Reimagining the Registrar: Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships

While necessary for proper understanding of the standard responsibilities of a registrar, does the conventional understanding and training surrounding the position of registrar serve as a dated characterization of an evolving role? Registrar Reimagined Interwoven with the day-to-day critical policy and procedural responsibilities that support the success of institutions and stakeholders, a registrar has the capacity to be an intermediary and an advocate for a learning community's academic mission and goals. From striving to help students succeed through their programs of study, to supporting faculty curricular and logistical needs, to ensuring that key administrators and staff have the right data to make informed decisions, registrars can see both the bigger picture needed for institutional progress, as well as the ground-level success initiatives that help individuals thrive in the world of higher education. Advocacy can be more compelling when an advocate more fully knows the people for whom they are advocating College student demographics continue to change, with an array of student groups enrolling each year with diverse backgrounds and learning characteristics.