Integrated Student Solutions for Higher Education

Enhance the academic mission and improve the student experience from recruitment through graduation and beyond. Align strategy, operations, technology, and analytics to advance institutional goals, support student success, and prepare learners for what comes next.

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Improving outcomes across and beyond the student journey

Student success is shaped by how well an institution anticipates needs, removes barriers, and connects students to the right support at the right time. An effective student life cycle management strategy helps improve how information flows, how decisions are made, and how services are delivered. We help create experiences that are easier for students to navigate and for institutions to manage—strengthening engagement, program completion, and long-term success across the student life cycle.

Engaging across your institution to have the greatest impact

Improving outcomes requires student and academic strategy, operations, technology, and analytics. It also requires working across “silos” to create lasting change. Integrated Student Solutions engages across your institution to identify, design, and implement solutions to have the greatest impact across—and beyond—the student life cycle.

Real-world higher education experience, real results

Candidate360™

Helping institutions strengthen enrollment and retention outcomes

Candidate360™ is an AI-powered Google Cloud solution for higher ed that combines institutional and Deloitte data to improve recruiting, enrollment, retention, and net tuition outcomes across campuses.

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From access to outcomes: CSU’s student success transformation

California State University—the nation’s largest four-year public university system—set out to redefine student success beyond graduation rates and close persistent outcome gaps. Deloitte helped CSU develop a systemwide Student Success Framework through broad stakeholder engagement, data analysis, and implementation planning. Shaped by input from more than 1 million stakeholders, the effort positions CSU to improve outcomes at scale and set a national standard.

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Transforming the digital learning experience at USC

USC set out to achieve a complete LMS modernization, replacing its 25-year-old system in just 11 months—without disrupting teaching and learning. Deloitte helped lead the university-wide shift to Brightspace through governance, tailored training, change management, and data-driven improvements. The effort supported 47,000+ students, 6,000 faculty, and 10,000 courses; increased adoption beyond the legacy platform; and positioned USC for long-term digital learning success.

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A student-facing portal accelerating the admissions process

One of the largest and fastest-growing universities in the US needed to modernize admissions and support a comprehensive enrollment management strategy. Deloitte helped design and implement a Salesforce-based student portal and operating model that streamlined recruiting, admissions, and advising. The solution enabled more student self-service, supported more than 2,000 staff, and created a foundation for continuous innovation across the admissions experience and broader learner journey.

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WKU reversed enrollment decline with Candidate360™ AI

Facing a roughly 20% enrollment decline, Western Kentucky University used Deloitte’s Candidate360™, built on Google Cloud, to turn data into action. The AI-powered platform helped identify more than 20,000 high-fit prospects, sharpen recruiting and financial aid decisions, and improve outreach. The result was a 4% pre-Census enrollment increase, more than 100 net-new students, and an estimated $2.3 million lift in net tuition revenue within one year of deployment.

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MSU: Optimizing analytics to increase enrollment

Michigan State University (MSU) used Deloitte’s Candidate360™, built on Google Cloud, to strengthen enrollment strategy in a tougher higher education market. By combining institutional data with AI, machine learning, and more than 1,700 proprietary data elements, the solution helped MSU better target prospects, improve recruiter effectiveness, increase out-of-state enrollment by more than 20%, and generate $5 million in added net tuition revenue in one year alone.

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