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08/13/2019
Oftentimes, the relationship between the Registrar and Institutional Research may be nonexistent -- or possibly even adversarial. But collaboration between the two can yield amazing results, as exemplified by the experience at Wichita State University (WSU)
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08/05/2019
In the July 2019 issue of Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, we authored an article titled “Developing the Two-Way Practitioner-Researcher Loop for Enrollment Management.” In this article, we asserted that enrollment management (EM) officers should continue their efforts to use empirical research findings to guide their professional practice as it prevents EM officers from “shooting from the hip” or trial-and-error forms of professional action.
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08/02/2019
A state institution serving almost 40,000 students, Utah Valley University enrolls a significant number of new students each year. However, some of their processes were “clunky,” said Andrew Stone, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management, and there was a clear need to improve the onboarding experience.
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07/31/2019
Bontrager and Green (2012) have delineated a structure for Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) planning that has been used successfully on hundreds of campuses. The importance of tying the SEM plan to the institutional strategic plan, building the plan’s foundation on data, focusing on the strategic rather than the shiny are all carefully explained.
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07/30/2019
In The Gazette’s article, University of Iowa VP warns of 'profound' drop-in student numbers over next decade, the University of Iowa’s Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management and AACRAO Senior Consultant, Dr. Brent Gage, discusses the long-term outlook for higher education, which predicts that there will be a large drop in high school graduates nationally by 2029.
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07/26/2019
"There are a lot of different ways to conduct UAT, probably as many ways as there are different types of institutions. The only wrong way is to not do it."
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07/26/2019
Graduates list their biggest regrets, surveying off-task technology usage in the classroom and more.
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07/26/2019
SEM Quarterly provides knowledge and insight into the ongoing evolution of Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) by bridging the gap between theory and practice.
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07/24/2019
The Chronicle of Higher Education’s article, ‘Better, Not Bigger’: As Private Colleges Hunger for Students, One University Slims Down focuses on private colleges and their goal to increase enrollment in a time when enrollment numbers are starting to dwindle
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07/22/2019
In November 2018 AACRAO began work on the development of a multi-pronged approach to identify and prepare a diverse group of enrollment leaders to take on leadership roles in Enrollment Management in North America and across the globe. Appropriately named, Leaders in Enrollment Advancing Diversity (LEAD)
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07/22/2019
Inside Higher Ed features an article that includes AACRAO Consultant and Vice President for Enrollment Management at Frostburg State University, Arlene Cash entitled Admissions Push: After May 1. Cash, along with Kristen Bowers, Associate Dean of Admissions at Cazenovia College,
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07/22/2019
Dr. Rodney Parks, University Registrar and Assistant to the Provost, and Alexander Taylor, Assistant Registrar for Communications at Elon University in Elon, North Carolina, co-authored an article in AACRAO’s spring 2019 College & University Journal. The article titled: The Emerging Role of the Registrar in Enrollment Management
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07/22/2019
AACRAO Senior Consultant Dr. Wendy Kilgore has written an article in AACRAO’s spring 2019 College & University Journal titled: AACRAO Research: A Year in Review 2018.
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07/22/2019
In AACRAO’s spring 2019 College & University Journal, Special Advisor to the Vice President of Student Affairs and Director of Enrollment Management at New Jersey City University, Jeffrey P. Levine, writes an article titled: Leading Internal Communication from Enrollment Management throughout New Academic Program Implementation.
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07/22/2019
Author and Associate Vice President, Enrollment & Campus Operating Officer for York Technical College, Monique Perry writes an article in AACRAO’s spring 2019 College & University Journal titled: Don't Let Your Calling Catch Up with You: The Importance of Self-Care.
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07/22/2019
In AACRAO’s spring 2019 College & University Journal, AACRAO Senior Consultant Dr. Jeff von Munkwitz-Smith sits down with the University of Minnesota’s Director of the Office of Student Finance for Academic Resources and AACRAO Past President, Tina Falkner,
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07/22/2019
In AACRAO’s spring 2019 College & University Journal, AACRAO Managing Consultant Michele Sandlin writes an article titled: An Admissions/Enrollment Imperative for Predicting Student Success,
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07/22/2019
Over the course of the last 14 years, I have both served as a Registrar and conducted several dozen registrar’s office reviews as an AACRAO consultant. It is with this perspective that I offer the following. An external review provides another set of eyes on the complex and far-reaching practice wheelhouse associated with the registrar’s office.
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06/28/2019
Regardless of political affiliation, most Americans recognize that higher education is valuable.
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06/12/2019
Words of advice: "Don't just consider this a trans-issue...our international community also really takes advantage of this" as do other groups.
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