“Wisr has been an amazing partner with the Yale admissions office during our rapid transition to online programming. In only two weeks, we went from an email inquiry to a fully functional and personalized admitted students’ network with nearly 2,000 members and dozens of communities. It’s been wonderful to watch our staff and admitted students quickly build meaningful connections and create great digital content.”
Mark Dunn
Director of Outreach & Recruitment and Associate Director of Admissions, Yale University
As a higher education institution, your student body is built from a generation whose preferences are different from previous generations. Your admitted students are looking for personalized engagement and authenticity, and require an exceptional digital experience. Fortunately, their decision-making process — and your enrollment yield success — relies on something you can give them: recommendations from their peers. At Wisr, we can help you create thriving online communities where admitted students connect with current student leaders and engage with curated online content specifically made for them.
While getting students to commit to your institution and make a deposit is indeed an enrollment success, it doesn’t mean competition for them is over. When the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) changed its code of ethics in late 2019, the rules of the game changed.
Melt can make a huge impact on your enrollment, which directly ties to your tuition revenue. It’s critical that you not only take proactive steps to protect this revenue but that you also use tools that students expect and appreciate. With online communities and engagement tools from Wisr, your institution can use positive peer influencers, online learning modules, and just-in-time content delivery to significantly reduce melt.
The Enrollment Yield Problem
Time is of the essence. Recent events, shifts in preference that necessitate supporting technology shifts, and greater competition mean you have to act quickly and create the experiences prospective students are seeking to achieve your enrollment yield goals. Wisr solves this by providing the full experience in one online platform that can be launched in as little as two weeks. And it’s all backed up with expert support from our team.
How the Process Works
Configurable goals and volunteer items
Prospective and admitted students select from a customizable list of goals that offer ways to engage with current student ambassadors and your staff. Collecting this information helps you understand how members are using the site and what support your prospective students need.
Personalized dashboard with next steps and community recommendations
Every member has a personalized dashboard with suggested next steps and recommended communities. Next steps are personalized based on each member’s goals and offer tips on how to get the most out of the network. Recommended communities allow your team to pre-invite members to communities based on their interests and academic background, and highlight site wide groups.
Admissions communities and suggested online content
Communities provide an easy way to support students with shared interests, identities, and goals. Use communities to share curated content made specifically for admitted students, cross-stream webinars and info sessions, and empower your student ambassadors and staff to share their campus experiences. The Wisr support team will work with your team to create a content strategy and posting schedule that best suits the goals of your office.
Real-time reliable engagement metrics
Your team will have access to customizable dashboards with a real-time engagement index to see which students are most plugged into your campus community and which may need additional outreach. Measure the impact of your network through your enrollment funnel and integrate insights with your Slate, Salesforce, or other CRM.
Wisr is a proud member of the Slate Preferred Partner Program, a network of organizations that share a commitment to support transformational effects on the world of higher education.
Our Commitment
You’re not alone in this effort, however. Our team becomes your partner — training your ambassadors to use our platform and better advocate for your institution and working with your communications team to provide strategic and impactful programming. More than ever, institutions must be ready to go to bat for their deposited students and there’s not a moment to lose in strengthening these relationships.
All data is seamlessly captured across your site — connections between students, the amount of activity happening on discussion boards, activity for your events, and granular data for each admitted student — all of which can be synced to your CRM.
Get Started Now with Our Buyer Guide
Below is an overview of what the buyer guide covers.
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Solution Overview
Learn why we built the enrollment yield solution, how it works, and how it can grow your institution.
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Wisr Support
We offer more than just industry-leading solutions. We also provide extensive support services.
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Purchase Process
We can work with your institution to get your solution built while working with your procurement team.
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Overall Process
Learn how we can work together to get your enrollment yield solution set up in only two weeks.
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FAQs
Get answers to common questions so you know what to expect and each stage of the process.
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Real-Life Examples
Learn how Wisr has made a difference for higher education institutions across the country.
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