RESCCU is a higher education enrollment services consulting company that offers unique services and solutions that tackle your institution’s strategic enrollment management challenges. Dr. Evelyn R. Babey, Principal Consultant, is assisted by a diverse crew of respected higher education Associates. Learn more about Dr. Babey and RESCCU Associates here.

Evelyn R. Babey, Ph.D.

Dr. Evelyn R. Babey has more than 35 years of national and international experience in registrar and enrollment services, academic and educational policy development and enterprise resource planning (ERP) project management and leadership at all levels of higher education. Most recently Dr. Babey served as Banner Consultant for Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research, a new research university in the United Arab Emirates. Prior to Khalifa University she served as a Senior Consultant/Data Warehouse Project Director for the Department of Higher Education Planning and Coordination (HEPC) in the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MOHESR) and as Dean of Central Academic and Student Services at the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) both in the United Arab Emirates. She served as Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Services/ University Registrar and Banner Project Leader at Georgia State University (GSU). Prior to GSU, Dr. Babey served as the University Registrar at the University of California Davis for almost 14 years. She had other experiences in the City University of New York and the New Jersey State College system. In 2002, Dr. Babey formed Registrar and Enrollment Services Consulting for Colleges and Universities, LLC (RESCCU) and has consulted for many colleges throughout the United States. Dr. Babey holds an M.S. Ed. Degree from the State University of New York at Albany and a Ph.D. in Organizational Studies from New York University. Dr. Babey’s proven strengths include visionary leadership, strategic planning, effective use of technology, personnel, budgetary and organizational management, space design and management, enterprise resource planning (ERP) project management and leadership, and excellent communication skills.

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RESCUU Associates

Richard Rainsberger

Areas of Expertise:

• Records management/records retention policy
• FERPA Training/Education records law
• Job descriptions/analysis
• Office reorganization
• Documentation
• Classroom utilization/classroom management
• Developing production/processing schedules

Dr. Richard Rainsberger has been called a "college registrar's registrar." He has a successful 34-year track record as a professional college registrar. He also has acted as a registrar consultant for more than 50 colleges and universities.

He provides in-depth expertise in registrar's office operations in the areas of improving job evaluations, developing position descriptions, executing organizational change, initiating documentation procedures, streamlining transfer credit evaluation, integrating automated room scheduling with current systems, and implementing new student information systems. He is also a nationally recognized expert on FERPA. Since 1987, he has conducted FERPA training workshops at the annual AACRAO meeting and for the faculties and staffs of more than 20 colleges and universities. He was the author/editor of the widely acclaimed FERPA Guides of 1995, 1998, and 2001. He writes two columns on FERPA for two national publications. He also has presented numerous papers to professional associations, including the American Council on Education, National Association of College and University Attorneys, National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, the Association of College Honor Societies, the North American Association of Commencement Officers, and for state governmental representatives of Kentucky and Illinois.

Clifford A. Ramirez

Areas of Expertise:

• FERPA Training
• Leadership/Staff Development
• Student Privacy
• Student Records

"Cliff" Ramirez is the President and Founder of Cliff Ramirez & Associates (pdrenterprises.net), a FERPA and organizational development training company designed for higher education and other service industries. In conjunction with LRP Publications, Cliff has produced a number of FERPA training products. He is the author of two books based upon "Managing the Privacy of Student Records," a highly successful FERPA workshop he created and developed. Cliff has also released "FERPA Fundamentals: What Higher Education Administrators Should Know," a FERPA training video, and "FERPA: What You Can and Can't Release," an audiocassette based upon a nationally broadcast audio conference he conducted.

Working in higher education since 1990, Cliff spent 14 years at UCLA as Assistant Registrar for both Training & Communication Services and for Academic Record Services. In addition to his responsibilities as the campus FERPA trainer and expert, Cliff also served in a temporary appointment to address morale and organizational development issues in the UCLA Division of Student Affairs.

Active in his profession, Cliff has been a member of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions Officers (AACRAO), the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD), the Council on Law in Higher Education (CLHE), the National Notary Association (NNA), and the Pacific Association of Collegiate Registrars & Admissions Officers (PACRAO).

Among Cliff's many achievements are the founding of three prestigious professional development institutes. As ASA president, Cliff founded the UC Management & Leadership (UCML) Conference in 1995 and the ASA Leadership Development Institute in 1999. As PACRAO President in 2003, he developed and hosted the very first PACRAO Emerging Professionals Institute for new and developing registrars and admissions professionals.

A graduate of the University of Notre Dame, Cliff studied at the Graduate Theological Union while studying for the Roman Catholic priesthood. His diverse background includes 12 years at Bank of America, working in its branches operations and corporate communications divisions.