Student information management is a lucrative market, which was valued at $7.41 billion in 2021! That is an impressive number. Schools, universities, and colleges worldwide are investing extensively in incorporating technological solutions that facilitate student lifecycle management. They prioritize ensuring their data management is optimized and allows them to access information efficiently. However, this goal...
Fraudulent applications have become a sore subject within the higher education industry. As per the latest reports, the total number of fraudulent applications is expected to reach 200,000 this year, leading to a potential loss of $500 million in supporting talented students with financial constraints. To make things worse, the previous year’s report by California...
Last year, California reported 60,000 fake applications for Student Aid Scheme, pushing Federal authorities to investigate the problem. However, the cases have risen further instead of deterring, as a May 2022 report revealed a 50% increase in bot-driven college enrolment. The recent Salt Lake Community College incident has put colleges and universities on high alert....
The core function of a college or any higher ed institution is to provide high-quality education and enable self-directed learners to find their professional roles in society. Like any business, it encompasses several departments such as administration, administration to faculty, marketing, student success, and external affairs that collaborate to function as a whole. However, one...
Campus sustainability has recently become a trending buzzword in colleges, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic that accelerated digitization and digitalization initiatives in the education industry. Unfortunately, most campuses still rely on paper documents and manual processes for routine administrative tasks for different reasons, such as a traditional mindset or outdated software that doesn't offer...
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...
Integration of administrative processes, systems, and data has become one of the holy grails of higher education transformation into the new normal. For years, colleges have had to buy independent, department-specific solutions that often lead to decentralized workflows, poor data management, and ineffective interdepartmental communications. This is where system integrators come in. They get the...
A while ago, University of Texas was like other schools. It lacked access to timely insights and, more importantly, its analytics department suffered from fundamental problems with data governance, data management, and data integrity. As a result, data was limited to silos and enterprise analytics was more difficult than ever. But all of that is...
In the digital age, higher ed institutions have to deal with a new challenge – managing vast amounts of data throughout the student lifecycle. While traditional tools and platforms, such as Integrated, Ireava, and Jiiterbit, have enabled paperless on-campus data management, they generally require several integration steps and often call for high-level IT intervention before...
