Why did you receive an email from us about possibly needing an Academic Account?
Because until recently, members of the RRU workforce who accessed courses through Professional and Continuing Studies (PCS) used their work username and password - or a manually created account - to register and sign in to their system. This is because RRU could not support an Academic Account in the old non-credit system and we weren’t provisioning students in non-credit courses with a computer account.
Good news!
We needed to let you know that things had changed. Because of recent upgrade to the Student Management System in PCS and simultaneous changes in how we manage identities at RRU, we can now support a single student identity across RRU.
What that means for you
Now, if you wish to take courses through PCS, you must first have an Academic Account, which you will use as a student. The Academic Account is different (but similar) from the account you use to log in to things when you’re working. The advantage to you is that all of your coursework (credit and non-credit) will belong to one person - the student you. And even if you retire from RRU and no longer have access to the username & password you used for work, your student identity will live on.
There is no change to the application process for people wishing to register in a credit program, where an Academic Account has always been required.
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