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Higher Education Case Study Program Management EdTech Platform

Higher Ed Program Management

Modernizing academic curriculum tracking, degree planning, and faculty collaboration workflows across multi-campus university networks.

ROLE Lead Product & Systems Designer
TIMELINE 14 Weeks
DOMAIN Higher Education / EdTech
KEY METRIC +65% Audit Efficiency
Higher Education Program Management Platform
THE CHALLENGE

Siloed Curricula & Friction

University advisors and department heads struggled with legacy spreadsheets, causing credit transfer errors, delayed graduation audits, and poor student visibility.

  • Disjointed degree requirement tracking across departments
  • Manual course approval cycles taking up to 6 months
  • High student advisor backlogs during registration weeks
THE SOLUTION

Unified Academic Lifecycle Workspace

Designed an end-to-end program management ecosystem featuring interactive degree mapping, real-time audit engines, and automated faculty approval chains.

  • Visual drag-and-drop degree roadmaps for students
  • Automated prerequisite & credit validation engine
  • Centralized faculty curriculum review dashboard

Institutional Impact

+65% Graduation Audit Speed
-3.5 wks Curriculum Review Cycle
92% Advisor Satisfaction

Design & Execution Process

01

Stakeholder Interviews

Engaged 30+ academic deans, registrars, and students to identify workflow friction points.

02

Information Architecture

Restructured complex multi-degree catalog hierarchies into accessible visual trees.

03

Prototyping & System Rules

Engineered responsive dark-themed UI components for data-dense academic grids.

04

Usability Validation

Ran scenario-based testing sessions with university staff to refine governance flows.

Platform Artifacts

Curriculum Degree Mapping Interface

Visual Degree Planning Engine

Interactive course pathways with live requirement tracking and elective suggestions.

Faculty Approval Workflow Portal

Faculty Governance & Approvals

Streamlined review pipelines for syllabus updates, course additions, and accreditation checks.