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Education History

Education History stores information about a Contact's education history and related data.

  • Sample Uses for Education History
    Understanding a student's previous educational experience plays an important role in the recruiting and admissions process, but also has other uses.
  • Configure Education History
    Consider these updates, depending on which version of Education Data Architecture you originally installed.
  • Create an Education History Record
    Create an education history record from the Education History object or from the Education Histories related list on a contact record.

Sample Uses for Education History

Understanding a student's previous educational experience plays an important role in the recruiting and admissions process, but also has other uses.

  • University—Track alumni historical data for targeted mentorship or donation programs.

  • K-12—Track the time a student’s spent at other schools.

  • Any educational institution—Track a student’s educational history to help guide their educational decisions.

Configure Education History

Consider these updates, depending on which version of Education Data Architecture you originally installed.

If Installed Before Version Configuration Task
1.118 1.22

For more information, see Add Custom Fields and Picklist Values.

  • Add these fields to your page layouts, as needed.

    • Academic Certification

    • Credentialing Identifier

    • Credits Earned

    • Status

    • Verification Status

    • Verification Status Date
1.103 1.17
  • Add the Education History related list to your Contact page layouts.

  • Add these fields to your page layouts, as needed.

    • Account layout: School Code

    • Application layout: Initial Creation Date

Learn about updating page layouts in Display a New Custom Object After a Product Release.

Create an Education History Record

Create an education history record from the Education History object or from the Education Histories related list on a contact record.

Before you create an Education History record, you must first have a Contact to relate the record to.

  1. If the Contact record has an Education History related list, click New in the related list. If not, from the App Launcher, find and select Education History, and click New.

  2. In the Educational Institution Account field, select an existing Account or click New Account.

  3. Enter all relevant details.

  4. Click Save. Or click Save & New to create another Education History record.