For Institutions – The CASA Community

Extend Graduate Student Support Beyond Admission.

CASA complements graduate admissions and international education teams with human led support that helps students navigate housing, arrival, local setup, and community life so they arrive prepared, supported, and connected.

Explore a CASA Partnership

ADMITTED

A trusted place to begin

PREPARED

Personalized plans put into action

SUPPORTED

Hands-on support establishing life off-campus

CONNECTED

Meaningful relationships & local roots

A Deposited Student Is Not Necessarily a Ready Student

A deposit confirms intent to enroll. It does not mean a student has coordinated the funding, visa, housing, travel, and local decisions required to arrive prepared. These decisions are interconnected, time sensitive, and often managed across multiple offices, providers, family members, and timelines.

incoming graduate students contributed insights through CASA’s 2026 student inquiry and support process.

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Funding Decisions

Can I afford the full transition?

Students must coordinate living costs, major payments, proof of funds, and available funding.

Visa Readiness

What must happen, and when?

Students must align official requirements with housing, travel, and arrival timelines.

Off-Campus Living

How to establish a life in a new city?

Students make consequential housing and setup decisions without local context or trusted relationships.

The challenge is not a lack of information. It’s turning interconnected requirements into one executable plan.

Life Beyond Campus

One Readiness Pathway for Life Beyond Campus

Institutions provide official guidance and trusted resources.
CASA provides the one to one human support that helps domestic and international students understand them, act on them, and stay on track.

Readiness intake and priority mapping

Total living cost and funding coordination

Visa timeline and arrival planning

Housing strategy and roommate matching

Roommate coordination and licensed housing support

Curated housing navigation and application preparation

Lease, move in, and arrival coordination

Banking, phone, transportation, and home setup

One trusted point of contact

Practical support as new needs arise

Local relationships and graduate community

Partner access, experiences, and member benefits

Human support students can feel.

Results institutions can see.

Student feedback shows how CASA’s trusted, personal support reduces uncertainty, moves critical next steps forward, and helps students establish life beyond campus.

98%

Average likelihood
to recommend CASA

100%

Rental applications convertion to signed lease

90%

Rated their CASA
experience 10 out of 10

I was in urgent need of housing after a place I found on my own was not as advertised. Within a few days, CASA helped me find a place, a roommate, and my first friend in Boston.

Sakshat Jha , Babson College MSF Program

Sakshat Jha

Education Community

Engaged Across the Higher Education Community

Through organizational memberships and the professional involvement of its leadership, CASA actively contributes to higher education communities focused on graduate enrollment, international education, and the student experience, serving as both a thought partner and a practical extension of institutional support.

student journey

Built to strengthen the student journey already in place.

CASA works best when introduced early through the communications and resources students already trust. Each institution determines where CASA fits and how the partnership supports its enrollment and student success priorities.

Where CASA fits

Admissions and Enrollment

Counselor conversations, admitted student communications, deposit follow up, and waitlist outreach

International Student Services

Prearrival resources, webinars, transition guidance, and referrals for official institutional support

Student Affairs and Orientation

Housing, arrival, local setup, orientation, and ongoing off campus needs

Digital Communications

Student portals, checklists, resource pages, and targeted outreach throughout the admission journey

Institutional Priorities

Yield and Melt Prevention

Resolve practical barriers that can affect enrollment confidence or lead to melt.

Extended Support Capacity

Provide personalized follow through without adding pressure to internal teams.

Waitlist Agility

More students progressing through surface changes in student intent and arrival readiness sooner, enabling more informed enrollment and waitlist decisions.critical transition deicsions

Earlier Visibility and Referral

Identify emerging concerns sooner, connect students to the appropriate campus resources, and share aggregate trends with the institution.

CASA is an optional, student opt in resource that reinforces institutional support rather than replacing it.
Students engage directly with CASA, specialized concerns are referred to the appropriate campus team, and institutions receive aggregate insights.

Our Shared Mission

Advance graduate student readiness, belonging, and success.

Together, CASA and its institutional partners create a more coordinated transition so domestic and international graduate students feel informed, welcomed, connected, and confident from admission through life beyond campus.

Partner Inquiry

Share your information, and our team will be in touch to schedule an introductory conversation.