Founded in 2001, STARS is a school management system (SMS) provider dedicated to serving the digital media & design school industry. STARS SMS solution answers calls for a comprehensive, cloud-based, all-in one system. Features from a built in CRM to handle everything from leads, admissions and communications to an SIS for tracking academics, attendance, student financials, placement and much more. STARS vision, mission and values are forged through the technology to give schools the tools needed, no matter its size. Whether a small school or multi-campus school, STARS is the solution.
Compliance Reporting
Title IV & Non Title IV Schools
Skill Checklist
Custom Transcript
Paperless Documentation
Online Student Payments
Physical Task Management
Grades & Attendance Tracking
School-wide Message Board
Job Listing Board
Personalized Training
Data Conversion
HelpDesk
Clock/Credit Hour Programs
Set Up Assistance
WHY STARS?
We have the experience...helping career colleges and schools realize success for over 40 years
We have the understanding...working with the demands, challenges and outstanding results that career schools have on students’ lives
We have the team...dedicating our efforts to the success of your school
We bring you unparalleled experience, valuable insight, and exceptional devotion...combined with an amazing school management system. It’s STARS!
Ease of use
- Create your personal favorites list for quick access to features and reports
- Send quick messages to leads, students and staff
- Develop your autoresponder to send frequent, timely information
- Diagnose specific areas in need of attention
- Notify staff and students easily and quickly of important details
- View team calendars, schedule meetings conveniently
- Post grades and attendance expediently
“STARS is extremely user friendly and very easy to navigate. I use STARS on a daily basis and appreciate being able to depend on it enabling me to complete my tasks in a timely manner. Have been using STARS for several years.”
- Admissions Representative
“STARS is the best tool kit a school director can have at his or her disposal! Its interactive capabilities help keep all school associates focused on the bigger picture. It provides me with broad oversight of all departmental activities, ease of data retrieval, and the ability to query the system for custom reporting. STARS is unsurpassed.”
- School Director
MANAGE YOUR DIGITAL MEDIA & DESIGN SCHOOL
Features
- CRM
- Student Attendance Record Keeping
- Student Budgeting
- Student Financial Tracking
- Financial Aid
- General Ledger
- Vendor and Student Payable
- Placement
- Externship Tracking
- Student Portal
- LMS
- Mass Email and Texting
- Auto-Responder
- Document Management
- SAP Alerts
- Custom Query Report Generator
- Load Amortization
- Comprehensive Reports Library
- Executive Dashboard with KPI’s
- Attendance Scanning
- Point of Sale System
- Powerful “Smart” Calendar
- International Students
- Student ID Cards
- Instructor Grade Book
STARS is the most secure and reliable platform for maintaining operational data for colleges and schools. STARS operates an Enterprise Grade IBM I Power 9 server that is EAL4+ CAPP certified. Ranked No. 1 in every major reliability category by ITIC (Information Technology Intelligence Consulting)! Data is encrypted 2x faster with double the crypto engines and is encrypted at rest on the IBM Power 9 server. STARS CAMPUS completes a HIPAA/FERPA audit of internal controls, policies and processes related to security and PII every 2 years. STARS has a 99.999% uptime performance from its SSAE-16 Certified Safety, Reliability and Redundancy site. STARS is monitored by a third-party independent monitoring service.
