Company: Anthology
Nomination Submitted by: Young & Associates PR
Company Description: Anthology offers the largest EdTech ecosystem on a global scale for education, supporting more than 150 million users in 80 countries. With a mission to provide dynamic, data-informed experiences to the global education community through Anthology Intelligent Experiences™, we help learners, leaders and educators achieve their goals by offering over 60 SaaS products and services.
Nomination Category: New Product & Service Categories - Education
Nomination Sub Category: Administrative Solution
 Nomination Title: Anthology's Anthology Student
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In April 2022, Anthology rolled out a new Anthology Student portal to make the student experience more modern and usable through improvements designed to keep students on the path toward graduation.
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Anthology Student is a cloud-based student information system (SIS) that allows universities to manage everything from admission through graduation, including financial aid, student accounts, career services and analytics. It allows schools and institutions to use contemporary functionality and scalable features to improve student results. In fact, Anthology Student customers report an increase in total graduation rates based on accurate and effective program auditing tools.
Offering a fully secure and privacy-compliant solution, Anthology Student helps institutions deliver flexible programs and support diverse student populations – allowing administrators to improve institutional competitiveness and secure funding by delivering better outcomes to both traditional and non-traditional students via hybrid, certificate and competency-based programs. Easy-to-use tools help advisors drive a robust student experience for student registration, degree progress and future career planning. Faculty time, resources and compensation are managed efficiently through automation, resulting in optimized academic programs. And constituent access to all student information (from recruitment to enrollment and curriculum management, advising, financial aid and career services) is seamless, significantly reducing administrative backlog.
Key capabilities of Anthology Student include the flexibility of standard and non-standard term management, enabling institutions to create academic year definitions that fit the programs they provide; established degree planning and guided pathways for credential achievement; automated faculty workload integrated into payroll solutions; comprehensive housing and career services; and timely, accurate and compliant financial aid packaging.
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In August 2022, Anthology, marked eight consecutive years of growth for its student information system (SIS), Anthology Student. According to the respected education analyst firm Tambellini Group’s 2022 Student Systems U.S. Higher Education Market Share, Trends, and Leaders Report, Anthology was among the top solutions selected by U.S. higher education institutions in 2021 and selected by the most institutions in the private, for-profit sector. The report notes that thirteen not-for-profit institutions also selected Anthology Student.
“We have witnessed a resurgence of student system selections as the market begins its post-pandemic recovery with institutions now investing in strategies related to student engagement, belongingness and student success,” said Vicki Tambellini, President and CEO of Tambellini Group. “Anthology Student has demonstrated stability and growth and strongly appeals to institutions with nontraditional, competency-based and continuing education requirements. The solution demonstrates the ability to scale in private, for-profit and online educational settings, as well.”
“The conversation we’re having with the Anthology teams is to define the experiences of all of our students whether you're on the credit side or the continuing education side. Every one of those students matters. That's what I like about Anthology. They're taking all that into consideration so that we can track and monitor what all of our students are doing. Let me just tell you what: That is a breath of fresh air.” - Dr. Mark Escamilla, President of Del Mar Community College.
"After a quarter of a century, we’re still with the same SIS vendor, for good reason: the right technology, industry partners, direction, and products." - Kelly Walsh, Chief Information Officer at The College of Westchester.
“With seven institutions across the state, we need a systemwide perspective offering insights from all of our students and trainees,” MCCS President David Daigler said. “Anthology products will help make MCCS far more efficient and will put powerful digital tools into the hands of our students and trainees so they can research, plan, and build informed career pathways.”
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Here are customer case studies to give an inside look at how Anthology Student has positively impacted institutions:
https://www.anthology.com/news/post-university-expands-partnership-with-anthology-saves-hundreds-of-hours-daily-for - “Thanks to Anthology, we can now meet student expectations in the digital age,” said Greg Theisen, Post University Chief Information & Technology Officer. “Anthology’s solutions have helped us create a more equitable and student-centric community, supporting our mission of a personal approach with national recognition. Integrating Anthology Milestone and Blackboard Learn Ultra into our technology stack and continuing to drive efficiencies with Anthology Student will move us into the next chapter of our growth, which is projected to be significant as we continue to expand our virtual programming while maintaining a high degree of personalization.”
https://www.anthology.com/news/Maine-Community-College-System-Selects-Anthology-Solutions-to-Support-Student-Success
Lancaster Bible College Case Study: https://www.anthology.com/story/how-did-lancaster-bible-college-manage-100-percent-growth-in-a-five-year-timeframe
https://www.anthology.com/news/eastern-arizona-college-selects-anthology - “Partnering with Anthology will put the modern, cloud-based tools that our staff and students need to succeed right at their fingertips,” said Dr. Susan Wood, Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs at Eastern Arizona College. “We can now streamline the degree planning, financial aid, and registration process for our learners. This will enable them to easily set future goals, while also creating efficiencies for our staff so they have more time to help students achieve those goals.”
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