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HES Customer Service
We provide education, training, assessment and advisory services, to supplement and enhance your staff.


"Your ability to implement strategy is highly dependent on the tactical plan that supports the strategy."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


CUSTOMER SERVICE

HES Support Services are especially helpful to schools and organizations wanting to enhance enrollment outcomes through improvements in compliance, the quality of student service, operating efficiency, and systems management. In most cases, we customize support services to meet on the client’s needs and goals. Some examples of support services include:

 

 
 


HES SILENT SERVICE ASSESSMENT™ - SECRET SHOPPING

Many major industries use some form of secret shopping to help evaluate the quality of their services and products. It is very common for a bank or major retailer to secret shop their customer service operations to evaluate whether the service provided by employees is meeting both company and customer expectations. In our work with colleges and universities, we find that the quality of service provided by enrollment staff to prospective and returning students influences enrollment outcomes.

Higher Ed Strategies, LLC is now offering a service to the higher education community that provides institutional leadership a tool to both evaluate and monitor the quality of service provided to students. Our Silent Service Assessment™ makes use of secret shoppers trained to collect data and conduct evaluations of products and services according to specific research protocols within the higher education market. We consider all forms of service delivery including print and online media and the “in person” experience. This third - party unbiased perspective on the quality of service provided to students and parents helps colleges and universities develop student - centered customer service approaches by:
 

  • Identifying gaps between institutional customer service expectations and reality
  • Identifying opportunities for operating efficiencies by testing policies and procedures and how they affect the student and parent experience
  • Improving enrollment management operations by identifying delivery system chokepoints and areas for improvement
  • Improving enrollment and retention through better service delivery
  • Coordinating services across departments. 
 
 
 


HES COMPETITIVE MARKET FINANCIAL AID ANALYSIS

Many colleges and universities have admissions departments that provide a competitive edge. Unfortunately, that edge gets lost when it comes to financial aid. A Competitive Market Financial Aid Analysis provides an institution with a review of how competitive its financial aid function is within the marketplace. It helps identify ways to improve how to the financial aid function supports the recruitment and retention of students. The review also includes market research on what an institution's competitors are doing in terms of merit scholarships and financial aid awarding practices.

The benefit of this service is that it helps an institution make its financial aid strategies, policies and procedures competitive with overlap institutions. This helps improve admission and retention efforts.
 

 
 
 
 
 
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Higher Ed Strategies, LLC
860.386.6729    info@higheredstrategies.com
18A Pasco Drive    East Windsor    CT 06088