Soon, campuses across the U.S. will be bustling with thousands of freshmen and new graduate students that were successfully recruited by your institution. If you’re like this graduate admissions administrator, seeing the end product of that effort is a rewarding thing.

With the U.S. economy on shaky ground, many people are looking to enhance their skills through going back to school or continuing on. 2009 may well be a record year for applications in many disciplines.

The Education Edge school admissions software is a great tool to have, including such valuable benefits as:

- Easily identify your best applicants, where they are in the process, and how many "open" applications you have.
- Track demographics, test scores, transcripts, and compile financial aid information in one easy to access, central location.
- A professional image through networking with colleagues communicating with applicants and prospects online seeking information regarding your institution.

Admissions recruiting and processing can sometimes be a mundane and grueling task. School admissions solutions from Blackbaud can make the process easier and more rewarding in the end, however.