For the Record, An AACRAO Podcast

About For the Record, An AACRAO Podcast

A Registrar Podcast by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO), hosted by Doug McKenna.

Publisher

Doug McKenna

Category

arts · education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

31 Jan 2019

Latest episode

11 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 93 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   11 Sept 2026

   An Update on the AACRAO Strategic Plan

   The AACRAO Strategic Plan guides the organization in our efforts to advance and support higher education in the United States. The previous strategic plan was strong, but dated, so over the past year the AACRAO staff has worked with the Board of Directors to refresh the plan. In this episode we talk with AACRAO Board member Dr. Carrie Jeffers and AACRAO staff representative Quintina Barnett Gallion about the process of revisiting and refreshing the strategic plan, who was involved, how it unf...

2. 

   5 Aug 2026

   Honoring the Unfinished Journey

   The death of a student can be a traumatic event on campus. Registrars play an important role in the necessary administrative actions following a student’s death, and can be instrumental in providing support and institutional outreach to the grieving family. In today’s episode, we talk with Kim Barber, University Registrar at Florida State University about some of the practices employed at FSU to navigate these sensitive situations. Key Takeaways: The posthumous degr...

3. 

   10 Jul 2026

   Leveraging Expertise for Creative Problem Solving

   Sometimes addressing a structural issue takes some out-of-the-box thinking. Northeastern University, under the guidance of Jessica Liebowitz, Faculty Director of the Student-Administrator Partnerships Initiative, brought together technically-accomplished students to serve as Fellows to assist administrators in addressing a serious or intractable institutional problem. In this episode we hear about one project at Northeastern tackled by two Fellows and the Registrar’s Office staff focusi...

Inside a recent episode

Becoming a Higher Education Leader

Published 3 Jun 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Decide what kind of manager you want to be, decide what kind of registrar you want to be, and decide how you want people to be able to perceive you. And the other thing that's really important tied to that is to understand that we have a reputation for being the house of no. You come in and you're like, nope, we're just not doing that. And how strictly you want to convey that message can go a long way towards whether people are going to invite you back into those conversations later on. So you're asking me, I would tell you, take a deep breath and say, instead of house of no, can we be the house of, let me look into that for you, or house of maybe, we'll see how it goes, right? […]

Who has been a guest on For the Record, An AACRAO Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Andrew Marx
• Andy
• Dr Zach Pardos

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

24 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 39 / 100

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Quality

45

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85