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UT’s Workplace of Admissions launched an up to date web site this month with new options and higher accessibility simply in time for brand spanking new scholar purposes opening on Aug. 1.

Joey Williams, director of selling for College Advertising and marketing and Communications, mentioned the brand new web site’s important focus consists of eradicating unhelpful pages and simplifying the method of discovering helpful info. It additionally consists of new options like a listing of key admission dates and a web page for Spanish-speaking college students and oldsters.

“How college students discover details about the right way to get into UT and apply truly could be complicated,” Williams mentioned. “We’re at all times wanting to consider how we are able to make it possible for the individuals which can be all for making use of and their households are getting the proper info.”

Williams mentioned nearly your complete College collaborated on the brand new web site, as totally different departments up to date info on their respective pages. The Workplace of Admissions condensed 250 pages from the previous web site to 50 on the brand new web site. The brand new web site consists of a top level view of step-by-step processes for brand spanking new college students, returning college students and switch college students.

Transferring sophomore Maisa Syed stuffed out her switch utility on the previous web site. She mentioned she had difficulties navigating the web site, which lacked an accessible diploma plan or a listing together with programs she might take. 

“It was extraordinarily tough,” Syed mentioned. “There wasn’t a number of info on the web sites, so I simply needed to begin guessing so much or search for Reddit threads.”

The Workplace of Admissions examined its previous web site’s performance by asking college students to seek out particular info and measuring the variety of clicks and time it took college students to seek out the data. Williams mentioned it repeated this course of with the brand new web site and located vital enchancment.

“For lots of people, the admissions web site is the primary web site they arrive to once they begin occupied with the College,” Williams mentioned. “So that is actually placing our greatest foot ahead for lots of scholars and households and hopefully making it simpler for them to make their resolution.”

UT’s Workplace of Admissions launched an up to date web site this month with new options and higher accessibility simply in time for brand spanking new scholar purposes opening on Aug. 1.

Joey Williams, director of selling for College Advertising and marketing and Communications, mentioned the brand new web site’s important focus consists of eradicating unhelpful pages and simplifying the method of discovering helpful info. It additionally consists of new options like a listing of key admission dates and a web page for Spanish-speaking college students and oldsters.

“How college students discover details about the right way to get into UT and apply truly could be complicated,” Williams mentioned. “We’re at all times wanting to consider how we are able to make it possible for the individuals which can be all for making use of and their households are getting the proper info.”

Williams mentioned nearly your complete College collaborated on the brand new web site, as totally different departments up to date info on their respective pages. The Workplace of Admissions condensed 250 pages from the previous web site to 50 on the brand new web site. The brand new web site consists of a top level view of step-by-step processes for brand spanking new college students, returning college students and switch college students.

Transferring sophomore Maisa Syed stuffed out her switch utility on the previous web site. She mentioned she had difficulties navigating the web site, which lacked an accessible diploma plan or a listing together with programs she might take. 

“It was extraordinarily tough,” Syed mentioned. “There wasn’t a number of info on the web sites, so I simply needed to begin guessing so much or search for Reddit threads.”

The Workplace of Admissions examined its previous web site’s performance by asking college students to seek out particular info and measuring the variety of clicks and time it took college students to seek out the data. Williams mentioned it repeated this course of with the brand new web site and located vital enchancment.

“For lots of people, the admissions web site is the primary web site they arrive to once they begin occupied with the College,” Williams mentioned. “So that is actually placing our greatest foot ahead for lots of scholars and households and hopefully making it simpler for them to make their resolution.”

Leisure firm Dwell Nation and ticket platform Ticketmaster pledged to show tickets’ full costs up entrance somewhat than on the finish of the checkout course of, in line with a June 15 announcement from President Joe Biden.

Known as “all-in pricing,” the answer ends hidden “junk charges,” which frequently pressure customers to pay greater than anticipated on the final second. Different firms, like ticket platform SeatGeek, agreed to revamp their web sites so full costs are accessible earlier within the checkout course of.

“We’ve been pushing for, not simply all in pricing, however higher shopper practices on the subject of ticketing,” a SeatGeek spokesperson mentioned. “It’s been type of certainly one of these industries that simply lacked higher shopper insurance policies.” 

Journalism sophomore Mackenzie Lengthy mentioned that when shopping for Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour tickets final November, Ticketmaster’s web site crashed for a few hours, leaving her unable to buy tickets regardless of ready within the queue. Lengthy mentioned Ticketmaster e-mailed her in December with a second alternative to purchase tickets. On the web site, she enter her value restrict — which didn’t embrace the hidden “junk charges” — after which chosen a ticket. 

Lengthy paid roughly $100 in charges. 

“The web site stored crashing, after which (I) nonetheless pay service charges for his or her web site that crashed a bunch of instances and didn’t allow us to get tickets within the first place,” Lengthy mentioned. “I don’t get it. What are we paying for?”

Ticketmaster’s web site states that some charges assist fund the corporate’s technological companies, and since venues set and obtain most charges, eliminating them would solely end in increased ticket costs. As an alternative, Ticketmaster joined SeatGeek to advocate for upfront pricing. 

Earlier this 12 months, Ticketmaster referred to as on Congress to mandate industry-wide all-in pricing. A SeatGeek spokesperson mentioned the corporate has pushed for all-in pricing since 2016, however they can not achieve this alone as a result of it could create aggressive imbalances. Based on the spokesperson, if a ticket initially appears cheaper on a web site with hidden junk charges, the patron continues to be extra probably to purchase the ticket because the value improve occurs so late within the checkout course of.

“As a result of everyone seems to be working nearly from the identical knowledge … you’re primarily working with the identical ticket,” the SeatGeek spokesperson mentioned. “When it comes right down to competitors, who really sells that ticket, value is a large issue. If you can also make your pricing decrease, whether or not it truly is or not, then it’s a bonus you can have within the buying course of.”