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    Slate for Admissions

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASlate is a platform for admissions and enrollment management, student success, and alumni/advancement, from Technolutions in New Haven. Designed and developed exclusively for higher education, Slate by Technolutions supports the student and donor lifecycle, and provides a unified interface to CRM, outreach and communications, travel management, online applications, online reading, student success and retention, and alumni and donor engagement.N/A
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    Slate for Admissions
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    Technolutions
    Chose Slate for Admissions
    Slate, by Technolutions, is so much more powerful and easier to use than Banner. While we still use Banner for our current students, it wasn't enough for what we needed to do to reach our prospective student population. Especially with the communication options, Slate is …
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    Chose Slate for Admissions
    I don't necessarily have an Admissions product to compare it to, but I believe this product is one of the better (if not best) CRMs I have used in both business and industry.
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    Chose Slate for Admissions
    We chose Slate because it was customizable, provided accurate CRM data tracking and management, and was affordable. The software itself was updated and intuitive, which is something our previous CRM lacked. It had better reporting systems, easy set up and implementation across …
    Incentivized
    Chose Slate for Admissions
    We had been on Recruitment Plus- it has been sunsetted, so we were forced to move. I also looked at Fire Engine Red. Slate seemed far and away the most robust CRM/Admissions solution.
    Incentivized
    Chose Slate for Admissions
    We used Ellucian recruit that is based on Microsoft Dynamics, I must say that Slate is much simpler to use and navigate for everyday user. While Dynamics is very powerful and robust tool it is really hard to navigate and keep track of campaigns and prospects. Slate is …
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    Chose Slate for Admissions
    Other products can provide what you need to do your job, but can make doing your job more difficult, or even time-consuming. Slate gives you the ability to do your job and to do it well. It creates a means of doing your job efficiently and in a timely manner, creating shortcuts …
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    Chose Slate for Admissions
    BLOWS THEM OUT OF THE WATER. Slate has consolidated where we can create forms and the student records we can easily tie them to. Slate is so enrollment friendly because it was literally created with that use in mind. Once you go Slate it’ll be hard to ever go back. It’s the …
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    Slate for Admissions
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    7.2
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Slate for Admissions
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Technolutions
    I would recommend Slate, by Technolutions for any higher education institution, big or small. Though there is a higher cost associated with Slate than most other options, it's well worth the price. The level of detail that you're able to gather, maintain, and query on within your student data is far beyond anything I've experienced with other systems. These insights help you pinpoint areas for action and improvement so that you can pivot when necessary, helping you reach your enrollment goals quicker and more efficiently.
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    Pros
    Technolutions
    • Managing contacts.
    • Smart communications (drip email campaigns).
    • Real-time data management.
    • End-to-end control of product (or instance of).
    • Allows for easy to implement segmentation via smart rules and queries (data sets).
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    Cons
    Technolutions
    • Being able to have students register at an event without needing a wifi network
    • Easier way to update records for individuals who move to a different organization
    • Being able to start an application first without needing to immediately set up a user name and password.
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    Usability
    Technolutions
    It's incredibly usable and easy to figure out. It's modern and does exactly what we need for it to do
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    Support Rating
    Technolutions
    While I do wish they had actual representatives that we able to come to you for trainings for implementation and new users, I understand that a big draw is the money that is saved by instead investing in knowledgebase, which is it's online tutorials for different functions of Slate.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Technolutions
    We had been on Recruitment Plus- it has been sunsetted, so we were forced to move. I also looked at Fire Engine Red. Slate seemed far and away the most robust CRM/Admissions solution.
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    Return on Investment
    Technolutions
    • We aren't really a business, per se, but a nonprofit university. However, Slate[, by Technolutions] does allow us to easily sort applications into categories for different departments to review. And it provides a clear trail of who is looking at various documents when--and how long it takes to process them.
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