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Guides From the Registrar’s Desk

Practical, plain-English articles on transfer credit, military and prior-learning credit, GPA standardization, FERPA and student success.

Latest · Transfer Credit

October 16, 2026 · 8 min read

Community College Transfer Statistics: What U.S. Data Shows

U.S. community college transfer by the numbers: how many students transfer, how many finish a bachelor’s, how much credit they lose, and what registrars can do.

Transfer Credit

October 16, 2026 · 8 min read

Community College Transfer Statistics: What U.S. Data Shows

U.S. community college transfer by the numbers: how many students transfer, how many finish a bachelor’s, how much credit they lose, and what registrars can do.

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Transfer Credit

October 16, 2026 · 9 min read

State Transfer Policies in the U.S.: A Registrar’s Guide

How U.S. states handle transfer credit: common course numbering, general education blocks, guaranteed pathways and transfer degrees, with examples from five states.

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October 16, 2026 · 7 min read

Dual Enrollment Credit Evaluation: A Guide for U.S. Colleges

Dual enrollment students are 22% of U.S. community college enrollment. How to evaluate college credit earned in high school, consistently and before orientation.

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Technical Insights

October 7, 2026 · 8 min read

How to Choose Transcript Evaluation Software: A Buyer’s Checklist for Colleges

What to look for in transcript evaluation software: formats, rules, human review, explainability, SIS write-back, FERPA, security and vendor questions.

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Student Success

March 4, 2026 · 7 min read

Reverse Transfer: Your Students Earned an Associate Degree. Are You Giving It to Them?

A student transfers in with 50 credits and earns 20 more, leaving an unclaimed associate degree behind. Reverse transfer fixes that, if the plumbing works.

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January 14, 2026 · 8 min read

International Transcript Evaluation for First-Year Admissions, in Plain English

Different grading scales, diploma structures and definitions of secondary school: how to handle international transcripts without outsourcing every file.

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September 23, 2025 · 7 min read

"Will My Credits Transfer?" Is the Question That Decides Your Enrollment

Prospective transfer students ask it before they apply. If your answer is "apply and we'll tell you in six weeks," you've already lost some of them.

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August 5, 2025 · 7 min read

Transfer Portal Season Is Brutal on the Registrar's Office. It Doesn't Have to Be.

When an athlete enters the transfer portal, the academic clock starts immediately. Your evaluation turnaround has quietly become a recruiting factor.

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June 17, 2025 · 8 min read

How to Read a Joint Services Transcript Without Losing a Whole Afternoon

The JST is dense, oddly formatted, and there's a veteran waiting on the other end of it. Here's a plain, repeatable way to turn one into credit.

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Technical Insights

April 10, 2025 · 8 min read

Best SIS Integrations for Higher Education - What Actually Works

Banner, Workday, Colleague, PeopleSoft, Jenzabar, which SIS integrates best with AI transcript tools. A practical guide from institutions that have done it.

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Student Success

April 2, 2025 · 9 min read

Why Community College Transfer Students Are Underserved, and What to Do About It

80% of community college students intend to transfer. Fewer than 15% complete a degree. Here's what high-performing institutions do differently.

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AI & Innovation

March 25, 2025 · 8 min read

AI in Higher Education Admissions: What's Real, What's Hype

A practical breakdown of AI in admissions - what delivers ROI in transcript parsing, GPA normalization, and predictive analytics, and where to stay skeptical.

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Enrollment Management

March 18, 2025 · 10 min read

Enrollment Management Strategies That Are Actually Working

Yield rates are down, competition is up. Here's what enrollment leaders at growing institutions are doing differently - speed, data, and adult learner strategy.

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Transfer Credit

March 15, 2025 · 7 min read

Transfer Credit Taking Weeks? Here's Why, and How to Fix It

Most transfer credit backlogs are a process problem, not a staffing problem. Here's what slows evaluations down and what institutions are doing differently.

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Enrollment Management

March 10, 2025 · 7 min read

Transfer Credit and Enrollment Challenges at HBCUs, and What's Working

HBCUs serve a disproportionate share of transfer students and adult learners. Here's what leading HBCU enrollment teams are doing to close the transfer gap.

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February 28, 2025 · 8 min read

FERPA Compliance for AI Admissions Tools

AI tools in admissions raise real FERPA questions most vendors dodge. Here are the seven questions to ask, and what the answers should look like.

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February 24, 2025 · 7 min read

The Modern Registrar's Office: Technology That Actually Reduces Your Team's Workload

Registrar offices face growing volume with static headcount. An honest look at what registrar technology can and cannot do in 2025 to improve turnaround time.

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February 10, 2025 · 6 min read

The GPA Standardization Problem Nobody Warned You About

Your applicants come from schools using 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, and 100-point GPA scales. Most admissions teams are handling this inconsistently, and don't know it.

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Student Success

January 22, 2025 · 9 min read

Transfer Student Retention Strategies

Transfer student attrition is not random. Patterns are consistent and most have nothing to do with academics. Here is what the data says about why they leave.

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January 8, 2025 · 8 min read

Prior Learning Assessment: A Practical Guide for Registrars

PLA can dramatically improve adult learner completion rates. But most institutions implement it in a way that defeats the purpose. Here's what actually works.

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Technical Insights

December 18, 2024 · 7 min read

Integrating AI Tools with Ellucian Banner

API vs SFTP, data mapping, timelines, and security questions your IT team will ask. A practical guide for Banner admins evaluating AI transcript tools.

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Regional

State Guides: Georgia

Rules that only apply in one state. We work with institutions nationwide; these guides cover Georgia’s transfer and admissions specifics.

Transfer Credit

October 7, 2026 · 7 min read

TCSG to USG Transfer Under Core IMPACTS: A Plain-English Guide for Georgia Registrars

How general education credit moves from Georgia’s technical colleges to USG under Core IMPACTS, where it slows down, and how to keep it consistent.

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October 7, 2026 · 6 min read

HOPE GPA vs. Admissions GPA: What Georgia Admissions Offices Should Know

Georgia freshman applicants carry two GPAs: the HOPE GPA calculated by GSFC and your admissions GPA. Why they differ and why it matters.

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