AACRAO NetNews
Volume VI, Number 6
August 28, 1998
American
Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers
Editor: Paul Aucoin <pgaucoin@samford.edu>
Subscription Manger: Erika Watts
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Past Issues
IN THIS ISSUE:
NEWS ABOUT YOUR
COLLEAGUES
Trish Kogge retired as Registrar at Southeast Missouri State
University, where she served for sixteen years with the final eleven years in the
Registrar's Office. She began enjoying her retirement with a 10-day trip to Hawaii with
her husband. Included in her final post to Regist-L was the statement that "we do a
job for our respective institutions that only other registrars can really
comprehend."
Anne Cotton has retired after over 30 years as a registrar,
with the last eleven years at Mount Holyoke College. Before that she was registar at the
Harvard Graduate School of Education). Having reached the age of 65, she said that she
decided enough was enough.
Bruce Shutt, Registrar and Associate Vice President at the
University of Georgia, recently retired. Prior to going to Georgia, he was registrar at
Indiana University. Bruce was also president of AACRAO.
Margaret Perry retired as Registrar of Wake Forest
University. She will be assuming a position as an archivist for the University. Mrs. Perry
has completed fifty years in the profession. She joined the Registrar's Office in 1947,
and became Registrar in 1972. She is a Past President of CACRAO, was the founder of
the SACRAO journal, and has been on countless Carolina, SACRAO and AACRAO committees and
programs. Margaret may be reached at perry@wfu.edu.
Finally, we are saddened to learn of the departure from this life of our following
colleagues:
Endicott Batchelder, former Registrar at the University of
Pittsburgh and retired Director of Student Records at Tulane University
Calvin A. Cumbie, 1973 AACRAO President, Texas Christian
University
James E. Thomas, 1985 AACRAO President, Colorado State
University
Susan MacLachlan, Registrar at Daytona Beach Community
College and President-elect of FloridaACRAO.
ELECTRONIC VERSION OF THE DATA
DISPENSER DEBUTS NEXT WEEK
According to reports from the AACRAO office, the September issue of the Data Dispenser
will be available next week via the AACRAO website. You will receive a notice of its
availability and the announcement of the URL via the Samford University listproc, in the
same manner as this NetNews is being distributed.
A few of the articles that will be appearing in the Data Dispenser are summarized
in the enumerated paragraphs below:
1. EDI in Education Conference - Louisiana State
University will be host to the ninth EDI in Education Conference. The conference will be
held October 26-28, 1998, at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center in Baton Rouge.
Those who have attended past EDI in Education Conferences have raved about the experience.
It is the best place to learn about EDI and SPEEDE. For additional information, visit the
conference Website at http://web.srr.lsu.edu/edi.
You may also address requests for further information to rdoolos@lsu.edu.
To register for the conference, go to http://web.srr.lsu.edu/edi/form.html
to access the registration form.
2. SEM VIII - If you characterize your campus's
enrollment health as problematic, lethargic, or downright sick, or want to improve
"average" to "top" fitness, the good news is that "The SEM
Doctors Are IN"! They are prepared and eager to help you "shape up" this
fall at AACRAO's Eighth Annual Strategic Enrollment Management Conference, November 8-10,
1998, in Aspen, Colorado. The theme this year for SEM VIII is "Achieving Optimal
Enrollment Health: The SEM Rx." Check program details, hotel accommodations, and
registration information on the AACRAO Website at http://www.aacrao.com
today!
3. FERPA Workshops - AACRAO sponsored five FERPA
workshops this summer to update AACRAO members and other institutional administrators on
regulatory changes within FERPA and the increasing complexities of complying with FERPA.
Because of the success of the workshops, AACRAO has begun planning additional workshops
for 1998-99. Two workshops have been scheduled to date (one at the University of North
Carolina in Charlotte, NC, on November 9, 1998; the other at the University of New Mexico
in Albuquerque, NM , on November 18, 1998). Information about the upcoming workshops and a
registration form can be obtained by calling AACRAO's Document-on-Request Service
(888-6AACRAO) and requesting Document #261, or visiting our Website at http://www.aacrao.com/meetings/ferpa
4. FERPA Guidebook Available - AACRAO also
recently completed its 1998 FERPA Update which provides an extensive overview of key FERPA
issues and topics. The guidebook can be purchased by calling (301) 490-7651 and requesting
Item #1279. The cost of the book is $30 for members and $42 for nonmembers.
5. Representative for NAIA Needed - The Board of
Directors is looking for a volunteer to be the AACRAO Representative to the National
Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). AACRAO members should contact Paul Anderson by phone: (864) 294-2030 or e-mail: paul.anderson@furman.edu no later than
September 22, 1998, if they are interested in this position. The BOD will make a selection
after that date IF there is more than one person interested in serving AACRAO and the NAIA
in this capacity.
6. Professional Leadership - The opportunity is
available for members to volunteer for committee membership or as an interassociation
representative. The names of the committees and associations and the areas on which they
focus are listed in the AACRAO Member Guide. Identify your areas of interest and complete
the Committee and Interassociation Representative Application Form that is located in the
Appendix of the Member Guide, on the Web, or through AACRAO's Document-on Request Service.
The deadline for submitting your application is October 30, 1998.
CAUGHT IN THE SURF
The following websites may be useful to you or a colleague:
· Residence and Migration of First-Time Freshmen Enrolled in Degree-Granting
Institutions: Fall 1996 from the Education Department is available at http://nces.ed.gov/pubs98/migration/index.html.
· National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education's report "Straight Talk About
college Costs and Prices" assesses tuition, identifies cost and price drivers, lists
an agenda for areas of recomendation. 53-page report:
http://www.acenet.edu/programs/DGR/costreport.HTML.
· Army-ACE Registry Transcript System (ARTS) information is available at
http://www-leav.army.mil/AARTS and http://www.acenet.edu
(click on Adult Learning and Educational Credentials section)
POSTAL RATE REMINDER
A postal rate increase for non-profit organizations was already scheduled for October 4,
1998, as a result of the Revenue Forgone Reform Act of 1993. On top of this the USPS has
asked for rate changes to every class and category of mail and propose to hit nonprofit
mailers the hardest. It is expected that most nonprofit organizations would see an
increase in their overall postage costs of 15-18%.
INCREASE IN LAPTOP
THEFT
Computerworld reports that an escalating crime wave in laptop thefts has tacked an extra
$150 on the cost of every machine, and cites statistics from the Safeware insurance agency
in Columbus, Ohio, indicating that Safeware-insured companies filed $1 billion worth of
claims for stolen laptops last year, a 28% jump from 1996. A common technique used by the
criminals is simply to walk into office buildings and walk out unnoticed with unguarded
laptops.
(Computerworld 3 Aug 98)
GETTING READY
FOR CHARLOTTE
Are you getting ready for the AACRAO annual meeting to be held in Charlotte, North
Carolina? You should have already put April 16-22 on your calendar and you should now be
recruiting others to join you there.
Send them this URL so they can preview this charming southern city:
http://www.charlotte.com/livinghere/101/docs/summing.up.shtml
Charlotte has much to do and enjoy, and will be a bit easier on your pocketbook than the
last several annual meetings have been. In between enjoying what the fine city of
Charlotte and surrounding environs have to offer, you will learn much from the informative
sessions that are being planned for your elucidation. President-elect Bill Haid promises a program packed with cogent content and
opportunities for professional development.
CALENDAR
OF EVENTS
Higher Ed On-Line - September 20-22 in Lexington, KY.
About applications for the WWW and the Internet to serve current and future
students, the conference is sponsored by The Annapolis Educational Institute, Inc,
CollegeEdge, and CollegeNet. See http://www.annapinst.com
for more information or to register, or contact Scott Healy, Director of Undergraduate
Admissions, Ohio State, at shealy@fa.adm.ohio-state.edu
EDUCOM '98 - "Making the Connections"
October 13-16, 1998, Orlando, Florida
http://www.educom.edu/conf/98/.index.html
Baden-Wurttemberg Seminar, October 20-27, Heidelberg, Germany
EDI in Education Conference, October 26-28, 1998,
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
http://web.srr.lsu.edu/edi/index.html
SEM VIII, November 8-10, 1998, Aspen, CO
CAUSE98 - "The Networked Academy"
December 8-11, 1998, Seattle, Washington
http://www.cause.org/conference/c98/c98.html
AACRAO Annual Meetings:
April 18-22, 1999, Charlotte, NC http://www.charlotte.com
April 2-6, 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
POSITION
ANNOUNCEMENTS
You may now view position announcements at the AACRAO website. Point your browser to:
http://www.aacrao.com/professional/jobs.html
Contact Henny Wakefield if you wish to place a paid
announcement on the site, (202) 293-9161 or by e-mail to: wakefieldh@aacrao.nche.edu
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