Outdated SIS platforms force staff to patch together processes with spreadsheets, emails, and manual data entry. They create bottlenecks, inaccurate reports, and endless workarounds, all while leaving students waiting in line.
Where legacy platforms rely on people to fix what the system cannot handle, Focal automates the management of student information from the ground up.
It was co-designed with real colleges that were tired of systems that could not keep up and built by the same team behind Kuali Advisor, the award-winning degree audit and student success platform.
Focal is not another data-entry system.
It is a rules-driven automation engine that ensures accuracy, compliance, and student progress without the manual busywork.
Instead of using “holds” and manual exceptions, policies are automated and self-resolving.
Every role, from advisors to registrars, sees exactly what matters most. Add, remove, or rearrange widgets. Create your own dashboards. No code required.
Immutable ledgers, complete transparency, and a 1098-T process that is instant, interactive, and accurate. No more “master PDFs” or manual corrections.
Focal began as a degree audit system, so everything—registration, advising, and student success—flows from the academic goal. Students register only into degree-applicable courses, reducing wasted credits and financial aid risk.
From early alerts and notifications to complex policy enforcement, Focal automates what other systems require teams of people to do manually. One college reduced its 10-day SAP process to 10 minutes.
Browser-based, responsive, and mobile-ready. Integrates cleanly with CRMs, LMSs, and financial aid processors without the tangled web of “bolt-on” systems.
You will know exactly what your system costs and exactly what it delivers.
