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What StudioAbroad has meant to UC Merced students is 24/7 access to our application process, the ability to submit documents electronically, and the opportunity for students to easily schedule appointments. StudioAbroad has simplified and streamlined much of our application process, reduced the paper intake particularly with electronic signature documents, improved communication tracking, and put more information into the hands of our students to advise themselves.”

TDS has made it possible to handle the increasing number of study abroad students at Texas Tech. I can’t imagine working in an office that didn’t have it. The automated reminder system takes the hassle out of keeping students up-to-date on their requirements. And with the increased emphasis on study abroad, I am frequently called on to provide numbers of SA students to various entities on campus. TDS makes it so easy to find students in a variety of categories.

TDS’s cloud-based SAAS system has given our employees the ability to access student records any time of day, anywhere in the world. This benefit has increased our organization’s productivity as well as confidence in our ability to provide the reliable and timely service that is at the core of Athena Study Abroad’s mission.”

TDS has transformed the way we do business in our office. We have moved to a near-paperless environment, which has brought tremendous cost savings. The auto-reminders to students have saved our staff time and resources. We have the ability and capacity to manage hundreds of affiliate programs through the Directory feature. And we can easily share information with our international on-site staff/directors as well as program partners.

I write dozens of letters of recommendation for students to study abroad each year. Tailoring these letters to the specifications of each study abroad program can be time-consuming and laborious. Terra Dotta has made this process much more efficient and user-friendly. I also appreciate its convenience and interface, which helps me manage multiple letters in various stages until I can submit one that best matches my students to their respective study abroad programs.”

Our Study Abroad Office was in dire need of a comprehensive database solution. After evaluating our options, including developing our own system, we eagerly signed on to implement StudioAbroad. Our faculty-led program directors can directly access important information about all of their program participants, easily create reports, contact students, monitor their applicants’ progress, and recommend acceptance or denial of any application. Our deans, directors, and academic advising colleagues can directly access relevant information about students from their academic unit who study abroad.

TDS is known as a leader for offering a paperless information and tracking system specifically for international offices. Colorado State has really had the time to develop the software to its fullest potential. It is exciting to see what the CSU team has done to utilize the product. TDS makes the office work much more refined and tracking international travelers easy!

When my previous institution purchased Terra Dotta's StudioAbroad in 2007 I had no idea of the functionality that we were purchasing, nor the fact that the software would continue to evolve providing ever greater functionality. Compared to the Access database that we had been using, StudioAbroad was like driving a Lamborghini Diablo! It was overwhelming at first, but slowly we came to recognize and appreciate all that Terra Dotta Software gave us the power to do. Now I couldn't imagine sending students abroad without it - in fact I'm in the process of implementing Terra Dotta Software at my new Institution!

StudioAbroad is far superior to any other choice for running a study abroad office.

I remember life before StudioAbroad, and now I can’t imagine life without it.

In the 18 months since our installation of TDS went live, our office has been transformed. We can focus less on administrative legwork and more on providing personalized attention to our students. The most valuable element of TDS is the application process itself, which is refined and cohesive. The software is customizable enough that we were able to retain the strengths and personality of our legacy process. We can take a detailed look at our demographics at any time, which has led to unexpected insights into our applicant population and where we can focus our outreach efforts.

We’ve been using TDS at Dartmouth for several years. TDS has surpassed our initial expectations and keeps getting better. We continually identify new ways to use the software to better serve our students and faculty. With a small staff and a high level of student interest in study abroad, TDS is an essential tool for our office.

Things we really like about StudioAbroad:

• Paperless files

• Online applications

• Ability to upload PDFs in batch format to a group of students’ applications

• Creating instant Excel reports

• Batch emailing

• The history log

• Student enter their own information into the system

• Easy access from anywhere