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Higher education

Verify student, faculty, and alumni identities. Prevent student aid fraud and secure account access more efficiently with an automated, NIST IAL2-compliant identity verification solution.
Reduce manual burden on IT and admissions

Eliminate time-consuming back-and-forth and support students at scale with automated information collection, verification, and decisioning.

Confidently and securely manage identities

Choose from a variety of verification methods, such as government ID, selfie, document, and 2FA. Stay aligned with NIST IAL2 standards without disrupting the user experience.

Embed identity verification into existing systems

Verify anyone in your university ecosystem across any device or region. Use Persona’s low-code solution to easily build identity flows, configure decision logic, and automate actions.

Trusted by academic and research institutions

University of Queensland
Borough of Manhattan Community College
Support faculty, student, and alumni accounts at scale while deterring risky behavior

Collect information for academic records faster

Automatically collect government IDs, photos, and supplementary documents during enrollment or student aid application processing.

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Verify that users are who they say they are

Run collected data through a series of automated verification checks and risk report screenings to spot any anomalies.

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Automatically approve or deny requests

Leverage automated decisioning logic to approve verified identities and deny or flag risky applications for further manual screening.

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Use cases

Maintain trust across the academic life cycle

Student aid applications
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Confirm real-world identities when processing student aid applications to ensure funds are only allocated to legitimate students.

Persona can help:

  • Dynamically adjusts verification friction based on each student’s risk level

  • Automate and store identity checks to save staff time and effort

  • Keep verification methods compliant with IAL-2 federal requirements

Account recovery
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Verify alumni, faculty, and students’ identities before restoring access to their accounts to prevent account takeovers.

Persona can help:

  • Restore access quickly while keeping the experience seamless for legitimate users

  • Reduce IT workload and manual checks with automated verification

  • Block fraudulent access with smarter, scalable checks

Unusual behavior detection
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Set up alerts for when unusual login behavior is detected (e.g. unfamiliar IP or device) to prevent fraud.

Persona can help:

  • Spot risky activity instantly to prevent account takeovers

  • Protect sensitive student and staff accounts at scale

  • Maintain trust across your entire academic ecosystem

Everything you need to verify and manage academic accounts
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Dynamic Flow

Adjust friction during the collection flow to welcome more legitimate users while increasing screening for potential fraudsters.

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Flow Editor

Use our no-code visual editor to build branded flows that match your academic institution’s colors, logo, and design style to create a continuous experience for users.

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Library of verification methods

Automatically conduct a series of verification checks, including ensuring that selfies match government ID portraits.

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Workflows

Configure rule-based automated decisioning flows to easily approve or reject account recovery requests or student aid applications.

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Cases

Perform additional screening in Persona’s investigation hub to review any discrepancies in collected data.

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Duplicate account detection

Keep registrar records up to date and ensure each active account is tied to only one person by uncovering accounts with duplicate emails or phone numbers.

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Security and privacy at our core

Security and privacy are paramount to a trusted relationship. That’s why Persona aligns its security and privacy practices with recognized industry standards, maintaining compliance and certifications to safeguard you and your customers.