ConstitutionARTICLE I – NAME The name of the organization shall be the New England Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. ARTICLE II – PURPOSE The purpose of the Association shall be to promote the advancement of higher education, and the professional enhancement of administrative areas of higher education pertaining to admissions, records, registration, and closely related functions such as financial aid and institutional research, among institutions of higher learning. ARTICLE III – MEMBERSHIP Section 1 Membership is generally institutional. Collegiate level degree-granting institutions of higher education may be granted regular institutional membership by the Executive Board of the Association if they are accredited by a regional or national accrediting body. Other institutions and agencies may be admitted to the membership by the permission of the Executive Board. Section 2 Separate divisions of colleges and universities of complex organization recognized and administered as independent or semi-autonomous institutions are eligible for separate memberships. Section 3 Each institutional member is entitled to a vote at the Annual Business Meeting. Section 4 Individuals who are not currently affiliated with a member institution may apply for individual membership. This generally includes those who either have worked in the profession previously or who currently perform work related to the profession and otherwise do not qualify for institutional membership. Each application for individual membership is reviewed by the Director of Membership and presented to the Board for approval. Dues for individual membership are the same as for institutional membership. Individual members are not entitled to voting rights. Section 5 Participation in the conferences, professional development events, panels, and discussions of the Association shall be open to all faculty and staff of member institutions who are charged with any responsibilities in admissions, registration, or related activity. Section 6 The Executive Board may consider Honorary Memberships for individuals who have retired from active service in higher education or those individuals who have left higher education if they have served as president of NEACRAO. Honorary Memberships must be recommended to the Board by an active NEACRAO member. Section 7 NEACRAO members who, through changes in employment, location, or similar circumstance, no longer meet the institutional membership requirements may remain members with full benefits for a period of six months from the date of the change. ARTICLE IV – OFFICERS AND GOVERNING BODIES Section 1 The officers of the Association shall be a President, a President-elect, a Past-President, a Treasurer, a Vice President of Professional Development, a Vice President of Admissions/Enrollment, a Vice President Registrar and Records, Vice President of Systems, and a Vice President of Membership and Communications. These officers shall constitute the Executive Board and will serve as the governing body of NEACRAO. Section 2 The Executive Board, together with the Secretary and Treasurer-Elect as well as the committee chairs, shall form the NEACRAO Council. ARTICLE V – AMENDMENTS This constitution may be amended at any Annual Meeting by two-thirds vote of the members present and voting, provided that notice of the proposed amendment has been sent to the members at least one month in advance of the Meeting. An amendment not thus proposed in advance may be adopted by a four-fifths vote of the members present and voting. Updated and approved by membership November 6, 2025 |