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03/26/2019
"As long as we are still providing place based education, then the place matters." How are you presenting your "place"?
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03/25/2019
Words of advice for members attending AACRAO Annual Meeting
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03/25/2019
The LEAD initiative, launched at the 2018 Strategic Enrollment Management Conference, will take a multi-pronged approach to identifying and preparing a diverse group of senior enrollment management officers (SEMO) to take on leadership roles in Enrollment Management in North America and across the globe.
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03/20/2019
Colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada are increasingly becoming ethno-culturally and linguistically diverse which is partially due to increasing enrollment of international students. Currently 1.4 million international students choose to study at U.S. and Canadian postsecondary educational institutions, which increased by 7.1 percent between 2015 and 2016 (Canadian Bureau of International Education, 2016; Institute of International Education, 2016).
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03/18/2019
Incorporating performance management best practices can increase your team’s performance by 40%
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03/12/2019
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03/06/2019
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03/05/2019
An evidence-rich environment is critical to sound decision making and is the foundation upon which all Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) plans ought to be built. According to Harrington, Hoffhehr, and Reid (1998): "Numbers help you answer the three basic questions concerning every decision: (1) Am I getting the results I want? (2) Is there too much variation in the results I get? and (3) Are the results I get stable over time."
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03/01/2019
The new guide on holistic admissions, Understanding Holistic Review in Higher Education Admissions, Guiding Principles and Model Illustration (College Board/Education Counsel), cites AACRAO Consulting’s Michele Sandlin and William Sedlacek on issues around intersectionality of multiple factors, such as character, perseverance, and other noncognitive variables.
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02/26/2019
Studies on opportunities for students, college spending, staffing management and more.
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02/18/2019
AACRAO is seeking volunteers for the Editorial Board of SEM Quarterly Journal.
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02/18/2019
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02/15/2019
In the most recent episode of AACRAO's Admit It podcast, James Miller interviews Michael Benitez, University of Puget Sound Chief Diversity Officer and nationally recognized diversity and inclusion expert, on how admissions offices and diversity offices on college campuses can work more closely and effectively together. They discussed such intriguing and intractable questions as:
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02/11/2019
AACRAO and the National Student Clearinghouse have long been important partners in helping institutions comply with federal regulations and on other significant higher education initiatives.
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02/08/2019
In AACRAO’s January 2019 issue of SEM Quarterly, Executive vice president of Access, Learning and Success of Cuyahoga Community College, Karen Miller writes an article titled: “Leading through Change to Increase Success and Completion”.
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02/04/2019
AACRAO’s January 2019 SEM Quarterly features the article “Excess Credit Accumulation: An Examination of Contributing Factors for First-Time Bachelor’s Degree Earner”, which discusses how AACRAO partnered with a large public university in the southwestern United States to observe a multi-year data set and to complete a student survey in order to gain an understanding into variables that contribute to excess credit accumulation at graduation. To access the full study and results, click here.
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02/04/2019
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01/28/2019
AACRAO’s College & University and SEM Quarterly Journals are seeking manuscript submissions for 2019. SEM Quarterly, published by AACRAO, addresses the emerging dynamics of strategic enrollment management, including: executive-level leadership, leading strategies, internationalization, research, academic orientation and current trends.
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01/25/2019
A little nudge can go a long way.
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01/25/2019
In the second episode of AACRAO's Admit It podcast, host James Miller talks with Dr. Genny Beemyn, Director of the Stonewall Center at the University of Massachusetts, about the needs of Trans students on campus and in the admissions process.
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