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Education

Students and parents expect timely, friendly answers and a sense of community, even in a virtual classroom. For one of the largest community colleges in the country (80,000+ students, six campuses), Moran helped turn a discouraging financial aid process into a student-centered one.

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+40%college-wide satisfaction
2,000+additional students enrolled
+6%aid applications completed

When students are treated as customers, more of them enroll and stay.

The Challenge

What the college was facing

The financial aid department had a reputation for a long, complex and discouraging process.

✓Dangerously low student satisfaction with financial aid
✓A complicated approval process
✓Potential students not applying because of the reputation
✓40% of students who started never finished the aid application
The Approach

What Moran did

01

Service Essentials™ for Everyone

Customer service training for all staff.

02

Clearer communication

Simplified communication with students and between departments.

03

Benchmarking and redesign

Studied dozens of state-funded institutions and used best practices to streamline the application-to-award process and restructure the department.

04

Relationship building

Team-building activities to strengthen relationships between departments.

Results

What changed

+40%improvement in college-wide satisfaction scores
Up to 10%higher student satisfaction on every measure and every campus
+6%financial aid application completion
2,000+additional students enrolled, worth millions in tuition
The Education Sector

How Moran helps educational institutions

01

We understand your industry.

We have worked with education clients since 1997. With funding tied to enrollment, institutions can no longer afford to lose students to poor service.

02

We offer customized solutions.

We break down silos to improve communication and processes, and help institutions plan for faculty and administrator retirements through succession planning.

03

We deliver measured results.

We measure results with every organization that hires us, and our case studies show it.

Make service part of the student experience

Talk with Moran about service and process improvement at your institution.

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