This guide for Consortium members provides you with documentation, step-by-step instructions, and other information you need to get started with Outcomes.
Outcomes is a cloud-based admissions management platform that provides you with tools to streamline your admissions processes. Through these tools you can:
You may also wish to review the Consortium Frequently Asked Questions document.
You can log in to the software by going to https://the-consortium-2022.admissionsbyliaison.com/#/. If you don't already have an account, an administrator can create one for you and have an invitation sent to your email address.
Outcomes works in conjunction with The Consortium. When applicants apply to your program, their information is made available to you. To learn more, consult:
For product and technical assistance, contact us by email at outcomessupport@liaisonedu.com or by phone at 617-221-7838. Note the following:
Be aware our offices are closed on the following holidays:
Below, you'll find instructions to complete some of your most common tasks in Outcomes.
Outcomes allows you to add attachments directly to application records. For example, you may wish to add an Executive Assessment Test Score Report here, so that it is linked to the applicant. To add an attachment:
Once your file is uploaded, you can view it by scrolling to the Attachments section at the bottom of the application record.
To view rankings and assist applicants with inquiries, you may decide to add the ranking fields to the Application Grid. To do so:
Review the information below to better manage and control your exports.
Victoria Wayne of the Consortium is assigned ownership of all existing exports, including baseline templates. No exports will be shared, and Victoria will maintain access to export fields to edit exports as required.
For a dictionary of all exportable fields in Outcomes, review the CGSM Data Dictionary.
Export Schedules created in Outcomes need to have an owner. For existing schedules, one of your school users will be assigned ownership. For example, Jolene Monson is the owner of the Yale Data Export schedule shown in the screenshot below. Any active user at the school, including Jolene, can access and edit the schedule that Jolene owns.
When working with the Applications Grid, you can only view the default export files and not used by The Consortium. All export files you've created are hidden.
If you're the owner of an export schedule, you, or any user with the same role, can manually create and download any export schedule. To do this:
To create a new Export Schedule, follow the steps above to navigate to the Export of your choice. Then:
To manually download a previously created export, complete the steps above to access the export of your choice, then:
Below, you'll find guidance on processes you'll need to complete in Outcomes.
Once Applicant Membership Decisions are released, you can find them in Outcomes. There are several methods to find these decisions:
One option is to add the Membership Decision column to the Applications Grid. To do this:
The Consortium reviews applicants for membership eligibility and releases those decisions in Outcomes. Once this happens, if you'd like to appeal a decision, you can submit your appeal through the software.
To find applicants with Denied Membership Decisions:
To find applicants with a Membership Denied decision, you may also add a filter to the Applications Grid. Then you can select the appropriate applications and submit your appeal. To do this:
In Outcomes, you can submit your admissions decisions on each application individually or in batch. Read below to learn how to set these decisions within the requirements for a fellowship grid that contains all applicant decisions.
The fellowship grid is required for Consortium staff to prepare for the annual fellowship meeting in March. This is a master grid containing all applicants, membership decisions, school rankings details, and program designations with associated admission and fellowship decisions (if applicable.)
On the specified date when schools can begin making admission decisions, the Edit Applicant Decision permission will be enabled in Outcomes. When you are ready to input admission decisions on my applicants, log in to Outcomes and select Applications from the Navigation Menu. There are two options for rendering admission decisions.
To set your decisions in batch:
To set your decisions on individual applications:
Note that applicant rankings will not be shared with schools until the admission decision is submitted.
Within 24 hours of rendering an admission decision on an applicant, you can view their applicant rankings.
To find applicant rankings:
By default, this is the only place in Outcomes where rankings are visible to you. If desired, you can also add these Application Properties to your Applications Grid.
In Outcomes, you can submit fellowship decisions on each application. Before you can render fellowship decisions on an applicant, an admission decision must be placed on them. This allows applicant rankings to display. In the case an applicant has ranked your school in the School Rank 1 spot, the school may render a fellowship decision on an applicant.
Follow the instructions below to enter a fellowship decision on an applicant.
Once fellowship decisions are submitted, you cannot make edits.
There are two fields on the recommendation form in the Outcomes application record, shown below:
On the form, there is no recommendation data since the recommendation has not yet been completed by the recommender. In these instances, the Received field has been removed from the recommendation form. The Received date will be added when the recommendation is submitted by the recommender.