Release 2 – March 1, 2026

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New Features and Enhancements

Cross-Portal Enhancements

Liaison's suite of portals work together to help you collect and manage applications. The CAS application, also referred to as the CAS Applicant Portal, is the system where applicants find and apply to your programs. You receive these applications in WebAdMIT or Liaison Outcomes, where you perform your review processes. The appearance of your program and your requirements are customized in the CAS Configuration Portal, where you establish the program-specific elements that your applicants will interact with. Additionally, your program may use one or more of the following tools and platforms:

API: a data integration tool.
CAS Applicant Gateway: a platform for applicants who have already submitted their CAS application to complete and upload additional materials requested by their programs.
CAS Liaison Analytics and Othot: advanced analytics solutions and data reporting tools.
CAS Liaison Letters: a platform for evaluators to submit their letters of recommendation.
Enrollment Marketing and TargetX: customer relationship management (CRM) systems for student lifecycle management.
Living Profile: a platform where students can connect their academic pursuits with their career aspirations.
SlideRoom: a platform for collecting digital portfolios.
Time2Track: a platform for tracking, verifying, and managing experiences.

Disclaimer: on rare occasions, a new feature or enhancement may be moved to a future release or otherwise subject to change.

Annual Spring Lookup Updates

This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs and participating programs. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact a member of your account team for more information.

Many fields in the CAS Applicant Portal contain predefined answer values that applicants can select; for example, the Country and County fields both have predefined answer values. These values are housed in shared "lookup tables." Periodically, we update these tables to include additional response options.

The new lookup table values include updates to colleges, ISO codes, majors, and minors. Review the Shared Lookup Table Updates page for a full list of updates. Note that the Master High School List will be updated in the next release.

These lookup table updates impact the following portals, some of which you may use. If you created a "crosswalk" from our portals to your local data in your SIS/CRM, you may need to update this crosswalk for the newly-added options. For guidance on the optimal implementation of the new values, review the Shared Lookup Table Updates page.

Country and State Fields for Achievements

Available to CASs on the CAS 3+ platform, this enhancement must be approved by the CAS association or UniCAS client for use in the next cycle. If activated, this enhancement will be available for all participating programs in the next cycle. CAS association and UniCAS clients: contact a member of your account team for more information or to enable this feature.

CASs on the CAS 3+ platform using the standard Achievements section can choose to collect and require country and state data for an applicant's achievements, such as:

Awards
Honors
Presentations
Publications
Scholarships

This can help CASs and programs learn more about an applicant's achievements, especially for international achievements.

CAS Applicant Portal

When applicants enter their achievement data under the Supporting Information section, the Country and State fields are now required.

CAS API, Liaison Outcomes, and WebAdMIT

Achievement country and state data is now available in exports, data extractions, lists (WebAdMIT), segments (Liaison Outcomes), and POST & GET SupportingInfo v3 Jumpstart endpoints (CAS API).

Coming Soon!

Please review the list of upcoming events, including product updates and regional training opportunities.

Event	Date	Details
Shared Lookup Table Updates for Spring 2026	April 2026	Many fields in the CAS Applicant Portal contain predefined answer values that applicants can select; for example, the Country and County fields both have predefined answer values. These values are housed in shared "lookup tables" which are viewable in your CAS's/UniCAS's data dictionary file. Lookup table change requests can be sent to a member of your account team, who will compile and review these requests. New lookup table values will appear in the CAS Applicant Portal in March and April 2026 (subject to change). Visit the Shared Lookup Table Updates page for more information.
CAS 3+ Upgrade	2026	Liaison is excited to announce that in the 2026-2027 application cycle, all of our Centralized Application Services (CAS) will be upgraded to a new, mobile-first, and modern applicant portal that we call CAS 3+. Visit the CAS 3+ Upgrade page to learn more about its key benefits and a preview of the upgraded application.
experience: LIAISON \| Baltimore	June 8–10, 2026	Set sail with us to explore new strategies, uncover trends shaping the future, and dive into real stories of transformation from peers using Liaison's solutions at experience: LIAISON, June 8–10, 2026 in Baltimore, MD. Register now!

Event

Date

Details

Shared Lookup Table Updates for Spring 2026

April 2026

Many fields in the CAS Applicant Portal contain predefined answer values that applicants can select; for example, the Country and County fields both have predefined answer values. These values are housed in shared "lookup tables" which are viewable in your CAS's/UniCAS's data dictionary file.

Lookup table change requests can be sent to a member of your account team, who will compile and review these requests. New lookup table values will appear in the CAS Applicant Portal in March and April 2026 (subject to change).

Visit the Shared Lookup Table Updates page for more information.

CAS 3+ Upgrade

2026

Liaison is excited to announce that in the 2026-2027 application cycle, all of our Centralized Application Services (CAS) will be upgraded to a new, mobile-first, and modern applicant portal that we call CAS 3+. Visit the CAS 3+ Upgrade page to learn more about its key benefits and a preview of the upgraded application.

experience: LIAISON | Baltimore

June 8–10, 2026

Set sail with us to explore new strategies, uncover trends shaping the future, and dive into real stories of transformation from peers using Liaison's solutions at experience: LIAISON, June 8–10, 2026 in Baltimore, MD. Register now!