NursingCAS Dispatch

Call for NursingCAS Enhancements

Do you have a suggestion that can improve the NursingCAS application? Is there a feature, process, or report that can enhance WebAdMIT (the backend admissions platform)? Submit enhancement ideas by Friday, January 10, COB for the upcoming 2025-2026 cycle! Last year, users submitted almost two dozen ideas, and many were implemented for the most recent cycle. AACN, Liaison International, and the NursingCAS Advisory Group strive to ensure continuous improvement of the NursingCAS platform. This team will review, assess, and prioritize all submitted ideas.

NursingCAS Student Webinar on January 9

Don’t miss the next AACN webinar for prospective NursingCAS applicants. This event is a terrific opportunity for you to engage with your applicant pool by keeping them well-informed with helpful tips and best practices. AACN encourages admissions and recruitment teams to join the webinar and learn about NursingCAS from the applicant’s perspective. Schools can consider hosting similar webinars to support their applicant pool as well.

Find answers to your questions about the NursingCAS application and available resources by attending the upcoming Preparing and Strengthening Your NursingCAS Application webinar on Thursday, January 9, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET! The webinar provides current and future applicants the opportunity to hear from representatives with NursingCAS and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.

Unable to attend at this time? Register to receive a copy of the webinar recording.

NursingCAS Demo Webinar on January 28

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 on Tuesday, January 28, 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 at this time? Register to receive a copy of the webinar recording.

Webinar Recording: Analytics by Liaison for NursingCAS

AACN hosted a comprehensive Analytics by Liaison for NursingCAS webinar last month. The webinar provided an overview of this powerful admissions tool, which is available to all NursingCAS schools as a FREE member benefit. Analytics by Liaison is a Tableau-based dashboard that pulls data from NursingCAS and allows programs to track year-over-year data. Users can utilize Analytics to organize data into dynamic reports with accompanying infographics for an accessible overview of the applicant pool. Please review the webinar recording or view the presentation slides for more information on how your programs can benefit from this tool.

Featured Liaison Academy Course: Navigating the SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision in WebAdMIT

The Navigating the SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision in WebAdMIT course in Liaison Academy discusses the WebAdMIT tools that enable you to successfully manage your admissions review process in alignment with this ruling’s requirements.

We’ll cover:

• How to create a Work Group that limits race and ethnicity data for admissions reviewers and interviewers.
• Campus policies about ethical admissions practices.
• Recommendations for limiting race and ethnicity data when utilizing the CAS API to transfer CAS data to another system to conduct your review process.

Create a free account with Liaison Academy and become a NursingCAS superuser!

NursingCAS Applicant Newsletter & Recruitment Event Calendar

The Applicant Newsletter, provided by AACN, is emailed to 160,000+ NursingCAS applicants the third week of every month. This newsletter is for programs affiliated with NursingCAS only. Program submissions are FREE and due on the Friday prior to publication. Posts must relate to one of the three topics below or they will be removed. Please submit an announcement using the form on our website.

Here is some additional information on how schools can leverage each section of the Applicant Newsletter:

1. Open Seats: Use this section to provide notifications to applicants about NursingCAS programs with available space. You can share information about one specific program or multiple programs in one announcement. You can highlight the program by providing information relevant to your nursing school, specific program requirements, location, accreditation, program cost/scholarships, specialties, etc.
2. Deadline Extensions: Use this section to share announcements about deadline extensions for your NursingCAS programs. You can share information about your programs, the new deadlines, and any requirements that might have changed (if applicable).
3. New Programs: Use this section to highlight any new programs launched in the Application Portal since the last 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.

The NursingCAS Events Calendar is a great platform for publicizing your program’s recruitment events. These events include student information sessions, virtual fairs, open houses, and other recruitment events that connect your institution with potential applicants. You can submit items to the Events Calendar using the Applicant Event Form. This calendar is distributed to 160,000+ students each month.

Register Now! Experience: LIAISON | San Antonio

Registration for Liaison International’s Experience: LIAISON | San Antonio is now open! This three-day event will take place on June 16 – 18, 2025. Join Liaison’s community of higher education admissions and enrollment professionals as they celebrate, connect, discover, and grow. The registration fee is $695, and group discounts are available. Additional information is available in the conference Help Center.

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 submit test applications and run sample exports, among other actions. The WebAdMIT 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 US 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.

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