A healthy registrar's office will continue to evolve as it considers student, faculty, and institutional needs; staff talents and expectations; technological opportunities; economic realities; space issues; work environments; and where the strategic plan is taking the institution in support of the mission. Several recognized leaders in the field were presented with the question, "What direction should that evolution take?" Their responses are grouped according to the desired qualifications of the ideal staff, how the staff would be organized, and how the office would work best.