Technology Solutions
for Higher Ed

We help colleges, universities, and educational institutions build scalable, student-centered digital platforms that improve engagement, streamline operations,
and support institutional growth.
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Technology that connects students, faculty, and alumni

Higher education institutions face increasing pressure to modernize student experiences, unify disconnected systems, and leverage data to support enrollment, retention, and institutional advancement. Forte Group partners with colleges and universities to design and modernize technology platforms that work across the full student lifecycle and institutional operations.

How we help higher education teams

Build student-centered digital experiences

Design platforms that support course registration, student portals, mobile engagement, payments, and self-service capabilities that meet modern student expectations.

Strengthen alumni engagement and advancement

Create donor management systems, alumni portals, giving platforms, and engagement tools that support fundraising, lifelong connections, and institutional development.

Unify campus systems and data

Integrate enrollment, student information, learning management, financial, and advancement systems to eliminate silos and improve operational efficiency.

Enable data-driven institutional decisions

Build analytics platforms that support student success tracking, enrollment forecasting, advancement analytics, and operational intelligence for leadership.

Modernize legacy campus systems

Incrementally upgrade student information systems, enrollment platforms, alumni databases, and institutional applications without disrupting academic operations.

Support scalable, secure campus infrastructure

Design cloud platforms and architectures that support growing enrollment, data security, compliance requirements, and institutional growth.

What we do

Custom software development

For student portals, course registration, alumni platforms, and
campus operations systems.

Higher education application modernization

For legacy SIS, LMS integration, advancement systems, and campus applications.

Data & analytics platforms

For student success analytics, enrollment insights, advancement reporting, and institutional intelligence.

AI & advanced analytics

For predictive enrollment modeling, student retention analytics, personalized engagement, and process automation.

Cloud engineering & platforms

Designed for security, scalability, integration, and institutional requirements.

Quality engineering

To ensure reliability, performance, and user experience in student-facing and administrative systems.

System integration

Across SIS, LMS, ERP, advancement platforms, payment systems, and campus technologies.

Higher Ed case studies

Scaling Excellence: How a 10x Increase in Test Coverage Transformed Follett’s EdTech Ecosystem

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50% Savings in Infrastructure Costs for Interfirst Mortgage Company

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400% Faster: How OppFi and Forte Group Accelerated the Launch of a New Credit Platform

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FAQs

What types of higher education institutions do you work with?

We work with universities, colleges, community colleges, graduate programs, professional schools, and educational institutions of all sizes.

Do you build student self-service portals and mobile experiences?

Absolutely. We design student portals where users can update profiles, manage payments, track academic records, register for courses and events, and access services through mobile-friendly interfaces.

Do you support alumni engagement and advancement platforms?

Yes. We build donor management features, including recurring gift subscriptions, personalized giving widgets, donation receipts, alumni event registration, and engagement tracking that support institutional advancement.

Do you ensure accessibility for all students and stakeholders?

Absolutely. We implement ADA-compliant design and accessibility standards to ensure all students, faculty, staff, and stakeholders can access campus platforms.

Can you support multi-audience campus platforms?

Yes. We create personalized landing pages and experiences tailored by audience including students, faculty, alumni, donors, and prospective students with appropriate content, catalogs, and functionality.

How do you approach campus-wide digital transformation?

We work collaboratively with institutional stakeholders across departments to align technology solutions with strategic goals, minimize disruption, and deliver platforms that adapt to the full student lifecycle from applicant to alum.

Can you integrate with existing student information systems and LMS platforms?

Yes. We support integration with SIS platforms, learning management systems, enrollment systems, ERP, financial aid systems, and other campus technologies to synchronize accounts, courses, and records.

How do you handle sensitive student and donor data?

We implement strict security controls, encryption, access management, data governance, and consider FERPA compliance requirements throughout architecture, development, and operations.

Can you modernize existing campus systems without disrupting operations?

Yes. We modernize legacy systems incrementally to improve performance, security, and user experience while maintaining academic continuity and operational stability.

How do you support course and event registration workflows?

We build dynamic registration systems with pre-populated details, secure payment processing (ACH, credit card, digital wallet), promo codes, group registration flows for administrators, and automated transactional emails for confirmations and reminders.

Do you build analytics platforms for higher education?

Yes. We create data platforms that support student success analytics, enrollment forecasting, retention insights, giving trends, and operational intelligence for institutional leadership.

Why Forte Group for higher education technology?

Our experience building secure, scalable platforms that unify campus systems helps universities modernize student and alumni experiences, improve operational efficiency, and support institutional growth with confidence.

Let's build technology that supports students and institutional success

What our experts say

Just 9% of chief technology officers believe higher education is prepared to handle AI's rise nearly two years after generative AI exploded into public consciousness.

68% of CTOs report institutions struggling to hire new technology employees and 40% struggle with retention. Strategic development partnerships deliver AI capabilities without competing for scarce talent against better-compensated private sector offers.
Lucas Hendrich
CTO

What our experts say

58% of all university instructors use generative AI in daily practice yet few institutions have AI-related acceptable use policies in place and even fewer implemented workforce changes to support enterprise-wide capabilities.

Expert AI partners accelerate the shift from experimentation to discovery, implementing intentional critical designs that open possibilities for disciplines and institutions without overwhelming under-resourced IT departments.
Sergey Ilin
VP of AI

What our experts say

Students report AI provides academic assistance and personalized learning yet face obstacles to critical thinking and ethical challenges.

Specialist analytics partners address the lack of clarity in educational policies and institutional readiness for AI integration, delivering data governance frameworks, ethical guidelines, and digital training infrastructure that resource-constrained institutions struggle to develop internally while ensuring sustainable AI use.
Lee Barnes
VP of Technical Presales & CQO

What our experts say

Higher education institutions will need to regularly update guidelines and policies to align with larger societal expectations and regulations around AI technologies.

Strategic technology partners help institutions wrestle with what these technologies mean for education itself, building adaptive platforms and governance frameworks while addressing the digital divide between students and faculty, algorithmic bias, and student data protection concerns.
Egor Goryachkin
CDO