How to Simplify and Speed Up Student Enrollment with a Salesforce Digital Portal
Enrollment season is stressful. For students. For parents. And especially for the admissions team. Applications come in through emails, phone calls, and paper forms. Staff juggle spreadsheets, checklists, and shared drives. Documents get misplaced. Status updates are delayed. Communication? It’s all over the place. This is still the reality at many institutions. One admin we spoke to said, “We had parents calling every day just to ask if we received their child’s documents.” Another added, “We’d sometimes find out a student missed the deadline because no one followed up in time.” It’s not just inefficient. It’s a poor experience for everyone involved. Students expect better. They’re used to real-time updates, online forms, and instant confirmations. When they don’t get that, they start losing trust. Some might even walk away from the process entirely. This is where a digital enrollment portal comes in. A portal built on Salesforce can bring everything into one place. Applications, docu...