Case Study: Taylor University achieves streamlined scholarship distribution and optimized fund allocation with TIBCO Software (WebFOCUS)

Taylor University Streamlines Scholarship Distribution with TIBCO WebFOCUS

Taylor University faced a time-consuming, paper-based scholarship process that required staff to consult donor binders and manage communications by email for as many as 600 annual and endowed scholarships—worth $2–3M each year. The manual workflow created heavy administrative overhead across Admissions, Advancement, and Financial Aid and made it difficult to match students to appropriate awards efficiently, so the university sought a digital scholarship management solution.

Working with TIBCO, Taylor built the Electronic Scholarship Selection System (E$3) on TIBCO WebFOCUS to combine donor preferences with academic, financial, demographic and geographic data and apply predictive analytics. The platform automates dynamic matching, provides self-service dashboards and reporting, reduces communication overhead, optimizes multi-million-dollar fund distribution, and gives Advancement better donor insights—positioning the university to expand analytics-driven scholarship strategy and future “best fit” simulations.

Taylor University

Mark Lora

Director of Enterprise Data Systems