Show notes
In this episode of Associations Thrive, host Joanna Pineda interviews Melanie Gottlieb, Executive Director at the American Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions Officers (AACRAO) .
Melanie discusses:
- How AACRAO was established in 1910, which makes AACRAO the oldest higher education association in the US.
- The journey from being an admissions officer and active AACRAO member to becoming the Deputy Director and then Executive Director.
- How the latest strategic planning process at AACRAO was the most inclusive of members and staff.
- The reorganization of the staff to support the new strategic plan.
- AACRAO’s 90-day process improvement process.
- AACRAO’s Learning Mobility initiative, which is tied to getting a learner into and through the higher education system successfully, especially as higher education becomes less traditional.
- How a higher education transcript is central to the higher ed experience, and it hasn’t changed in 50 years!
- How AACRAO’s caucus groups help members find their community.
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