Release 9 – October 4, 2026
New Features and Enhancements
CAS Applicant Portal Enhancements
Disclaimer: on rare occasions, a new feature or enhancement may be moved to a future release or otherwise subject to change.
Retire Transcript ID Form and Simplify Transcript Ordering
This enhancement is automatically available for use by all CASs on the 3+ platform that process official transcripts and foreign coursework evaluations. No action is required on the part of any association, school, or program. Contact a member of your account team for more information.
For CASs on the 3+ platform that request or require applicants to submit official transcripts or foreign coursework evaluations, applicants previously had to download a Transcript ID Form (also known as the Transcript Request Form (TRF)) that included their transcript's unique barcode ID and submit it to their school's Registrar's office. The school then had to send a copy of the official transcript with the Transcript ID Form so that Liaison could properly match an applicant's transcript to their application.
Liaison's transcript and foreign evaluation Processing team has significantly improved transcript matching so that the Transcript ID Form is no longer needed. Now, when applicants order an official transcript or foreign coursework evaluation from the application, rather than downloading a separate form, they can instead copy their transcript's unique barcode ID (and if available, full mailing address) and submit it with their request to the Registrar's office. Additionally, the instructions around the transcript and foreign coursework evaluation request process have been updated and shortened. This enhancement simplifies the applicant's transcript request process and eliminates unnecessary supplemental documents.
WES Preferred Partner Feature
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.
World Education Service (WES) processes foreign transcript evaluations and partners with many CASs to provide this service. With this enhancement, a CAS can indicate that WES is their preferred evaluation service, which makes the WES electronic evaluation request flow more prominent, while still allowing applicants to choose an alternate evaluation service.
