Slate

Slate (by Technolutions) is an absolute, unquestioned phenomenon in higher education. While it is technically a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) rather than a full backend SIS (like Banner), its dominance in "Admissions, Enrollment, and Student Success" is so staggering that it functionally acts as the front-end operating system for the vast majority of prestigious universities in the United States. The absolute core superpower of Slate is its "Elite Admissions and Application Processing." Before Slate, universities drowned in paper applications, separate essay files, and disconnected SAT score uploads. Slate revolutionized this by creating a unified, highly visual digital application reading environment. Admissions officers can review a student's high school transcript, teacher recommendations, and essays on a single screen, and cast their vote for admittance instantly. Furthermore, Slate is highly renowned for its massive marketing automation capabilities, sending highly personalized emails to prospective students. While universities still use Banner or Workday to manage the student *after* they enroll, they almost universally rely on Slate to *get* them enrolled. For university admissions and advancement departments demanding absolute operational supremacy, Slate is legendary.