AACRAO/Registrar Pilot
Project Leader: Ann West (Internet2), awest@internet2.edu
This pilot will demonstrate leverage federation use for student-related processes - admissions, transcripts, enrollment verification, financial aid and other areas. There seems to be good traction with AACRAO and registrars.
There is significant potential in simplifying the transmittal of student information. Migrating from undergraduate studies to graduate school is one example, and migrating from a community college to a baccalaureate institution is another. Federated admissions and transcripts processes could be useful and time-saving.
There is outreach occurring right now with registrars and with the undergrad/grad school transition, but there is nothing going on with community colleges (which are unlikely to be Shib-enabled). One suggestion was to try to simplify Shib installation for such institutions - "Shib in a box."
There are other sets of services that provide benefits to students, based on the fact that they are a student (travel and software discounts, for example). Such organizations rely on some method-typically the registrar-to verify enrollment. Releasing affiliation, for example, to these types of service providers would make this a much simpler process.