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Student Membership

Annual Membership Price: $25

Requirements: Student membership is open to degree-seeking graduate and undergraduate students at AACRAO member institutions. It is not open to full-time employees.

Connect to the world of higher education

As a student member, you'll be connected to more than 11,000 members from institutions around the world. Facilitate your professional development by attending discounted meetings, gaining complimentary subscriptions to our College & University journal and more.

Why should you join? From professional development opportunities to forging connections that will help you in setting down career stones, there's more than one reason. 

Develop Professionally

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Professional Competencies

Work on your skills like collaborative decision making, technical knowledge, and upping your professional contributions to the field. We have the tools for you.

Online Learning

From free webinars to self-paced on-demand learning, AACRAO's online learning covers a variety of subjects—technology, strategic enrollment management, admissions, FERPA, transfer, credential evaluation, and international education—and allow you to engage with the presenters and instructors.

Take the next step in your career

AACRAO's Career Navigator is a wealth of job postings and resources for training. 

Gain Recognition

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Get Published

AACRAO's professional journals College & University and SEM Quarterly are always accepting articles and have a wide circulation base.

Research Opportunities

Leverage the expertise of our over 11,000 members and contribute to one of the premier sources of practice related research within the global higher education community. 

Join a committee

Do work you're passionate about, with support and mentoring from fellow members. From Caucuses to specialized topics, it's all one community.


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AACRAO's bi-weekly professional development e-newsletter

Call for authors: COVID-19 response articles

Nov 29, 2020, 15:39 PM
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AACRAO’s College & University welcomes authors to share their professional experiences in response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. C&U seeks to highlight in a new series the various ways in which campuses are addressing how student services are shifting and changing due to the pandemic.

The editors of C&U believe that the sharing of such insight and knowledge will be valuable to higher education.

For more information on submitting, please contact Managing Editor Heather Zimar at zimarh@aacrao.org.

Conversational and blog-style articles are welcome for Connect's "Field Notes" series. Email connect@aacrao.org for more information.

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  • AACRAO Publications
  • Competencies
  • Professional Development and Contributions to the Field
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Our meetings, workshops, and institutes are designed to instruct, educate and foster collaboration between professionals and institutions. Find one that works for you.

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Become an Advocate

Are you more civically minded? Advocate for higher education policies that you're passionate about on Capitol Hill. Meet your Congressional reps and state peers while exercising your political voice.

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AACRAO's weekly e-newsletter delivering policy and industry news

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Questions? Contact us at membership@aacrao.org or (202) 355-1040