Founded in 1910, the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) is a nonprofit, voluntary, professional association of higher education professionals. AACRAO’s more than 18,000 members represent approximately 2,300 institutions in more than 40 countries. AACRAO supplies professional development, guidelines, standards, and best practices for records management, admissions, enrollment management, administrative information technology, and student services. Members have access to newsletters, professional journals and other publications, research, databases, meetings, webinars, and courses.

AACRAO’s signature initiatives include:

• AACRAO Gives
• Leaders in Enrollment Advancing Diversity (LEAD)
• Learning Mobility
  • Innovative Credentials
  • Displaced & Vulnerable Students
  • Global Recognition
  • Re-Envisioning Transfer

AACRAO developed recommended practices in a series of COVID-19 resources, and also has general resources available for higher education professionals in the following areas:

• Admissions & Recruitment
• Core Competencies
• Electronic Records & Data Exchange
• Enrollment Management
• FERPA
• International
• Records & Academic Services
• Transfer & Articulation

Resources

AACRAO Advocacy Center

AACRAO Blogs, Podcasts, and Newsletters

AACRAO Events & Trainings

AACRAO Research & Publications

COVID-19 resources