CRi Graduate Studies
Practical research to help a university increase the yield rate from its most desirable graduate applicant segments
CRi analyzes feedback from your graduate applicants to pinpoint practical improvements in admissions and recruitment processes that will directly affect exactly those types of applicants that the university most wants to encourage to enroll.
By removing unnecessary sources of friction and closing the information and service gaps in your current admissions processes, the university can improve its ability to reach key enrolment goals.
Why go into this much detail? CRi’s work with Canadian universities over the last six years, looking at tens of thousands of applicants, has confirmed that how a university interacts with applicants can clear the path – or build the barriers – to a successful admission offer.
Key benefits
Practical recommendations to bring meaningful improvements
CRi Graduate Studies identifies the concrete improvements that can lead to an increase in the yield rate of those applicants you most want. And because the research includes applicant perceptions of their interactions with all the main participants in graduate recruitment (faculties, departments, individual faculty members, student services, etc.), the university’s graduate recruitment directors and senior administrators gain insights into exactly where improvements need to take place.
Easy implementation
The university’s time commitment is minimized through CRi’s turnkey approach. CRi handles all aspects of the survey program – adapting the survey instrument to each university’s needs, inviting accepted applicants to take part, and the complete analysis, preparation and presentation of the report.
Powerful segmentation
CRi recognizes that not all applicants are created the same with the same needs and expectations from the university admissions process. To ensure that the changes that you make to improve your existing processes are in line with your enrolment goals, CRi can provide recommendations that are specific to the types of applicants you most want. Some possible ways of segmenting applicants include geographic origin, financial award profile, gender, visa status, program type, offer date, etc.
Cost effective
CRi’s clients are nearly universal in their agreement that our research solutions provide tremendous value for money.
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