Jeffrey Von Munkwitz-Smith recently retired as Assistant Vice President and University Registrar at Boston University. This article provides a commentary by Von Munkwitz-Smith on an address given by Lotus Delta Coffman (then president of the University of Minnesota) in 1926 at the annual meeting of the American Association of Collegiate…

Road runner. File jockey. Advisor. Public speaker. Recruiter. At any given time, an admissions counselor fits one, some, or all of these descriptors. While all of these descriptors indicate an important function within a college or university, none reflects the increasingly complex nature of the role of an admissions counselor in strategic…

Noting the need to define the terms used for policies which are changing the role of admissions offices, the author defines "open admissions" as "universal opportunity for post-secondary schooling" and points out changes in the core tasks of recruiting, selecting, counseling, and management of student records and data. (JT)

The role of the college registrar in a period of change is discussed, and these administrators are encouraged to recognize opportunities of their unique position within the institution. It is argued that campuses need administrators who are good managers, visionary leaders, and coalition builders, combining new technology, service management…

Techniques and considerations in hiring support staff for student service programs are presented in the form of checklists, with some explanation provided. The hiring process is divided into three phases: (1) preparation, (2) interview, and (3) orientation, training, and evaluation. (MSE)

A study of the perceived importance of selected tasks for building and coordinating educational articulation programs in Alabama and the frequency with which those tasks were actually performed by articulation personnel revealed considerable disagreement about both the functions of articulation programs and their administration. (MSE)