A successful, comprehensive admissions process is timely, efficient and allows all students to be considered individually with equal opportunity. Colleges and Universities are confronted each year with processing an increasingly higher volume of applications and associated credential documents in a short period of time. The key to recruitment, selection, notification and enrollment is an admissions process that maximizes the use of valuable staff resources and minimizes the administrative workload while achieving your enrollment strategy and desired student demographics.
DataBank can help you meet those challenges head on with not just one solution that we try to fit to meet all needs but with a portfolio of solutions that can meet your specific operational objectives. Our solutions go well beyond traditional imaging approaches by addressing complex business processes designed specifically for our Higher Education clients. Our software was designed by industry specialists and administrative professionals in the field of Higher Education.
We deliver end-to-end solutions that can provide an in-house system that is managed and operated by your IT staff or one that is delivered as a maintenance-free, outsourced ASP service with no capital investment required for hardware and software. Our suite of products and services can provide a paperless environment with business process automation and document management options to meet the challenges you face today and well into the future.
Not only do we automate administrative processes, but we can provide a completely paperless environment where
• Paper applications and credentials are received, scanned, indexed, and processed daily in a regional DataBank production center
• Data and document images are uploaded overnight into an application service provider (ASP) environment where electronic student folders are created and incoming documents are stored in electronic folders
• Administrative staff log into a secure web-based environment and are presented with activities that require their attention and expertise and where rules-based workflow processing has been applied to remove mundane tasks.
• An applicant’s personal folder is available for their reference, viewing, status and progress. Their secure encrypted information is only viewable by authorized users established by your institution.
Key benefits to Admissions Staff
• Valuable staff resources are freed up and the need to add administrative personnel during high volume application/acceptance period is eliminated
• Candidates that meet the desired student demographic are quickly identified and are prioritized for immediate review
• Preferred student application packets are electronically available for admissions review within 48 hour after initial receipt
• Significantly speeds up the Admissions process and identifies students ready for processing in Financial Aid.
• Creates a paperless environment and eliminates the labor and costs associated with handling paper, storage, photocopying, faxing, and filing.
Contact a DataBank Expert
To learn more on how DataBank can help you manage your documents more efficiently, lower your operating costs, and improve your organization’s access to information in a highly secure environment, contact us today.