An excessive administrative burden is one of the most common problems in colleges and higher ed institutions, especially following the pandemic. Administrators have several activities to plan and manage, from recruitment to attendance, marketing, curriculum planning, parent communication, class schedules, maintenance operations, and faculty payroll, to name a few.

Unfortunately, most colleges lack the proper digital solutions to manage their administrative tasks efficiently. Most traditional iPaaS solutions in the market are outdated and can’t keep up with the data surge due to more digitized processes and third-party integrations.

This is where the AMSA Connect IRM platform comes in to help reduce administration work in colleges. This game-changing solution digitizes and centralizes every administrative task on-campus by optimizing every aspect of data management and utilization from extraction to authentication, deduplication, integration, migration, and access.

Let us learn the different ways you can use this innovative digital solution to lower the administrative burden on your campus.

How an Integrated Relationship Management Platform Can Reduce College Administration Work

1.     Digital Data

For over two decades, colleges have relied on pen and paper, emails, and excel in managing and communicating student data. The AMSA Connect IRM platform connects users to the cloud and enables them to access student information in real-time. Moreover, this information is streamlined with every other department on campus, meaning you don’t have any information manually updated by others. This way, you can take advantage of automation to enhance data integrity.

2.     Convenience

A recent college survey confirmed that many campuses stick with traditional administrative methods because the digital solutions they opt for are not user-friendly and require IT intervention at almost every stage, especially when integrating with third-party applications. With an IRM platform, you can connect simultaneously to any and multiple major CRM, LMS, ERP, or SIS with ease, thanks to automated integrations and data cleansing for inter-campus systems.

3.     Integration Possibilities

AMSA Connect’s one-of-a-kind IRM platform opens your administration department to a whole world of integration possibilities, thus, allowing them to collect, authenticate, and utilize data on several software and applications, such as Slate, Salesforce, Ellucian Colleague, Banner, Anthology, Canvas, Workday, and ADP, etc. This way, you can centralize all your software solutions into a single hub, allowing you to either pick up the pace or offload unnecessary administrative tasks.

4.     Workflow Automation

There’s more to automation than robots or AI-enhanced manufacturing lines. You can also apply automation in your information workflow, which can be useful in colleges and higher ed institutions. Automated tasks, processes, and follow-ups can drastically lower the administrative workload and help save time. Relying on periodically refreshed data related to class schedules, events, or attendance can lead to time wastage, unnecessary costs, and escalated student performance issues. An IRM platform collects, cleanses, transfers, and analyzes data in real-time so every department can make more informed and timely decisions.

5.     Accurate Work with Minimal Errors

Manual student data inputting, processing, and transferring is susceptible to errors, resulting in greater administrative burden due to delays, time escalation, and rework. It can also result in wasted resources that can add to unnecessary expenditure. With an IRM platform, you can enable digital data collection and optimize it with deduplication and security encryption to minimize or eliminate errors that could impact the student lifecycle, especially during admission and enrollment.

6.     Reduce Administrative Labor Costs and Improve Work Experience

With streamlined workflows and automation in every key process of your administrative cycle, you can reduce overall expenditure by reducing labor costs. With less burden, you can avoid hiring extra staff and work on ways to retain existing staff by reevaluating their pay structure and perks and improving their work-life balance.

Bottom Line

As you can see, the AMSA Connect IRM Platform offers a lot of benefits that can help ease your administrative burden in different ways, such as reducing the time spent on routine tasks, minimizing human errors by automating workflow, or freeing up your team to focus more on other important human tasks like curricula planning and personnel supervision.

Get in touch with our team right away if you’re ready to try this game-changing solution and see how it works for you.