WELCOME TO PSYCASTo simplify the application process for prospective psychology graduate students, and facilitate the admissions

process for graduate-level psychology programs, the American Psychological Association (APA) is offering the Centralized Application Service for Graduate Psychology (PSYCAS).

By joining PSYCAS, your psychology department becomes part of a national platform for program promotion and visibility, data collection and management and the sharing of best practices. Additionally, PSYCAS enables a simplified and streamlined admissions process. PSYCAS is administered through a partnership between APA and Liaison International, the leader in Centralized Application Services (CAS™) for the health professions.

BENEFITS TO FACULTY AND PROGRAMS

• Streamlines workflows to free up time for improving relationships with prospective students

• Gives departments the ability to configure a uniquely branded home page inside the PSYCAS application, which includes custom questions, prerequisites and documents specific to each program

• Permits programs to maintain unique review processes with tools for coordinating the evaluations and applicant interviews

• Enables targeted messaging to applicants through innovative customer relationship management (CRM) tools

• Includes an evaluator portal for uploading individualized recommendation letters and using the PSYCAS recommender form

• Provides secure, online access to real-time, rich applicant data —including GPAs, test scores, demographic information and other academic criteria—with reports that can be provided to deans and provosts, as well as accrediting and regulatory bodies

• Offers exposure to a broader, national spectrum of applicants in order to attract and retain best-fit students

BENEFITS TO ADMISSIONS COORDINATORS AND ADMINISTRATION

• Allows for efficient ranking and scoring of applicants based on customizable criteria

• Includes robust data analytics, customizable queries and reporting for better admissions decisions

• Offers integrated services to free admissions staff from resource-intensive administrative tasks: verifying applicant-entered coursework against official transcripts, calculating GPAs, authenticating transcripts, opening mail, digitizing documents and answering applicant questions

• Supports integration to most student information systems

• Enables identification of comparable programs and the ability to benchmark against them through aggregate reports compiled by APA

PSYCAS: THE CENTRALIZED APPLICATION SERVICE FOR GRADUATE PSYCHOLOGY

WANT TO LEARN MORE? Visit: www.liaisonedu.com • Call: (617) 926-0504

CONTACT US

Garth Fowler Associate Executive Director American Psychological Association Phone: (202) 336-5972

Karen JacobsVice President, Account Management Liaison International Phone: (267) 566-3147 Email: kjacobs@liaisonedu.com

BENEFITS TO PSYCAS APPLICANTS

• Delivers a modern applicant experience with an intuitive, online application; comprehensive instructions and checklists; and dedicated customer and technical support

• Enables prospective students to apply to multiple programs using a single application and a single set of transcripts and recommendation letters

• Lets applicants check the status of their applications in real time from a computer or mobile device

PSYCAS FEATURES

• National platform for driving applicant volume

• Cloud-based, secure admissions software for delivering a better applicant experience

• Analytics tools for evaluating, selecting and enrolling best-fit students

• Communications tools for enabling targeted, personalized, relevant communications to applicants

• Processing, verification and administrative services for reducing manual tasks and letting the admissions committee and admissions processes focus on strategic priorities

GRADUATE PSYCHOLOGY PROGRAM PARTICIPATION IN PSYCAS

Participation in PSYCAS is voluntary and available to all master's and doctoral psychology programs across the discipline with a yearly $500 departmental user fee.

Student application fees are:

• $65 for first designation

• $35 for each additional designation

APA funds fee waivers for all eligible students.

ABOUT THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States. APA is the world’s largest association of psychologists, with over 118,000 members. Its mission is to advance the creation, communication and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people’s lives.

ABOUT LIAISON

For more than two decades, Liaison has streamlined the process by which higher education institutions identify, recruit and enroll best-fit students. More than 32,000 programs on over 1,000 campuses nationwide reach prospective students, outsource administrative tasks and create exceptional experiences for applicants across the full enrollment cycle — from first interest to first day on campus — through our admissions management and enrollment marketing solutions.