Middle-managers, including registrar and admissions personnel, must continue to call attention to the need for professional development. The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers and the regional and state organizations are challenged to define the need and respond appropriately. (MSE)

This article examines the qualifications, characteristics, and responsibilities of the American registrar.The College and University Personnel Association (CUPA) describes the registrar as the administrative official with principal responsibility for student registrations and records. Functions of the registrar typically include registration,…

A survey of registrars in 44 Australian higher education institutions gathered information on their demographic characteristics, qualifications, work experience, titles, current responsibilities, salaries, reporting relationships, and administrative perspectives. Results are reported, and their implications for administration in the new unified…

In 1971 the registrar of the University of Guelph was authorized to assess possible need for and to design an application center for admission to Ontario universities. The study had as its terms of reference the following: (1) to analyze the needs of the universities, the students, and the Department of University Affairs in respect of…

The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers' efforts in recruitment and training of professionals are reviewed briefly, and a "roadmap" to the profession is provided. Within each professional competency area, basic and advancement skills are outlined, and resources for attaining them are identified. (MSE)

This article from the "Journal of College Admission's" Special Diversity Issue (which in its entirety won the 1997 Muir Award), presents a compilation of three speeches, given at the 51st National Conference in Boston, Massachusetts. The preface, by Mary Lee Hoganson, serves to bind the three speeches together under the cohesive question, "Are…

Provisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code that affect the right of colleges to withhold transcripts as a means of collecting student debts are considered. Automatic stay provisions state that the filing of a petition for bankruptcy relief prohibits actions to collect obligations of the debtor. The discharge injunction provides that once a discharge…

Change in admissions is inevitable and already here, and thus the only option is to manage the change or let it manage us. Two presentations are offered: (1) Is the Bell Tolling for Private Colleges?'', given at the NACAC annual conference in San Antonio in October, 1972, and (2) Admissions Is Not Marketing,'' presented to the Middle States…

Proceedings of the 66th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers which relate to computer-assisted operations, registration, records, and schedules are summarized. Names and institutions of conference participants are included. (MSE)

A procedure called "Services/Requirements Analysis" is proposed as a means of improving input to institutional management information systems. The procedure profiles the office's information needs and limitations and identifies benefit groups, all according to user perceptions and not the assumptions of the technological community. (MSE)

At AACRAO's Annual Meeting in April 2003, Tom Stewart was presented with the APEX Award for Achieving Professional Excellence in his field. He was recognized for his tireless work and commitment to SPEEDE, the electronic transmission of records. Over the almost 40-year span of his career, he has earned the SACRAO and AACRAO Distinguished Service…

This document contains a report on student enrollment at the end of the 2003 winter quarter and spring semester at the College of DuPage. The report is based on results of the fiscal year survey that shows both the headcount enrollments and the full time equivalent enrollments increased statewide as compared with the same term a year prior. The…

This report examines registration outcomes at the City College of San Francisco (CCSF) by semester and by courses, and posits the long term consequence of an inability to register. Findings from the Office of Research show that at CCSF, between 4,000 and 7,000 students (unduplicated) were unable to enroll in at least one course of their choice in…

Specific concepts from management theory which can assist the admissions officer/registrar to become a more effective collegiate administrator. (Editor)

The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers is richer for the leadership contributions women have made to it. Its already good record of having one woman president per decade since the 1930s can even be bettered, since there are plenty of competent women to continue in the leadership. (MSE)