The Admissions domain captures prospective learner application information, documentation and evidence and uses that information to evaluate learner admissibility for the purposes of rendering an admission decision. In the traditional interpretation, the Admissions domain is used to join learners with the program (learning units) they wish to pursue. However, the domain may also support admission to a different program once on campus or even organizations (such as honor societies) as the fundamental design and functional needs are very similar.
We used the term "evidence" very loosely to include all the credentials and documents a learner may submit and the data about the learner and his or her credentials - whether virtual or tangible. At any time in the application process, the application should be able to determine what is still needed, and then inform the learner. Much of the evidence will be distilled down into pieces of data (e.g., a transcript is not a piece of paper, rather it is a collection of academic data that can be broken down to "Algebra 1 grade"). Whereas the scope of Kuali Student does not include a document management system, it is expected to support connections to such systems to extend evidence gathering functionality.
The expectation is that the Admissions domain will allow for a rules-driven work flow that will move a learner's application through the decision process. The work flow should also support the management of the application by the Admissions Office up to and including: the generation of normative and comparative data about the learner; pooling of like applications for the purpose of evaluating eligibility for admission; choosing, modeling, or selecting the best applicants based on user-provided algorithms, and managing the notification of the learner and the learner's response to various types of decisions. The domain will also support application environments in which multiple decisions are required (e.g. both department and graduate school must approve for admission).