PURPOSE-BUILT FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

Stop guessing what your
students really need

AI-powered polling for universities, colleges, and student affairs teams. Course evals, campus satisfaction, and student wellbeing — with 3x response rates and actionable insights.

Course evaluations shouldn't arrive after the semester ends

Traditional course evaluations have 20-30% response rates and feedback arrives 2+ weeks after classes end — too late to improve instruction or course design. Student feedback on facilities, wellbeing, and campus life is scattered across social media and exit surveys. You're flying blind.

25%
Avg course eval response rate*
$50K+
Avg cost of losing a student to transfer*
3–4 min
Typical survey completion time
10 days
Typical feedback turnaround
* Industry estimates based on higher education research. Bottom two stats reflect typical Achromic poll performance.
How it works
01🎯

Describe your goal

Tell the AI what you want to learn — "How do students rate their course experience?" — or pick a pre-built higher education template.

02🤖

AI builds & distributes

AI designs methodology, writes questions, adds attention checks, and reaches your students via LMS, SMS, email, or social targeting by class year and major.

03📊

Get actionable insights

AI analyzes every response — including open-ended text — and surfaces themes, sentiment, demographic breakdowns, and curriculum insights within days.

AI-Powered Poll Builder

Describe your goal. AI builds the poll.

Choose a higher education template or type your research objective. AI handles the rest.

Achromic AI
HIGHER EDUCATION TEMPLATES

Move beyond checkbox rating scales. Capture detailed feedback on teaching quality, course content, workload balance, and instructor effectiveness — with AI analysis of open-ended comments.

Why Achromic

Simple enough for any student affairs team. Smart enough to improve retention.

Replace paper evaluations and scattered feedback with AI-powered surveys that capture the full student voice — and surface issues before students transfer.

Live in 5 Minutes

Describe your goal in plain English. AI builds the methodology, writes the questions, selects the audience, and launches — no survey design expertise needed.

NO EXPERTISE NEEDED
🛡️

AI-Guarded Quality

Leading questions, biased scales, double-barreled items — the AI flags and rewrites common polling mistakes before they corrupt your student feedback data.

ERRORS CAUGHT AUTOMATICALLY
📊

Live Dashboard

Watch responses stream in real-time. Sentiment, themes, and demographic breakdowns update as every new response arrives — no waiting for quarterly reports.

REAL-TIME INSIGHTS
💰

Fraction of the Cost

Traditional student surveys run $15K–$40K and take months. Achromic delivers comparable insights from $0 (free tier) to a few hundred dollars — in days.

10-50x CHEAPER
Reach Your Students

6 channels. Capture feedback from every corner of campus.

From course management systems to SMS during campus events — reach students when they're most engaged and feedback is most valuable.

🔗

Campus Email

Integrate with your student directory or email service. AI optimizes send time and subject lines to maximize open rates for end-of-semester surveys.

SELF-MANAGED
💬

LMS Integration / Web Embed

Embed polls directly in Canvas, Blackboard, or your learning platform at semester end. Students see the survey in their familiar interface with one click to respond.

SELF-MANAGED
✉️

SMS to Students

Send polls via text during high-engagement moments — right after exams, during campus events, or at housing check-in. Higher response rates than email alone.

AI-MANAGED
📱

Social Media Targeting

AI creates and targets ads on Instagram and TikTok to reach enrolled students by class year, major, residence status, and interest. Perfect for campus-wide surveys.

AI-MANAGED
🤖

AI Voice for Alumni

Conversational AI calls alumni to gather feedback on how well their degree prepared them for careers. Natural, empathetic conversations capture nuanced insights.

AI-MANAGED
👥

Research Panel

Access 200K+ vetted respondents for prospective student research. Poll high school students and transfer prospects about program interest and enrollment drivers.

RESEARCH PANEL
How responses flow into your dashboard
🔗 Campus Email+💬 LMS Integration+✉️ SMS+📱 Social Ads+🤖 Voice+👥 Panel📊 Live Dashboard
Live Dashboard

Watch insights appear in real time

Every response feeds a live analytics dashboard — sentiment, themes, demographic segmentation, and trends update instantly. No spreadsheets, no waiting weeks for data.

SENTIMENT ANALYSIS

Overall Student Sentiment

74%
POSITIVE
Positive — 74%
Mixed — 16%
Negative — 10%
AI THEME EXTRACTION

Top Themes from Student Feedback

Professor Engagement
32%POS
Dining Hall Quality
26%NEG
Mental Health Resources
21%MIX
Career Services
16%POS
WORD CLOUD

Most Frequent Terms

professorsdiningengagingparkingmental healthadvisinghousinglibrarywifilabscommunityworkloadinternships
RESPONSE TIMELINE

Responses Over Time

Day 1Day 7Day 14
📬 2,840 total responses⏱ Avg 4.2 min completion📈 62% completion rate
The Bottom Line

Turn student feedback into stronger retention and rankings

Every insight from your polls connects directly to a student experience improvement, curriculum decision, or support service investment that impacts retention and rankings.

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Improve Retention

Surface dissatisfaction with housing, mental health support, or curriculum before students decide to transfer. Early intervention keeps students on campus.

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Strengthen Programs

Validate curriculum decisions with student demand data. Know which majors, electives, and career prep offerings will drive enrollment and satisfaction.

Boost Rankings

Student satisfaction drives U.S. News and other rankings. Higher response rates and stronger satisfaction metrics improve your institutional reputation.

What You Can Learn

Real scenarios, real impact

Here's how data-driven polling transforms higher education decision-making — from course design to retention strategy.

Course Evaluation Overhaul
Large State University · 40,000 students
The Scenario
The university has conducted paper-based course evaluations for 15 years with declining response rates (now below 20%). Faculty receive evaluations months after the semester ends, making improvements impossible. Administration has no cross-course data on teaching effectiveness.
The Approach
Roll out AI-powered digital course evaluations distributed via LMS with a single click. AI designs the methodology, students complete surveys on phones, and real-time dashboards surface themes like "lecture clarity," "assignment relevance," and "grading fairness" — segmented by department and instructor.
What AI Surfaces
Response rates jump to 62% within the first year. AI theme extraction reveals that lecture quality concerns are concentrated in intro STEM courses, while upper-level seminars score highly on engagement. Faculty receive insights within days, not months, allowing course improvements to begin next semester.
Pedagogy gaps
What you learn
8,000–12,000
Typical responses
1–2 weeks
Turnaround
Better rankings
Industry impact
Pricing

Start free. Scale with data.

Works for a single course or an entire university. First poll is free.

FREE
$0
Test with one course or department. 1 poll, 25 responses.
1 AI-powered poll
25 text responses
AI insights & theme extraction
Email distribution
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PRO
$99/mo
Unlimited polls, all channels, panel access.
Unlimited AI polls
500 responses/mo included
Email + LMS + SMS + Social Ads
Audience+ panel ($5.95/resp)
Demographic segmentation
Multi-department benchmarking
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