In its fourth year of live operation, CSE website has generated 1,165,392 unique visits and four million page views. Between July 2005 and June 2006, the monthly page views’ average has increased by 45.6 percent up to 333,897, while the web visits’ average was following the same trend up to 97,116, 37.5 percent more visits than the previous year.

This record in web traffic proves the Web has become one of the communication channels of choice for CSE external and internal audiences. This positive trend has also been confirmed by noticeable increases, 17.7 percent on average, in the other website dashboard’s data points: online gifts, admission information requests, online applications, registered alumnae/i, etc.. These are tracked and measured for analysis of the performance of CSE web operations.
 

Over the past budget year, admission information web requests have increased by 7.17 percent up to 2149, while online applications recorded a 16 percent increase with a total of 359 paid applications. If the Internet isn’t the only way to recruit new students for the Women’s College or the School of Graduate and Continuing Studies, CSE four-year-old website is definitely an important tool in the admission process.
 

Beyond this increased activity with prospective students, CSE website has also yielded good results in terms of online contributions. Between July 2005 and June 2006 the total online gift amount was raised by 34 percent. At the same time, 39 percent more people decided to use the Web to make a contribution to the Annual Fund and the Capital Campaign.

 
More and more of CSE alumnae/i have also chosen to stay in touch with their Alma Mater via the web. Over the past budget year, the number of registered alums has increased by 30 percent.