NAGAP

NAGAP, the Association for Graduate enrollment management (formerly The National Association of Graduate Admissions Professionals) is a non-profit professional organization whose members are devoted exclusively to the concerns of individuals working in the graduate enrollment management environment.

Membership in NAGAP provides an opportunity to network with professional colleagues at all sizes and types of institutions: large and small, public and private, secular and non-secular.

The annual conference, development institutes, membership directory, email newsletter, Perspectives journal, mentor program, and chapter affiliations all help facilitate communication among members.

25 Significant Events in the Life of NAGAP -April 15, 1987—After a recruiting workshop held at Babson College, a group of graduate admissions personnel suggested the creation of a forum for networking with fellow colleagues about their mutual concerns in the growing graduate admissions field. Also, the admissions professionals had a desire to create a unified schedule of graduate fairs for the Northeastern region.

-Summer-Fall 1987—The group held a second meeting and NEAGAP (New England Association of Graduate Admissions Professionals) was born. Donald Shaw from Springfield College in Massachusetts was chosen the first president of the new organization. The first membership mailing garnered 32 members from New England and 15 members from outside the region. The treasury rapidly grew to $1,159.16, based mostly on the $35 membership fee. With the assistance of Peterson’s Guides, Inc., the fledgling association also published and mailed its first newsletter, which became a journal three years later.

-April 1988—The first NEAGAP conference was held at Sturbridge, Massachusetts, with approximately 100 conference participants in attendance.

-April 26, 1991—By the fourth conference, which took place in Manchester, Vermont, the membership had grown to over 300, with more members outside the New England area than within it. Members at this conference voted to become a national organization called NAGAP—National Association of Graduate Admissions Professionals.

-September 1993—The NAGAP Standards for Graduate Admissions Personnel first appeared in the NAGAP Journal; they were voted by acclamation at the 1994 conference and still guide the organization’s professional practices today.

-June 1993—The first annual Calendar of Graduate and Professional School Fairs was distributed in paper form to all NAGAP members.

-Summer 1994—NAGAP developed and administered its first biannual salary and membership survey.

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