
M3.3 - Grow Leaders From Within
Monday, 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $95
Evidence reveals that the quality of leadership in an organization is directly correlated with the degree of effectiveness in the attainment of institutional goals. In this presentation, we will look at two colleges’ attempts to reconfigure the practice of leadership development specifically, to find a process more fitting to our times and develop leaders within the organization that will spur the educational enterprise toward greatness. The workshop will focus on the planning, development, implementation, and assessment of a year-long leadership program that seeks to engage employees more fully. Increased employee engagement and commitment translates into increased organizational success.
Presenters:
Cameron Martin, Utah Valley State College
Paul Cesare, Metropolitan State College of Denver
M3.4 - Secured E-Transcripts: How Schools Have Automated Both the Order and Delivery Process Using XML and the Web
Monday, 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $105
This is a repeat of the popular Electronic Transcript workshop presented in Boston. Starting with a history of electronic transcripts, how they are now accepted and becoming expected, in admissions and higher education in general, the workshop will provide a guided tour of evolving technologies available to registrars to not only produce them, but understand how to deal with them not just as a concept but as a soon-to-be required component of the registrar’s toolbox.
Presenters:
Andrew Hannah, University of Chicago
Thomas Black, University of Chicago
M3.5 - Succession Planning for Individual and Organizational Excellence
Monday, 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fee: $70
Organizational longevity and effectiveness don’t just happen. Both require intentional planning, forethought, commitment, and engagement at all levels of the organization. One element is succession planning, which is a method for preparing staff to meet an organization’s needs over time. Key components of succession planning are: strategic planning, organizational analysis, employee development and cultivating individual leadership skills. Exploring these four components and how they link to organizational growth and success will be the basis for this workshop.
Presenters:
Ingrid Nuttall, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Tina Falkner, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Vickie Roberts, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
M3.6 - Theological Schools Workshop II
Monday, 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Fee: None
This is an opportunity to meet with colleagues and discuss issues common to theological schools. We will have networking and roundtable discussions on current topics.
Presenter:
Anne Malone, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary