AACRAO in the News

11/28/2022

AACRAO's LeRoy Rooker comments on FERPA requirements during campus safety events.

08/11/2022

08/10/2022

02/17/2022

10/28/2021

08/19/2021

07/20/2021

"'A lot of colleges describe students as living on the knife’s edge,' says Tom Green [...] at [AACRAO], adding that community college students are especially vulnerable to mishaps that would take them out of school."

06/03/2021

11/19/2020

"[Melanie Gottlieb said] an increase in market competition among international schools, economic shifts that impacted monetary exchange rates, and the pandemic are all factors that play into international enrollment declining."

10/19/2020

"[R]ecent survey results provided by the American Council on Education and the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers [show] there is a lot to be encouraged by based on the results."

10/01/2020

“About two-thirds of institutions in the U.S. have typically asked for and collected criminal history as part of their admissions applications,” said Reilly.

08/14/2020

"[Mike Reilly] said he doesn't expect colleges to 'get this right in one admissions cycle.' But he said he takes heart in the progress already underway and also hopes this year's forced experiment will bring longer-lasting changes."

07/20/2020

Michael Reilly, executive director of AACRAO, said, "I think the word that comes to mind about college admissions this fall is uncertainty."

07/10/2020

There’s been growing interest among colleges in this kind of “holistic admissions,” in part due to the movement—well underway before the pandemic—to make test scores optional, according to Tom Green, an associate executive director at [AACRAO].

07/09/2020

"Part of the irony is that one of the U.S.'s greatest exports is our higher education system. We draw more international students than any other country and this move could shoot them in the foot," said Mike Reilly, executive director of [AACRAO].

06/22/2020

"Michael Reilly, executive director of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, said that AACRAO has not taken a specific position on revoking admissions offers."

06/15/2020

"Michael Reilly [...] said, "Summer enrollments seemed strong across higher education, which was a bit of a surprise given students' general dislike of the virtual format [...]."

04/28/2020

"Here are marketing strategies to increase student enrollment [...] from Tom Green, Associate Executive Director of Consulting and SEM at American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)."

04/25/2020

"Mike Reilly...'you may see more mergers...particularly state systems...look at the number of campuses they have and merge them into smaller, into a fewer number of campuses.'"

04/14/2020

"A new report by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers finds that colleges are changing their admissions policies for next year (and this year) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic."