Opinion > September 27, 2007

Our hearty approval must be extended to the Registrar’s Office for its insistence on improving the registration process. The concern the office has shown for alleviating or eliminating registration problems is proof that it has not forgotten about its students who have often been frustrated by registration.

Moving registration to the evening would be a welcome change, both for students and professors. No longer would students have to divert their attention away from class in order to register on their ThinkPads, and professors would not be disrupted by students registering during class.

We also cannot overlook the commitment of the Registrar’s Office, as its employees are willing to stay up all night to help student register.

Flip-flopping registration times for continuing students as is done for new students is also a needed change. Under the current system, a student could hypothetically be assigned a poor registration time each semester, while another student received desirable registration times each semester. The Registrar’s Office is encouraged to make this change to ensure this inequity is no longer a possibility.

The Registrar’s collaboration with Information Systems in attempt to increase the number of students who can register at one time is yet another sign of its continuing efforts to ensure every student has a chance to register for the classes he or she wants and needs.

Clearly, registration is flawed, as evidenced by disgruntled students with less-than-ideal schedules, but the problems have been properly identified and the solutions seem appropriate. We have full confidence in the Registrar’s Office that many of these problems will soon be in the past.