Your All-in-One School Management System for Religious Studies Schools
Founded in 2001, STARS is a school management system (SMS) dedicated primarily to serving the postsecondary career school industry. The STARS student management system (SMS) is a comprehensive, cloud-based, all-in-one system. It includes an extensive CRM accompanied by a fully integrated learning management system (LMS). Unlike most other systems, STARS is the product of a team of people who actually operated and owned a group of schools during which time STARS was designed, developed, and implemented. As a result, they are very familiar with the kind of management system schools need to run successfully and efficiently. The STARS school and student management system is designed to provide schools with the tools they need, no matter their size. Whether you run a small school or one with multiple campuses, STARS is the affordable and practical solution!
What religious studies programs cover
Students study the diversity of human beliefs and the role religion has played in understanding spirituality and the concepts of life and death.
- Programs examine how societies have embraced different religions in the search for life’s most basic and most complex questions.
- Many schools feature small classes and the possibility of studying abroad.
- Religious studies differ from theological studies in the amount of focus on God or deities themselves.
- Religious studies center more on religious behavior, conducted from outside any particular religious stance.
Where graduates work
There are many career options, some more closely associated with a religious studies degree than others.
- Administrative Coordinator, Charity Coordinator, Child & Youth Worker, Clergyperson, Community Center Director.
- Human Rights Advocate, International Aid Worker, Minister, Missionary, Non-Profit Administrator.
- Social Service Worker, Teacher, Victim’s Advocate — with fundraising and diplomacy more loosely related.
- The most popular roles are Teacher/Educator, Charity Officer, Missionary, Chaplain, Youth Director and Technical Writer.
- Salaries for these positions usually range between $40,000 and $60,000.
Demand and outlook
The outlook for activities and education directors continues to rise.
- The job outlook has increased by nearly 57% since 2004, at an average annual growth rate of 3.56%.
- Demand is expected to reach 142,890 new jobs by 2029 — an increase of more than 80%.
- At least 640 postsecondary career schools or colleges offer programs in religious studies in the United States.
- About 4,000 religious studies degrees are conferred in a given year.
- In-state tuition at private schools averages 3.9 times the cost of a career school or public institution.
Regardless of the programs they offer, schools depend on good student information and record keeping software to operate. STARS is a very comprehensive system which minimizes the need for additional third-party software, and it includes a built-in and exclusive learning management system that incorporates data already stored in the management system. Running on a state-of-the-art IBM i Power 9 server, STARS has an uptime of 99.99% and no record of being violated by hackers — crucial, since educational institutions are among the most threatened by online attackers.
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
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Features
Enrollment & CRM
CRM
Student Portal
Mass Email and Texting
Auto-Responder
International Students
Academics & Student Progress
Student Attendance Record Keeping
LMS
Instructor Grade Book
Attendance Scanning
Externship Tracking
Placement
Financials
Student Financial Tracking
Student Budgeting
Financial Aid
General Ledger
Vendor and Student Payable
Load Amortization
Point of Sale System
Reporting & Compliance
SAP Alerts
Custom Query Report Generator
Comprehensive Reports Library
Executive Dashboard with KPI’s
Operations & Tools
Document Management
Powerful “Smart” Calendar
Student ID Cards
Inside STARS
One dashboard for leads, enrollments and active students
Directors open STARS to a single screen: calendar and tasks on the left, lead-to-enrollment trend and active student counts by program on the right.
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 is monitored by a third-party independent monitoring service.
99.999%
STARS has a 99.999% uptime performance from its SSAE-16 Certified Safety, Reliability and Redundancy site.