Scholars United FAQs

The CommunityForce system provides an easy-to-use online system that allows your institution to enter all the various qualifications for your department and programs. It allows students to choose which application they want to apply to and then complete all the required information present in the application. The system also allows your students the ability to apply for one or multiple applications for which they qualify. The CommunityForce system allows the students to copy similar information from one application to another just by clicking a button. The students can also upload resumes, score sheets, transcripts, recommendation letters, audio and video files, essays, etc. (more)

CommunityForce software has the ability to brand client specific systems according to every College’s/University’s/Foundation’s specific needs. The CommunityForce team works with our customers to get the desired branding and user interface appeal. In addition, the CommunityForce Solution allows administrators to upload system logos anytime they wish in order to self-brand. You are also able to choose which search options you provide your students in terms of Keyword, Criteria, View All Opportunities and Faculty/Department. (more)

It is handled in house. (more)

You have the ability to set up as many workflow steps and tasks as you’d like and you may set up multiple workflows up for different organizational processes. Once setup, you may delegate specific individuals within your organization to perform individual or multiple tasks within your workflow. This allows you to organize and manage your project while keeping everyone involved up-to-date and accountable. (more)

CommunityForce is built with the mission of improving your processes, making your life easier, and adding convenience. Integrating your new CommunityForce system with other non-CommunityForce systems you may own is part of that mission. For instance, integration with a school’s enrollment system in order to communicate information and update all systems allows users to make the absolute best decisions based on the most recent student details, such as GPA or income.

CommunityForce integration with the client’s enrollment application allows the client to share student information between your enrollment system and CommunityForce database. The integration will allow your enrollment system users to automatically login to the CommunityForce system and access all the applications related information. A bi-directional relationship with your enrollment system allows you as the administrator to pull data from the enrollment system and keep synchronizing the two databases. When using the integration you may use not only use the standard fields that are visible to the students but all custom fields associated with staff sections. When importing from your enrollment system you can pull your full list of student’s login id and application data. Importing a student list will create a list within CommunityForce that contains all of the individuals that are eligible to seamlessly login from your enrollment system to CommunityForce.

CommunityForce’s extensive experience working with Higher Ed clients including some of the largest institutions like Harvard University, Yale University, University of Phoenix, University of Alberta, University of Auckland on the automation of their Scholarships, Research Grants and Fellowships, coupled with extensive real-time integration with Banner, Datatel, PeopleSoft and BlackBaud product suite offers your organization the security and risk associated with working with a new vendor that they have not worked with before. (more)

Yes. Real time reporting of every data field in the system allows administrators to provide very broad, or the most intricate, details about the student, application, reviews, post-selection evaluations, and/or anything you’ve gathered during your process.

In addition, CommunityForce offers an optional Business Intelligence Software subscription to help you see and understand your data and create colorful charts, graphs, maps and more and to then share your data and reports with anyone. The tool helps you quickly analyze, visualize and share information. You may connect to data in a few clicks, then visualize and create interactive dashboards with a few more. (more)