At the last American Association of University’s Registrars meeting there were a series of discussions focused around professional development, succession planning, and providing growth opportunities to create a leadership pipeline amongst Deputy/Senior/Associate Registrar positions. At the last American Association of University’s Registrars meeting there were a series of discussions focused around professional development, succession planning, …
The Credit Evaluation Services (CES) Team automated the process of adding transcript text notes to the credit evaluation, which tell transfer applicants what placement tests to take after they are admitted. Tracy Mores, Scott Golueke, and Greg Mehlert developed logic that the Student Information System (SIS) uses to tell whether or not a student needs …
Recently there were changes made to the processing of transfer credit by the Office of the Registrar’s Credit Evaluation Services team. Students transferring credits from institutions on a different academic calendar or within a different educational system (e.g. quarter and international institutions) will have their credits converted to semester hours as exact credit values, using …
Traveling to a conference to represent the Registrar’s Office? Know before you go! This quick guide to conference travel policies will help you understand some of the policies and requirements for UW–Madison travelers so ensure you get reimbursed for all personal funds spent. You can access all UW travel policies in full on the Business …
Recently the University Council tasked campus partners to evaluate their concern that students with less opportunity for external test credits in their high schools are systematically disadvantaged in the assignment of enrollment appointments and have less opportunity for enrollment in their preferred courses and at their preferred days/times. So, a group was formed and got …
A few years ago, UW–Madison implemented CourseLeaf’s CAT and CIM, which we refer to as Lumen, to manage our course and program additions, changes, and discontinuations. Lumen is managed by the Office of the Registrar along with the Data Academic Planning and Institutional Research Office. Course and program proposals have a lot of moving parts. …
The Office of the Registrar is excited to announce that students now have the option to select whether they want their name in use or their legal name on their diploma. Previously, only legal name was allowed. However, most importantly, it is one small but meaningful step for a more inclusive experience for our students, …
In October 2019, the Office of the Registrar embarked on a project after attending the Big Ten Academic Alliance Registrar meeting and seeing what University of Minnesota was doing to warehouse uAchieve (DARS) data for use in NCAA eligibility checks. Members of our office returned to Madison with the questions, “What if we could see …
The Student Information System (SIS) is widely utilized across campus for a variety of roles. Previously, the Office of the Registrar (RO) hosted instructor-led trainings and maintained PDF documentation and resources for campus users on how to complete tasks in SIS. In June 2021 the RO began a project to evaluate SIS training needs across …
Electronic transmissions of enrollment, program, and other student information is sent to the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) multiple times each term. The NSC provides educational reporting (including data to the National Student Loan Data System), verification and research and includes a large national network of colleges, making up 97 percent of postsecondary enrollment. Electronic transmissions …