NursingCAS Dispatch - February 2026

2024-2025 Cycle Close

The 2024-2025 NursingCAS application cycle closed on January 29, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Applicants can carry data and transcripts over to the next application cycle using the Re-Applicant feature. School users are still able to review applications and access WebAdMIT for the 2024-2025 cycle.

Review the email sent from NursingCAS on January 20 for important information on end-of-cycle processes and associated timelines. Schools are encouraged to follow up with applicants ASAP with program-specific requirements (transcripts, letters of recommendation, etc.).

Questions about end-of-cycle processes/dates? Contact the WebAdMIT Client Support Specialist Team at (857) 304-2020 or webadmitsupport@liaisonedu.com.

New NursingCAS Website Launched

NursingCAS is excited to announce the launch of our new website! The new and improved design offers numerous resources for students to learn more about the nursing profession, explore nursing programs, and gain helpful tips and tricks for submitting their NursingCAS application. The site also includes refreshed resources to ensure your admissions team is making the most of the full range of NursingCAS tools and features.

For more information, please view the email from AACN’s NursingCAS on Friday, January 16 (Subject Line: NursingCAS Has a New Website). Information on the login and password reset process can be found in the Q&A section below.

Call for NursingCAS Enhancements

Do you have ideas for improving the NursingCAS application? Is there a feature, process, or report that could enhance WebAdMIT (the backend admissions platform)? Submit your enhancement ideas by Friday, February 13 for the upcoming 2026-2027 cycle. 

Last year, users submitted nearly three dozen ideas for review, many of which were implemented for the most recent cycle. AACN, Liaison International, and the NursingCAS Advisory Group strive to ensure continuous improvement of the NursingCAS platform. The team will review, assess, and prioritize all submitted ideas.

NursingCAS Virtual Networking Session

AACN is hosting a virtual networking session, Link & Learn: Strategies for Student Events, on Tuesday, February 24 at 1:00 p.m. ET. 

At this session, a panel of NursingCAS users will discuss their team’s strategies for student-centered events and outreach. Join this event to share ideas and learn more about your peer institutions’ approaches to sustaining their recruitment pipeline. You can expect:

• 2-3 short presentations from fellow NursingCAS school users discussing their event strategies.
• A follow-up Q&A session to ask presenters more about their processes, brainstorm new ideas, and compare notes.

AACN hopes to use this session to foster community-wide conversations and build connections within the NursingCAS community. Register today to attend! 

NursingCAS Demo Webinar on February 4

Are any members of your team new to NursingCAS or in need of a refresher? Register now to attend AACN’s NursingCAS Overview: A Demonstration of the Student Application and Admissions Management Portal webinar this afternoon,  February 4 from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET.

Prospective and current NursingCAS users are encouraged to attend this training session, which will provide a walk-through of the platform and introduce users to best practices and useful tools in WebAdMIT. Unable to attend the webinar? All registrants will receive a copy of the recording.

Submit Items to the Member Spotlight Form

Are you a NursingCAS superuser? Submit a Member Spotlight item today to highlight the work that you or a team member has accomplished with NursingCAS! Take this opportunity to spotlight your team’s achievements in student recruitment, admissions, and enrollment. To submit, please provide the information requested in the form below. Approved submissions will be posted in the NursingCAS Dispatch newsletter.

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The registration fee is $795, and group discounts are available. Additional information is available on the conference website.

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NursingCAS Applicant Newsletter

The NursingCAS Applicant Newsletter, provided by AACN, is emailed to 180,000+ NursingCAS applicants the third week of every month. This newsletter is for programs affiliated with NursingCAS only. Program submissions are FREE and due the Friday prior to publication. 

Posts must relate to a program’s Open Seats, any Deadline Extensions that have been implemented, or New Programs that have launched in the Application Portal since the previous newsletter.

We recommend including contact information for representatives or links to your website and the NursingCAS application within the announcement. Visit the Newsletter Archive for samples of previous submissions.

Submit an Item to the Applicant Newsletter today!

NursingCAS Applicant Events Calendar

The NursingCAS Events Calendar allows you to publicize your program’s information sessions, virtual fairs, open houses, and other recruitment events that connect you with potential applicants!

Submit an Item to the Applicant Events Calendar today!

Follow NursingCAS on LinkedIn

NursingCAS is now on LinkedIn! Follow us to stay up to date with all NursingCAS and AACN events as well as the latest NursingCAS application updates, tips on managing application cycles, resources for getting the most out of NursingCAS, and much more. Let’s stay connected!

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TOEFL Scoring Changes 

Starting January 21, 2026, ETS's TOEFL exam has a new 1-6 scoring scale for each section and overall total score. This new scale is more directly aligned with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR). To accommodate this, the following changes were made:

• Applicant Portal: applicants can report their scores in both the old and new scoring scales in the Standardized Tests section. 
• CAS API: the CAS API Application response models (v1 & v2) have been extended with the following two new JSON nodes to support these changes: academicHistory->tests->reported->TOEFL2026 (for applicant-reported tests) and academicHistory->tests->official->TOEFL2026 (for official tests). For more information, including supported properties under each node, see the application response models on the CAS API Swagger page.
• Liaison Analytics: TOEFL scores on the new scale are available in the existing TOEFL dashboards.
• WebAdMIT: a new set of TOEFL-related fields for this new scoring scale is available: Applicant Reported TOEFL Banded, Official TOEFL Banded, and Official TOEFL MyBest Banded. You must add these fields to any place you may already pull in TOEFL fields (e.g., lists, exports, scoring, etc.).

If you have data integrations set up for WebAdMIT or the CAS API, you must review and update them to import the new TOEFL scores into your target system. Be sure to review your target system first so you know what adjustments to make. For WebAdMIT, we recommend adding the new TOEFL fields to your exports.

Important: when you receive official TOEFL scores taken after January 21, 2026, ETS will provide the historical scale equivalent for only the overall total score (i.e., both a 6 (on the new scoring scale) and 120 (on the old scoring scale)). ETS is not providing the historical scale equivalent for any section scores (i.e., you only get a 4 (on the new scoring scale) for the Reading section). Be sure to review all your templates and imports to accommodate the new scoring scale and capture the data you need.

Reorder Panels and Subpanels on Applicant Details Page

You can now reorder the panels and subpanels on the Applicant Details page by dragging and dropping. Your reordering is unique to your WebAdMIT account and allows you to prioritize the applicant information most important to you and your review process. Note the following:

• The Applicant Header cannot be moved and stays at the top.
• As a best practice, minimize (i.e., close) your panels before you reorder them; panels with a lot of data may be harder to move based on your computer's display settings. You can reopen your desired panels after you're done reordering them.
• The panels and subpanels you see are set in Work Groups.
       -    If a panel or subpanel is removed from your Work Group, it will be removed from your view.
       -    If a panel is added to your Work Group, it will be added at the end of all your panels.
       -    If a subpanel is added to your Work Group, it will be added to the far right of the panel.
• You need to set your panel order in each cycle of WebAdMIT; it is not included in the Transfer Settings.
• You can only reorder panels for applicants you have full visibility rights for; you cannot reorder panels for partial (i.e., limited) visibility, such as applicants in the On Hold application status.
   

Deactivation for Inactive Accounts

Users who haven't logged into WebAdMIT in the past 18 months have had their accounts deactivated. This enhances the security of WebAdMIT and ensures only current and active users can access applicants and admissions data. To learn more about this and review best practices, visit the Managing Users page.

WebAdMIT Sandbox Environment Refresh

Are you utilizing the WebAdMIT Sandbox? If not, you should be! Sandbox is a duplicate test platform useful for testing and training purposes; any actions performed in Sandbox will not affect the live data in production. This tool provides users with a safe, “near-production” environment to test applications and run sample exports, among other actions. The Sandbox is a copy of the WebAdMIT production environment with sensitive applicant information (such as surnames, email addresses, etc.) obfuscated.

The WebAdMIT Sandbox is refreshed between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. ET every Monday. If Monday is a U.S. or Canadian holiday, deployment is the next business day and includes all system changes from the preceding release. The WebAdMIT Sandbox environment is refreshed with current (cleansed) production data and program configurations. Any test exports, custom fields, etc., in the current Sandbox will be overwritten.