1. AACRAO Update

2. About AACRAO
A non-profit, voluntary, professional association made up of
more than 11,000 members
who represent approximately 2,600 institutions
from more than 40 countries
AACRAO is a non-profit, voluntary, professional association of more than 11,000 higher education professionals who represent approximately 2,600 institutions in more than 40 countries. Its mission is to provide professional development, guidelines, and voluntary standards to be used by higher education officials regarding the best practices in records management, admissions, enrollment management, administrative information technology, and student services. AACRAO represents institutions in every part of the higher education community, from large public institutions to small, private liberal arts colleges.

3. AACRAO provides… Workshops & training Professional development tools
Networking opportunities
Webinars and online courses
AACRAO's mission is to serve and advance higher education by providing leadership in academic and enrollment services. The association provides relevant programs, professional development tools such as online courses, webinars, and workshops, and information resources necessary to chart the course for professional success while following AACRAO’s key values of accountability, collaboration, inclusiveness, innovation, inquiry, integrity, and learning.
Accountability – Collaboration – Inclusiveness – Innovation – Inquiry – Integrity – Learning

4. Upcoming Meetings
27th Annual SEM Conference October 29 – November 1, 2017 – Phoenix, AZ
Foreign Credential Evaluation Workshop October 29 – November 1, 2017 – Phoenix, AZ
2018 Annual Meeting March 25-28, 2018 – Orlando, FL
2018 AACRAO Technology & Transfer Conference
July 8-10, 2018 – Minneapolis, MN

5. AACRAO Updates Upcoming AACRAO elections FERPA Training
AACRAO Core Competencies and Proficiencies
Comprehensive Student Record Project (Lumina Grant)
AACRAO Work Group on Student Identity
Upcoming AACRAO Elections
Open from Monday, October 2 through Friday, November 3, All active AACRAO members are eligible to submit a ballot for he next AACRAO President, Vice President for International Education, Vice President for Leadership and Management Development, Vice President at Large, and the Nominations and Elections Committee. 
FERPA Training
AACRAO worked with TeachPrivacy to develop an online, interactive FERPA training program that institutions can deploy on their own learning management systems. For more information on the course contents and how to acquire it, please visit  or contact AACRAO directly to talk with a staff member.
AACRAO Core Competencies and Proficiencies
AACRAO has developed a set of Core Competencies and Proficiencies to help with your professional development and help you advance in the professions of registrar, admissions, and enrollment management. We are aligning many of our professional development opportunities to the new core competencies and proficiencies and are developing tools to help you assess your current knowledge and skills. Those of you attending the upcoming SEM conference or the Annual Meeting will see that many of the sessions are aligned to the core competencies and proficiencies.
Comprehensive Student Record Project (Lumina Grant)
AACRAO and NASPA, with funding from the Lumina Foundation, worked with 12 colleges and universities to help develop new models for recording and presenting student learning. The work of the grant ended in December of 2016 but Lumina has generously funded another round of work on comprehensive student records. Details of the new projects should be available soon. To learn more about all of the comprehensive student record work you can visit the Comprehensive Student Record page on AACRAO web site under “Resources”.
AACRAO Work Groups
The AACRAO Board of Directors occasionally establishes work groups to address emerging issues impacting our professions. The work group on Disciplinary Notations on Transcripts published their report earlier this year.
We have also established a work group on Student Identity to develop practices guidance to help serve transgender students and students who wish to update their gender marker, change their legal name, use a preferred name, or designate a pronoun. Their report is expected by December of this year..