MANAGER OF STUDENT RECORDS & REGISTRAR, Data and Enrollment Management, Wheelock College of Education & Human Development
About this role
Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development is a top-ranked college that focuses on cross-disciplinary research, experiential learning, and community engagement. We seek to empower our students, faculty, and staff to reshape the systems that impact learning and human development, more firmly centering them in justice, diversity, and belonging. To learn more about our college, visit www.bu.edu/wheelock.
BU Wheelock is one of the 17 schools and colleges that are part of Boston University, one of the leading private research and teaching institutions in the world today. With more than 37,000 students from all 50 states and 145+ countries, BU is among the largest independent universities in the United States. To learn more about Boston University, visit www.bu.edu.
About the Role
The Manager of Student Records & Registrar leads BU Wheelock’s student records operations, with a focus on student experience, student record integrity, degree progress, graduation eligibility, and processing of student academic actions. Reporting to the Assistant Dean of Enrollment & Student Success, this role oversees high-volume student records workflows, provides managerial direction for records-related processes, and serves as a key liaison among students, student services, graduate admissions, academic programs, and central university offices. The Manager of Student Records monitors student progress, resolves records issues, and supports consistent application of academic policies in collaboration with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
Position Logistics
This is a full-time, 40 hours per week position with access to the University’s comprehensive benefits plan. This position will have an office on BU’s Charles River Campus and will be eligible for a hybrid work schedule of up to two remote days per week.
Essential Functions
The responsibilities outlined below represent the primary functional areas of this role. These essential functions are intended to provide a general overview and are not a comprehensive list of day-to-day tasks.
Student Records Operations (35%)
- Oversee the daily operations of BU Wheelock’s student records function, including management of high-volume email requests, student inquiries, records-related workflows, and timely responses to students, faculty, staff, and university partners.
- Provide managerial direction for the processing of student-related academic actions, including course grades, incompletes, transfer credits, course waiver credits, add/drop requests, overload approvals, leaves of absence, withdrawals, verification requests, and changes of status.
- Monitor workflow volume, assign or coordinate work as appropriate, ensure timely resolution of requests, and support consistent service standards. Maintain process documentation, timelines, templates, and internal guidance related to student records and academic action processing.
Data Management (25%)
- Manage the accuracy of student academic records across undergraduate, graduate, and non-degree student populations. Review and maintain key student record data, including student group assignments, sub-plans, projected graduation terms, enrollment status, academic record updates, and approved exceptions.
- Identify and resolve student record discrepancies in coordination with advising, student services, academic programs, Graduate Admissions, and central University offices.
- Ensure records are maintained in accordance with university policies, FERPA, and applicable procedures.
Degree Progress/Graduation Reporting (25%)
- Manage Degree Progress Reports and related academic record adjustments to support accurate tracking of student progress toward degree completion. Review student records for degree applicability, approved exceptions, transfer or waiver credits, requirement completion, and projected graduation timelines.
- Coordinate graduation audits, graduation eligibility review, graduation status updates, and degree conferral processes.
- Partner with advising, student services, academic programs, and central University offices to resolve degree progress issues and support students’ timely completion of academic requirements.
- Serve as a resource for questions related to degree progress, graduation clearance, degree requirements, and student record updates affecting graduation eligibility.
Academic Policy/Compliance (15%)
- Support consistent application of academic policies and student records procedures in collaboration with the Assistant Dean of Enrollment & Student Success, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, student services, and academic programs. Assist with records-related aspects of academic policy implementation, student progress concerns, and compliance-related matters.
- Serve as a key point of contact for Graduate Admissions on enrollment transitions, non-degree student management, and related records processes. Coordinate with advising and student services to support students experiencing progress, status, or records-related issues.
Other duties as assigned.
Company at a glance
For seventy years, Boston University College of General Studies has been a leader in general education—a small liberal arts college providing a world-class general education in the heart of a large research university. The educational practices CGS pioneered and refined—interdisciplinary learning, the Capstone project, the use of e-Portfolios for rigorous assessment, and an emphasis on general education—have since been adopted as best practices in the field of higher education.
Today, CGS continues its legacy of interdisciplinary teaching and learning. Its two-year program fulfills most of the University’s BU Hub general education requirements, inspiring students to make connections among disciplines and to connect their knowledge to real-world problems. It continues to offer a rigorous and comprehensive liberal arts foundation while guiding students on a unique pathway through BU, teaching them how to apply broad learning, how to think critically and creatively, and how to communicate effectively. With its unique first-year experience—a spring semester start date followed by a summer semester in London or New England—CGS offers the only program at Boston University where study abroad is integrated into the first year of college.
Our faculty and leadership pioneer best practices in interdisciplinary and general education around the globe. And our alumni continue to change the world in every industry and profession they choose—from entertainment to education to business to the medical fields.
We love to stay connected with our alumni, parents, and friends! Follow us here on LinkedIn, join BU Connects (https://buconnects.com/), or share your updates with us via a Class Note (https://www.bu.edu/cgs/alumni/class-notes/).
Top Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits plan
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