Case Study: Wake Technical Community College achieves greater scholarship application efficiency and transparency with AcademicWorks

Wake Technical Community College - Customer Case Study

Wake Technical Community College struggled with a disconnected scholarship process, using an online application that did not connect to its student information system and homegrown databases to match students to awards. With AcademicWorks, the college needed a more flexible way to manage its 225 scholarships for 28,500 students while improving the applicant experience and making the process more transparent.

AcademicWorks implemented a solution that integrated with Wake Tech’s Datatel system, let students log in with their credentials and complete applications at their own pace, and preserved the college’s single-application matching process. The result was a 170% increase in student applications, 100% of award recipients submitting donor thank-you letters, and greater staff engagement thanks to AcademicWorks’ dependability, ease of use, and improved objectivity in scholarship selection.

Wake Technical Community College

Margaret Griffin

Senior Manager of Programs and Systems