Hello Joe,

 

I am not sure why they picked only the NY area to visit and the insitutions you mentioned, and not similiar Institutes of Technology, which the US has several very good ones.  

While at the University of California-Berkeley, we has similar groups from both China and Japan visit on the same mission.  In fact, they immediately discovered how complex US higher education administration was and sent interns to stay for 6 months to a year so that they could drill down and gather greater detail.   The Nagoya group certainly needs to do their home work before arriving, for the US higher education system is very vast and significant differences between HE systems and individual campus, public and private, profit and nonprofit, liberal arts and professional. Thus the focus of the various administratiions are very different.  Remember the US has more colleges and universities that the rest of the world put together.

While most campuses now have "register" and "records" positions (very different positions), I am not sure I would start there.  Better to start with the President, chief academic officer and business officer. Work you way down the chain of command or divide the delegation up and different representatives focus on different aspects of administration. 

Unless they narrow the focus of the mission, they will have a nice trip, enjoy their visit but accomplish nothing and be more confused than before they arrived.  Assume all the delegation speaks English.

If you have questions and/or need additional information, please contact me.

 

Dr. Robert L. Bailey, CRM, MIT, ECMp

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> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:23:20 +0000
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> Aloha Listserv Friends and Colleagues:
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> I've received the attached inquiry from a colleague from Japan for assistance. (see below) 
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> I would appreciate any assistance from the Listserv in assisting my colleague, Yutaka “Joe” Fukuyama. His daughter, Shizuko, works for the Nagoya Institute of Technology and her group wants to visit several universities on the East Coast in September to review their administrative systems. 
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> Please work with Mr. Fukuyama directly with his request. 
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> Much Mahalos,
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> Brian A. Moriki
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> Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 11:25:31 +0900
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> Would you kindly introduce me to some active ARMA members who are working
> for NARA, Maryland University and universities located in New York city,
> like Columbia University?
> Because my daughter, Shizuko, who has been working for Nagoya Institute
> of Technology(NIT), one of famous national engineering colleges, as a
> administrative staff for 4 years,
> is assigned a delegate for visiting and researching US universities
> administarative system.
> 3 members including her will visit US in early September for about 1
> week and visit these organizations to see and discuss with the staffs who
> are working for them.
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> So I'm looking for active ARMA members who are working for those
> organizations and taking some time to introduce the organization and
> discuss with them.
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> I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon.
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> Best, Yutaka Fukuyama "JOE"
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