Admissions management is the end-to-end process by which an institution recruits prospective students, receives and assesses applications, makes and communicates decisions, and converts accepted applicants into enrolled students.
Main stages
Recruitment
Generating and responding to enquiries.
Application
Collecting applications and documents.
Assessment
Reviewing against published criteria.
Decision
Offers, conditions and communication.
Conversion
Acceptance, deposit and enrolment.
Frequently asked questions
What does an admissions office manage?
Recruitment, applications, document collection, assessment, decisions, offers and conversion to enrolment.
Can admissions management be automated?
Routine steps such as acknowledgements and reminders can be; selection decisions should stay with people.