AACRAO Elections Position Statement (President-Elect):
AACRAO is a community of like-minded professionals with common interests and common goals. I believe that our community is our strength. It is critical AACRAO continue to find ways for its members to connect with one another in meaningful ways. We must engage the membership across not only multiple platforms of preferred interaction but also address generational differences.
As a part of the member engagement, AACRAO must continue its work to provide professional development, mentoring, and training for future leadership ensuring they understand the rich history of our role in higher education while simultaneously helping them find ways to meet the future needs of our students, institutions, and governing bodies. At a time when many institutions continue to struggle to find, hire, and retain qualified individuals, it is incumbent on the association to provide credentialed education to address the gap.
Our community is one that will look very different over the next decade as many of our peers retire. We must focus on professional education and mentoring to grow those who will take our place, so they understand the rich history of our role in higher education while simultaneously helping them find ways to meet the future needs of our students, institutions, and governing bodies.
AACRAO must remain strong in the public policy space. With the (hopefully) upcoming Higher Education Reauthorization Act and the needed changes to FERPA, including the exception for Reverse Transfer, the strong voice of our members is needed to shape the immediate future of postsecondary education.
With several States passing anti-DEI legislation and the recent Supreme Court decision regarding race in admission, the strong history of AACRAO’s continued commitment to diversity is critical in the current environment. We must not only continue our support for our individual members but also ensure the direction of the association supports the rich history of our institutions varying missions, controls, and student bodies.
I look forward to the opportunity of serving as President -Elect for our association and helping it grow into the future.
AACRAO Bio
Tim Amyx has worked in higher education for over 20 years and is the Director of Admissions and College Registrar at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, TN just north of Nashville. Tim is a Past President and former Vice President for Information Technology and Publications for Tennessee ACRAO. Over the years, Tim has served on various AACRAO task forces and committees. He was the chair for the AACRAO Community College Issues Committee and was the Group V coordinator for the Annual Meeting Program Committee and served as Chair for the 2017 Minneapolis AACRAO Annual Meeting Program Committee. Tim is one of the original faculty for the AACRAO REG 201 workshop. He is a recipient of the Tennessee ACRAO Distinguished Service Award and the AACRAO Thomas A. Bilger Award. Tim currently served on the AACRAO Board of Directors as a Vice President at Large.
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