Encoura Acquires Anthology's Lifecycle Engagement & Student Success Solutions

Empower your institution to meaningfully engage with students and alumni across the full student lifecycle, from first interest through long-term engagement.

Encoura is excited to announce another milestone in our 50-year history of service to students and institutions. As of February 2, 2026, we have acquired Anthology’s Lifecycle Engagement and Student Success solutions. Anthology’s forward-looking innovations paired with Encoura’s data-driven platforms and agile technology infrastructure offer powerful, comprehensive engagement solutions to empower you to achieve your enrollment, retention, student success, and advancement goals.

Together, Encoura and Anthology combine innovative technology solutions to help institutions thrive in this rapidly changing environment and meet your needs across the full student lifecycle.

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Enrollment & Retention Solutions

Go beyond the traditional higher education CRM

Deliver transformative experiences at scale with insights, personalized engagement, and streamlined processes to improve enrollment and retention with a CRM for higher ed solution built on Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Baseline

Understand your learners’ experiences and assess outcomes across campus in real time through surveys, rubrics, and polls.

Succeed

Gain a comprehensive view of each student’s experience and performance to build a better retention and success strategy.

Engage

Foster a meaningful student engagement experience. Motivate student involvement and strengthen data-driven insights.

Alumni & Advancement Solutions

Advance

Unify CRM, engagement, and giving in one connected advancement solution—purpose-built for higher education and powered by Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Raise

Enable curated relationships with your constituents through a next-generation advancement CRM. Do more than just display your data—use built-in analytics to tailor strategies and maximize focus.

Encompass

Our data-driven solution provides you with everything you need to reach and interact with your alumni and constituents, drive fundraising, and meet advancement goals.

Services

One-Stop

One Stop is proactive, powered by AI, and available 24/7. We complement your existing support team to quickly address learner challenges and guide them through to degree completion.

Help Desk

Get efficient and effective IT support. Provide fast responses to students and faculty around the clock, via a combination of AI and Encoura's extensive higher ed expertise.