Higher Education and the Blockchain Ecosystem: Using Blockchain in Admissions – The Evolllution
With constant pressure on admissions departments to serve a diverse group of incoming learners with accuracy and speed, it’s essential to provide technological tools designed to improve and simplify the enrollment process.
Welcome to the third article of this ongoing series on the blockchain ecosystem in higher education. My assumption is that those reading this article are employees of a university or college, or are affiliated with higher education in some capacity. As a fellow academic, I am flattered this article piqued your interest, and that you made the wise decision to spend your valuable time engaged with my prosa oratio. Therefore, I will put my editorial skills into high gear to ensure you read the article to the very end, and learn something you didn’t know before.
I would like to preface the article by posing a question: What is the most important department in an academic institution? Many would say academics are the most important department—and without a doubt, it is certainly near the top of the list. The answer to this question, however, is not as clear-cut as one would think.
Higher education is on the ropes right now, facing escalating tuition, shrinking budgets, admissions scandals, financial aid fraud and pressure to innovate due to inefficiencies.