Amazon Connect for Higher Education
Route student and staff calls intelligently, scale during enrollment periods, and give supervisors real-time visibility — without ripping out your campus phone infrastructure on day one.
Book a 30-Minute Amazon Connect AssessmentWhy Campus IT Teams Are Replacing Legacy Phone Systems
Higher ed contact centers sit at the intersection of student services, financial aid, admissions, and IT help desk — with call volumes that spike predictably every fall and spring. Legacy phone systems weren't designed for any of this.
- ✓ Poor call routing between departments — students bounced between offices
- ✓ Long wait times during enrollment and registration periods
- ✓ No supervisor visibility into queue depth, agent availability, or handle times
- ✓ Rigid IVRs that can't adapt when departments reorganize or add programs
- ✓ Limited ability to scale agent capacity during predictable enrollment surges
- ✓ Aging on-premises hardware with rising maintenance costs and no cloud path
A University Contact Center Modernization
Contact Center Modernization in Under 10 Weeks
Challenge: Legacy phone system with poor call routing, long wait times, no supervisor visibility, and limited ability to scale during enrollment periods.
What we built: Amazon Connect instance, skills-based IVR and routing, 8+ call queues, real-time supervisor dashboards, agent desktop configuration, and go-live training.
Outcomes: Production launch in under 10 weeks. 30+ agents enabled across student and staff queues. Real-time queue visibility for supervisors.
Migration Methodology
A phased approach that de-risks cutover and keeps student services running through enrollment and beyond.
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