Online Registration Services 2003

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Research

AACRAO recently conducted a survey of its membership to gather information about online registration services.

AACRAO recently conducted a survey of its membership to gather information about online registration services. A similar survey was conducted in 1999. Respondents were asked whether institutions offer the following online services: class schedules, catalog information, instructor information, registration, payment processing, registrar’s office homepage, schedule planning services, community information. Those institutions who reported offering online information and services were also asked about weather they developed those services in-house or if they used and outside firm. The survey also asked institutions whether they offer schedules and catalogs in printed form, online, or both.

Unless otherwise noted in a specific report, the AACRAO member institution size, type and control categories are based on the following definitions and sources:

The enrollment value used to delineate the institution's size category is defined as full-time enrollment plus 1/3 of part-time enrollment and is based on the enrollment reported by the institution to the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).