AACRAO NetNews
Volume VII, Number 5
August 16, 1999
American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
Editor: Paul Aucoin, pgaucoin@samford.edu
Associate Editor, Scott Dittman, sdittman@wlu.edu
Subscription Manger: Erika Watts, wattse@aacrao.nche.edu
Katherine Beaty is Bradley University's new Registrar, having finished her work as Associate Registrar at Western Illinois University. Kathie's new e-mail address is kbeaty@bradley.edu.
Barbara Boothe, formerly Registrar at Liberty University, is now Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs for Program and Schedule Analysis and Assistant Professor of Education. The new Liberty registrar is Corey Leverette.
Danny K. Brooks, president of Alabama ACRAO, was promoted to Dean of Records and Research at Birmingham-Southern College. The 1985 graduate of the University of North Alabama and the 1999 graduate of Birmingham-Southern College's Master of Arts in Public and Private Management was formerly Associate Dean and Registrar.
Polly W. Griffin, Registrar at Davidson College until September 10 is moving to Hanover, New Hampshire. Polly will be Registrar at Dartmouth College. Before moving to Davidson, Polly served as Registrar and Director of International Programs at Wingate College from 1978 until 1987. She was in institutional research at Davidson from 1987 to 1992. Davidson needed an Interim Registrar for the 1992-93 academic year, and Polly stepped up to the plate. Before 1993 had ended she was appointed Registrar just in time to see Davidson through an administrative software conversion. Dr. Hansford Epes, Professor of German and Chair of the Humanities Program has been named Interim Registrar at Davidson. Chloe Myers, Associate Registrar, is also available to help AACRAOans contacting Davidson.
Betty Huff starts in the position of Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs/Enrollment Services at the University of California, Santa Barbara, on September 1. She is leaving the position of Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Services at California State University, Hayward.
Sylvia Jeans, registrar at Virginia Military Institute retired at the end of May after She was awarded a VMI Achievement Medal at the Institute Awards Convocation in April. A North Carolina native and graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sylvia joined the VMI staff in 1989 as assistant registrar after 13 years with the Virginia Employment Commission. Sylvia's successor in Lexington is Janet Battaglia, the former registrar at Dean College in Franklin MA.
Carol S. Nobles, Associate Director of Admissions at The University of Georgia is leaving it and state of Georgia after 22 years in the University System of Georgia. She had also served at Gainesville College. Beginning Monday, August 23, Carol will start as Director of Admissions at the University of Texas at Arlington. Her new e-mail address will be cnobles@uta.edu.
Deborah Powell has been named Registrar at Sweet Briar College after having served as Associate Registrar. Debbie succeeds Paul Wiley who has moved to the University of the South.
On August 1, Ruby Robinson left her job as Acting University Registrar at The College of William and Mary in Virginia. Ruby says her husband obtained a faculty position at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. The new Registrar at William and Mary will be Susanna Yunker from Boise State University, who will begin August 16.
Scott Thomas is the Interim Registrar at College of Notre Dame, Belmont CA, having spent almost 20 years in the California community college system. Notre Dame also has a new Associate Registrar, Elsa Cabrera, who was most recently the registrar at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology. The former registrar, Chip Goldstein, and associate registrar, Stephanie Anabo, have both gone to work for Oracle Corporation.
In memoriam:
Eleanor Stinson Rockett Brown died Wed., June 16, 1999 at Richard Medical Center in Rayville after a long battle with cancer. Mrs. Brown retired from Louisiana Tech University in 1982 after serving as Registrar for 14 years. Her association with Tech dates back to her student days. After receiving her B.S. degree in Commerce in 1938, she was employed as a secretary in the Extension Department of what was then Louisiana Polytechnic Institute. In 1942, she moved to the student guidance area serving as a secretary until 1943. She returned to Tech in 1959 as secretary to the Business Manager and was promoted to Assistant Registrar in 1960. She served as Assistant Registrar for eight years before being promoted to Registrar in 1968. She received her Masters Degree in Business Education from Tech in 1969. Her three sons are also Tech graduates.
While at Louisiana Tech, Mrs. Brown served as president of the Louisiana ACRAO, as well as serving in a variety of roles in Southern ACRAO and AACRAO. She was a member of the Louisiana Association of Women Deans, Admissions, Administrators, and Counselors and the American Association of University Women. Mrs. Brown accompanied students in the Tech-Rome program to Rome, Italy, for six weeks each of two summers. She was a member of Delta Pi Epsilon, a national professional graduate fraternity in business education, Phi Kappa Phi honorary society, and Sigma Kappa social sorority. Mrs. Brown was also listed in Who's Who in America, Personalities of the South, and Who's Who in the South and Southwest.
Ann Fletcher, a leading light in the field of international admissions, passed away June 2, 1999. Over the course of her twenty-year career at Stanford University, Ann was member and chair of AACRAO's International Admissions Committee, a member of the National Council on the Evaluation of Foreign Educational Credentials, and an author and contributor to many of the key professional resources for international credentials evaluation. AACRAO members will recognize her name as the author of the WES volume on Belgium and the PIER special report, Higher Education in Israel. In 1996, Ann was instrumental in helping to develop a new methodology for comparing US and foreign educational credentials during the Milwaukee Symposium, the proceedings of which she also edited. This project continued the work of the 1989 Oregon Symposium, a forum in which Ann played a significant leadership role.
In Palo Alto, during the June 5th memorial service for remembering Ann, Condoleezza Rice, Provost of Stanford University, described Ann as her "chief of staff," someone who could get anything accomplished, no matter the obstacles. AACRAO members readily endorse this attribute. We turned to Ann for especially difficult work in the field of diploma recognition.
On a more personal note, Ann's colleagues will appreciate knowing that in addition to writing WES and PIER volumes, she delighted in:
appreciating mountains, sea, and the beauty of the earth around us; "Company Point," a family retreat on Vinalhaven, off the coast of Maine; physical exercise and activity -- sailing, tennis, hiking; long walks and talks, good wine with friends; relaxation on the Hawaiian islands; cooking the very best blueberry pancakes; and her husband Joe, and their wonderful children, Lindsay and Evan.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers that donations be made to the Ann S. Fletcher Memorial Fund, c/o Office of the President, Building 10, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-2060
Paul Anderson, Immediate AACRAO Past President, Retires
After nearly forty years in higher education, Paul Anderson, Immediate Past President of the American Association
of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, recently announced his retirement from
Furman University, effective September 1, 1999.
Anderson grew up in Philadelphia and enrolled at Bloomsburg State College, earning a BS degree in English and Social Studies. He later attended Drew University School of Theology and Southern Illinois University where he earned an MS in Student Personnel. Paul subsequently completed his coursework towards a doctorate at Rutgers University.
Anderson's long-standing career in higher education includes service to Trenton State College as Assistant Registrar and Registrar; the New Jersey State Scholarship Commission as Assistant Director; Dickinson College as Assistant Basketball Coach and Registrar; Frostburg State College as Registrar; and finally, as Associate Dean and University Registrar of Furman University.
Also active in numerous state and regional associations that support AACRAO, Paul was
president of Middle States ACROA in 1975 and served as President of the Carolinas ACRAO in
1988. In 1992, Paul received CACRAO's Award of Excellence. He served as President of
Southern ACRAO in 1991, and in 1992 was elected to AACRAO's Board of Directors for
a three-year term as Secretary-Treasurer. In 1998-99 he put the exclamation point on his
professional development opportunities when he ably served as President of AACRAO at a
pivotal stage in the Association's recovery process.
While Paul Anderson is well known among AACRAOans professionally, some colleagues may not
know of his athletic prowess. He has served as a part-time assistant basketball coach for
Joe Williams, was pitcher for the 1985 and 1987 Intramural Champions of the Furman
Championship Division Fast Pitch Softball League, and was "Horseshoes and Hot Shot
Shoot Out" Champion at Furman. This versatile past-president also served his
community on the Advisory Council of two technical colleges in South Carolina, as a
fraternity adviser, as Chairman of a Citizen's Advisory Council, as a class adviser, as
Faculty Secretary at two institutions, and he continues to referee basketball.
Paul is known and appreciated for his commitment and passion for higher education, and, more specifically, for his devotion to AACRAO. His unruffled composure enabled him to positively affect AACRAO during a time of turmoil for the organization. Paul’s commitment to AACRAO is evident in the countless hours spent assessing problems and working toward solutions to help put AACRAO back on its feet. His legacy will be felt at AACRAO will be felt for years to come, and his many friends and professional colleagues will certainly miss him.
Paul plans to spend more time with his wife Bobbi and his three children, Shannon, Andy and Sean, and will continue his tradition of traveling around the country collecting memorabilia from the academic institutions he visits.
This article was prepared by Paul Taylor without Paul Anderson's knowledge, with assistance from Susan Templeton at Furman University and Paul's colleagues and friends.
NetNews Welcomes Scott Dittman as Associate Editor
Though he has been assisting in an unofficial capacity for several months, we are pleased to announce that Scott Dittman, University Registrar at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, has joined the editorial staff as Associate Editor. Scott brings many talents to the publication, and will be chiefly responsible for the "News About Your Colleagues" and the "Caught in the Surf" sections of the newsletter. Scott will also assist with other articles presented to you nearly every month of the year. Please contact him at sdittman@wlu.edu with contributions for his sections.
Our publication schedule aims for a mid-month release of the newsletter, so please try to contact Scott prior to that time is you have news or an article to share with your colleagues.
Send Your Comments - Student Right-to-Know Regulations Just Released
You have until September 15 to send comments on the newly released roposed regulations for the SRTK, which are available at http://ocfo.ed.gov/gophroot/4fedreg/3proprule/081099b.txt
These proposed regulations would govern the disclosure of institutional and financial assistance information provided to students under the student financial assistance programs under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (Title IV). These programs include the Federal Pell Grant Program, the campus-based programs (Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Work-Study (FWS), and Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) programs), the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan (Direct Loan) Program, the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program, and the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) Program (formerly called the State Student Incentive Grant (SSIG) Program). The proposed regulations implement changes made to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), by the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 (1998 Amendments).
Address all comments about the proposed regulations to: Paula Husselmann, U.S. Department of Education, P.O. Box 23272, Washington, DC 20026-3272, or by e-mail to ifainprm@ed.gov
If you want to comment on the information collection requirements, you must send your comments to the Office of Management and Budget at the address listed in the Paperwork Reduction Act section of the regulations.
You may also call Paula Husselmann or Lloyd Horwich at (202) 708-8242 for further information.
Appeals Court Rules on Student Suit for Discrimination
A student at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, alleged that her formal complaints about a professor's sexual harassment triggered retaliation by the department. A Virginia federal appeals court ruled that her suit is permissible because GMU accepted federal funding under Title IX. One condition of the funding bars sex discrimination.
GMU had tried to protect itself from a lawsuit under its 11th Amendment rights, which exempt the government from litigation except in cases of gross negligence or abuse of power.
The student claimed that she had approached both the GMU Gender Equity Office and the university president to ask for an investigation, but to no avail. Her department faculty then refused to work with her, she alleged. She sent hostile emails to faculty, provoking two professors into suing her. She was subsequently expelled in May 1996, but an October 1996 review reversed that decision. The student sued within a year, asserting that GMU had violated Title IX.
Submitted by Barmak Nassirian, nassirianb@aacrao.nche.edu
Caught in the Surf, Websites You Can Use
AACRAO: The first new web address we should point out is the redesigned AACRAO page at http://www.aacrao.org/. You'll notice, too, that the URL is slightly different, sporting the ".org" designation of (generally) not-for-profit organizations versus the ".com" domain designation for commercial enterprises. One thing I appreciate is how quickly the new, simpler graphics load. Minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors through June 18th have been posted under the Leadership link at: http://www.aacrao.org/leadership-frame.html
Administrative portfolios: "The scope of an administrator's
responsibility is continually expanding in today's academic environment. Therefore, the
evaluation of administrative effectiveness requires detailed documentation and input
from all parties affected by the administrator's performance and decisions. An
administrative portfolio is the best way to provide the information necessary to make an
informed and rational evaluation of administrative performance." Three University of
Akron faculty propose "An Alternative Approach for Assessing the Performance of
Academic Administrators," including excellent suggestions for developing a portfolio,
in the Spring/Summer 1998 issue of the College and University Personnel Association's CUPA
Journal Online Edition at:
http://www.cupa.org/CJ/article3.htm
Closed schools: Looking for information on a closed school? The Department of Education maintains information on postsecondary colleges, universities, or vocational schools which used to participate in the Student Financial Assistance Programs but which no longer offer instruction. Check out the DoE's search engine at:http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/Students/closed school/search.html
Opinion: Bob Metcalfe's "From the Ether" column on the Internet is very popular, as proven by thousands of folks who rely on his insightful information. Bob is a computer industry expert, who is the founder 3Com and the inventor of Ethernet. You can have his insight e-mailed to you every Tuesday by subscribing (among other freebies) at: http://www.iwsubscribe.com/newsoptions.htm
Reference: The EDUCAUSE Directory of Higher Education lists nearly 4000
unique HE organizations (institutions not associations) worldwide by geographic location,
organization name (for those with internet sites) or by Carnegie classification (US
only) at:
http://www.educause.edu/ir/dheo.html
States/Regionals web sites: New or redesigned S/R web sites recently unveiled:
- Middle States ACROA - The current webmaster is Paul Dempsey, the Registrar at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.
- New England ACRAO - Jeff von Munkwitz-Smith, University Registrar at the Universirty of Connecticut, credits the following: Marianne Buck, University of Connecticut, developed and maintains the site. Moira Houlihan, Boston College, and Alison Cox, University of Maine, provided most of the site content. Jim Sullivan, Lynn University, Hazel Doak, University of Maine, and Alison Cox gave us suggestions for items to be included on the site. Elizabeth Pyle, University of Massachusetts, and Alison Cox and Peter Reid, University of Maine, reviewed a prototype of the site and provided very thoughtful comments.
- Virginia ACRAO - John Coleman, Administrative Systems Support Specialist at Sweet Briar College, is the new webmaster.
Statistics: A variety of data sources, including the Census, CDC, National Center for Educational Statistics, World Bank, IMF and OECD are linked from http://www.statistics.com (right hand column). This includes a convenient link to search key statistics newsgroups: http://statistics.com/newsearch.html
NB: If you know of a web site that you think may be useful to your colleagues, please send the URL to Scott Dittman at sdittman@wlu.edu so that it may be considered for inclusion in a future issue of NetNews. Tell a little about why you like it, and be credited with the catch.
EPA Checks Colleges and Universities
Colleges and universities, with their facilities, laboratories, and art departments, are subject to the environmental regulations enforced by the Environmental Protection Agency. In particular, the EPA's Mid-Atlantic Office of Enforcement is reminding institutions that it intends to investigate potential areas of violation and compliance with current EPA standards.
Common environmental hazards at higher education institutions include lax or inadequate managing of such things as the disposal of dangerous waste materials, underground storage tanks, sewage treatment facilities, or heating and cooling systems not in compliance with clean air regulations.
Submitted by Barmak Nassirian, nassirianb@aacrao.nche.edu
Date Glitches Continue After the Turn of the Century
According to a July article in the New York Times, date-related computer glitches will persist beyond the turn of the millennium. It appears that short-sighted programming has created time limits on software that could cause systems to shut down. Most programs have a limited number of digits to represent the time and date on a computer, forcing the date to return to zero when the limit is reached. As many programs rely on time advancing forward, the sudden return to zero can cause many problems for the system.
Programs are vulnerable to dates that were set decades ago, as new software programs often build on existing code from older versions. Thus, while the time limit of many programs is known, others are deeply embedded in the programming, creating the potential for systems to crash without advance notice.
One well-known problem, named Year 2038, will cause machines running Unix operating systems to reach a time limit in 2038.
Meanwhile, Microsoft's programs have expiration dates ranging from 1999 to future centuries. Microsoft's Visual C++, for example, which has been used to write programs throughout the industry, will return to zero in 2036, potentially causing many applications throughout the industry to fail.
"Beyond 2000: Further Troubles Lurk in the Future of Computing." New York Times, July 19, 1999.
We Now Have an Information-age Economy
According to a March 1999 USA Today article, we now have an information-age economy. Replacing an industry classification that has existed for 60 years, the U.S. Commerce Department has introduced a new system that recognizes this leap into the information age.
Using the new system, the government reports that in 1997 computers and electronics manufacturing accounted for 1.7 million of the country's jobs at 17,000 locations. The Commerce Department also says that more e-mail than snail mail was sent in 1997, and that U.S. consumers bought more computers than automobiles. The report does not say whether there were more automobile crashes than computer crashes, but if there were, the highways would be impassable.
The government developed the new North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) because "in an information-based economy, the quality of information determines the quality of policy."
State and Regional association meeting dates, locations and planning officers are listed on the S/R page on the AACRAO web site under State & Regional or directly at http://www.aacrao.org/statereg-frame.html.
"Celebrating New Beginnings" the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference
October 26-29, 1999, Long Beach, California
http://www.educause.edu/conference/e99/
AACRAO Annual Meetings:
April 9-13, 2000, New Orleans, LA http://www.neworleans.com
April 21-25, 2001, Seattle, WA http://www.seattle.com/visiting/index.html
April 13-18, 2002, Minneapolis, MN
April 6-10, 2003, Washington, DC
You may now view position announcements at the AACRAO website. Point your browser to the AACRAO home page at http://www.aacrao.org, then click on the Jobs On-line link in the light green box on the left side of the home page.
Contact Steve Alexander at the AACRAO Office if you wish to place a paid announcement on the site, (202) 293-9161 or by e-mail to: alexanders@aacrao.nche.edu
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