Strategic Partnership Increases Price Transparency and Student Enrollment for Colleges and Universities
[Houghton, MI] SightLine, Inc. and Meadow announced today that the companies have entered into a strategic partnership that will increase price transparency and top of enrollment funnel traffic for colleges and universities.
The collaboration brings together two organizations focused on increasing enrollment through financial transparency. SightLine is a leader in financial aid leveraging and enrollment strategy. Meadow is modernizing the net price calculator.
Most universities that we work with are struggling to attract the right students to their institution. One of the biggest deterrents to students are high published prices that don’t represent the real net price. We are excited to partner with Meadow to help universities communicate the real out-of-pocket cost to students, much earlier in the enrollment process, says Ashley Kern, SightLine Founder and Data Scientist.
Cost is the number one factor for students considering where to attend college. Developing the right types of scholarships and offering competitive packages to the right students is critical to enrolling a quality incoming class, as is communicating that information to students as early in their process as possible.
Meadow and SightLine are combining the power of financial aid leveraging to optimize award allocations, with the innovative net price calculator to communicate these scholarship opportunities to prospective students earlier, increasing applications and yield.
Meadow believes that higher education is an important lever to economic mobility and we know that financial aid officers play a crucial role in making college affordable. We are excited about the work that Sightline is doing with universities through financial aid leveraging and know that combined with a better net price calculator, it will open up more opportunities for more students to obtain a college degree, said Alfredo Brillembourg, CEO and Co-Founder of Meadow.
About SightLine
SightLine is a nationally certified Woman Owned Small Business focused on increasing enrollment, student retention and revenue through predictive analytics. SightLine is the only provider in the market using advanced machine learning to craft customized solutions for each individual institution without deploying software.
About Meadow
Meadow powers modern student financial services for universities that clarify and simplify the financial experience for students to improve economic mobility in the US through higher education.
At a time when consumer-friendly, digital-first experiences are more critical than ever in higher education, Meadow is solving many of the fundamental problems that lead to poor student financial experiences and administrative waste — radically transforming the higher education financial experience for everyone. Meadow’s mission is to empower students financially and improve economic mobility through higher education. Through Meadow, universities and their students manage the end-to-end financial experience together, from application to graduation.
The company was founded in 2021 by recent graduates from Columbia University as well as second-time founders who have worked at AmEx, Klarna, Outschool and Amazon.
