We connect the systems behind recruitment, retention, and student services, so faculty and staff spend less time wrestling with technology and more time helping students succeed.
Declining enrollment and tightening state funding mean institutions need to do more with less, but the technology behind recruitment, retention, and student services often can’t keep up. Fragmented systems make it hard to act on the data that could actually move the needle.
We focus on four areas that have the biggest impact on enrollment, retention, and the student experience, each backed by one of our core practice areas.
Web and mobile applications for admissions, advising, and student services that reduce friction instead of adding another login to forget.
Connect student data across your SIS, LMS, and CRM so advisors can identify retention risks before it’s too late.
Connect and modernize decades-old systems without replacing everything at once.
Connected devices and edge systems that support smart facilities, research labs, and safer campuses.
EXPECTATIONS GAP
Of higher ed IT leaders say their institution’s leadership expects more from data and AI than current systems can deliver.
Source: EDUCAUSE QuickPoll, June 2025
ENROLLMENT DECLINE
Projected national decline in high school graduates from the 2025 peak through 2041, intensifying competition for a shrinking pool of students.
Source: WICHE, Knocking at the College Door, 11th Edition, Dec 2024
INSTITUTION-WIDE AI STRATEGY
Of institutions have an institution-wide approach to AI strategy — most report it happening only in pockets.
Source: EDUCAUSE 2025 AI Landscape Study
These examples show how connected technology has helped colleges and universities improve enrollment, strengthen retention, and better support students.
Technology changes at a college or university don’t move like they do at a typical business — shared governance, accreditation, and the academic calendar all shape what’s possible and when. We plan around that reality instead of fighting it.
We integrate and replace systems in phases that fit around enrollment cycles and the academic year, so students and staff aren’t the ones who feel the transition.
Your systems still need to work in year three, long after most implementation teams have moved on to the next campus. We’ll still be here.
Tell us a little about what you’re looking to accomplish, and we’ll help you find the highest-impact place to start.
Yes. We’ve worked through higher education procurement, board approvals, and multi-stakeholder decision-making before. We understand that getting to “yes” often takes more than one signature.
Yes. Most of our work extends and integrates the systems you already have instead of replacing them wholesale.
Yes. We build with FERPA, student data privacy, and compliance requirements in mind from the start — not as an afterthought.
Yes. We plan implementations and major changes around enrollment cycles and the academic calendar, so the work doesn’t disrupt the semester.
No. We’ve worked with institutions of different sizes and types. The right fit depends on having a clear problem to solve — not the size of your campus.
We build systems your team can own and document our work clearly, so staffing changes don’t leave your institution dependent on us.