by Berniem
17. March 2011 10:01
More and more Universities face the challenge that historical student and graduate information has been stored in the past with limited details. The importance of accurate alumni data was perhaps not understood when historical Alumni systems where implemented so in instances only a name and date of birth can be found or worse.
The benefits are varied across Universities but mostly alumni have the chance stay in contact with their university and with former fellow students as well as to make use of the offers for professional and scientific further education, hence they like to hear from past Universities.
Universities will target Alumni for events and reunions, together with approaching an Alumni for donor programs, hence the importance of up to date and accurate alumni information to stay in touch.
Data8 offer the facility of data cleansing for Universities by processing data for goneaway records, suppressing deceased and providing mover address information for students where appropriate. However, these services are very much dependent on starting with a student name and address in order for the screening to be successful.
So what happens where limited information is stored? Perhaps you hold just a name and date of birth for a former student that left 40 years ago. Data8 provide an advanced tracing facility where an experienced researcher will use research tools to manually interrogate sources such as Birth, Death and Marriage registers, Electoral Roll services and many more. Data8 can help you get connected for up to 70% of your problem records, call us now on 0151 355 4555 to find out more.