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Education & University
Supabase Auth + SSOAI Mentor MatchingStripe Recurring Giving

Développement de Portail Étudiant et Alumni

Vos Alumni Arrêtent de Donner Quand Ils Arrêtent de Se Connecter

73%
Alumni Engagement Drop
Alumni lose connection within 5 years of graduation without a portal
SAML 2.0
SSO Protocol
Supabase Auth integrates with university IdP (Shibboleth, Okta, ADFS)
RLS
Data Security
Row-Level Security -- students see only their own data in Supabase
$25-80K
Build Cost
vs $50-200K/yr for proprietary alumni platforms
What Student Portals Actually Do — And What Alumni Portals Stop From Happening

Your student logs in and sees their course schedule load. Grades, financial aid status, dining hours, emergency alerts — all pulled live from your SIS via API. Your alumnus searches 50,000 profiles by industry, finds a mentor in their target company, and books a call. Behind both experiences: Supabase Row-Level Security, so each user sees only their own data. Alumni profiles stay Google-indexable — individually crawlable pages that generate organic traffic instead of sitting in a database nobody opens. SSO connects to your CAS, Shibboleth, or SAML 2.0 stack, so nobody abandons the portal because they forgot another password. Stripe recurring donations tie directly to impact tiers, so your advancement office stops losing donors the moment they graduate and forget to come back.

Où les projets échouent

Alumni engagement falls off a cliff after graduation Advancement offices end up losing recurring donors and mentorship pipelines worth millions every year.
Student data is scattered across SIS, LMS, email, and paper systems Students miss financial aid deadlines, hit course conflicts, and never see emergency alerts until it's too late.
Alumni directories live in static PDFs or databases that haven't been touched in years 50,000+ alumni profiles generate zero organic search traffic or networking value.
Giving pages are generic donation forms with no context about impact Donors drop off because they can't see where their money actually goes — conversion rates stay below 2%.
SSO integration with SAML 2.0, CAS, or Shibboleth is genuinely hard Students abandon portals the moment they're asked to create yet another set of credentials.
There's no way to match alumni mentors with current students at any real scale Programs stay manual — serving 50 students instead of 5,000.

Conformité

SAML 2.0 / CAS / Shibboleth SSO

Authentication delegates to your university identity provider. Students and alumni log in with credentials they already have — no new passwords, no extra steps.

Row-Level Security (RLS)

PostgreSQL policies make sure each student sees only their own grades, financial aid, and schedule. Alumni control profile visibility with granular privacy flags.

AI Mentor Matching via Claude

Students describe their career goals. Claude analyzes the alumni directory and recommends 5 mentors with relevant industry experience. Automated introduction emails go out from there.

Stripe Recurring Giving

Impact-tiered donations show exactly what each gift funds: $25/month covers meal access, $100/month funds a scholarship, $500/month endows research. Matching gift integration and year-end tax receipts are included.

Indexable Alumni Directory

All 50,000 alumni profiles get their own Google-indexable page. Search for "[Name] [University] alumni" and the platform shows up.

Real-Time Event Management

Reunion registration, ticket sales via Stripe, RSVPs, and virtual event links. Class-year reunions auto-trigger at 5, 10, and 25-year milestones based on graduation date.

Ce que nous construisons

Engagement crashes post-graduation — your advancement office loses recurring donors and mentorship pipelines worth millions every cycle

Your student sees course schedules, grades, financial aid status, campus directory, dining menus, library hours, emergency alerts — all live from your SIS

Student data scatters across SIS, LMS, email, paper — your students miss financial aid deadlines and never see emergency alerts until too late

Your alumni search by graduation year, program, location, industry, company across 50,000+ individually indexable profile pages built for organic reach

Alumni directories rot in static PDFs or untouched databases — your 50,000+ profiles generate zero organic search traffic or networking value

Your career office runs Claude-powered mentor matching that analyzes student goals against alumni expertise, ranks recommendations, sends intro emails automatically

Giving pages stay generic with no impact context — your donors drop off because they can't see where money goes, conversion rates stay below 2%

Your donors choose Stripe recurring gifts with clear impact messaging, annual campaign support, matching gift lookups, automated year-end tax receipts

SSO integration with SAML 2.0, CAS, or Shibboleth breaks — your students abandon portals the moment they're asked for another credential set

Your events team tracks RSVPs, sells Stripe tickets, integrates virtual events, triggers class-year reunion campaigns calculated from graduation dates

Mentor matching stays manual and unscalable — your programs serve 50 students instead of 5,000 because there's no system to connect them

Your alumni see topic-tagged university updates — department news, sports results, research announcements — filtered by their interests and program history

Notre processus

01

Discovery & SSO Mapping

We audit your SIS, identity provider (SAML/CAS/Shibboleth), and alumni database. We map data flows, define user roles, and plan RLS policies for both student and alumni access.
Week 1-2
02

Auth & Data Architecture

We stand up Supabase with SSO delegation, configure Row-Level Security policies, and build API integrations with your SIS for course, grade, and financial aid data.
Week 3-5
03

Portal UI & Feature Build

We build the student dashboard, alumni directory with search and filtering, giving flows with Stripe, event management, and AI mentor matching via the Claude API.
Week 6-10
04

Data Migration & Alumni Import

We import alumni records, map profile fields, generate indexable pages, and validate search functionality across 50,000+ profiles. Mentor matching data gets seeded at this stage.
Week 11-12
05

Launch & Advancement Integration

We deploy to production, connect your CRM for advancement office reporting, train staff on admin tools, and monitor giving conversion funnels. Includes 30 days of post-launch support.
Week 13-14
Next.jsSupabaseSupabase AuthPostgreSQLStripeClaude APIVercelSAML 2.0Shibboleth

Questions fréquentes

Comment Supabase Auth gère-t-il les protocoles SSO universitaires comme SAML 2.0 et Shibboleth ?

Supabase Auth supporte nativement SAML 2.0 pour la délégation SSO. Pour CAS et Shibboleth, nous construisons un middleware d'authentification léger qui traduit les réponses de protocole en JWTs Supabase. Les étudiants s'authentifient via votre fournisseur d'identité existant — pas de nouvelles identifiants. Le JWT porte les revendications de rôle qui déclenchent les stratégies Row-Level Security dans PostgreSQL.

Comment fonctionne l'appairage de mentors par IA pour les alumni et les étudiants ?

Les étudiants remplissent un profil décrivant leurs objectifs de carrière, intérêts et secteurs cibles. Claude analyse cela contre le répertoire alumni — en tenant compte du programme de graduation, du rôle actuel, du secteur et de la localisation — et retourne 5 recommandations de mentors classées avec explications de pertinence. Si l'étudiant demande une introduction, le système envoie un email personnalisé à l'ancien avec le contexte de pourquoi cet appairage a du sens.

Est-ce que 50 000 profils alumni peuvent vraiment être indexés par Google ?

Oui. Chaque profil alumni obtient une URL unique avec balisage de données structurées, métabalises appropriées, et rendu côté serveur via Next.js. Google crawle et indexe les profils individuellement. Quand quelqu'un recherche « [Nom] [Université] alumni », ce profil se classe. Les alumni qui veulent plus de confidentialité peuvent refuser l'indexation publique tout en restant visibles dans le répertoire authentifié.

Comment Row-Level Security protège-t-il les données des étudiants ?

Les stratégies PostgreSQL RLS s'exécutent au niveau de la base de données — pas à la couche application. Chaque requête est filtrée par le JWT de l'utilisateur authentifié. Un étudiant interrogeant les notes ne récupère que ses propres dossiers. Un membre alumni ne voit que les profils où le propriétaire a activé la visibilité. Même s'il y a une mauvaise configuration de l'API, la base de données elle-même applique les limites d'accès.

Que comprend l'intégration de dons Stripe ?

Nous construisons des flux de dons récurrents par niveau d'impact où chaque niveau montre exactement ce que le don finance. Stripe gère la conformité PCI, la facturation récurrente et les méthodes de paiement. Nous ajoutons des recherches de dons de correspondance d'employeur, des pages de campagne de dons annuels avec barres de progression, et des emails de reçus fiscaux automatisés de fin d'année avec des résumés complets des dons. Le bureau de l'avancement obtient un tableau de bord montrant les tendances de dons et la rétention des donateurs au fil du temps.

Ce portail peut-il s'intégrer à notre CRM existant comme Salesforce ou Blackbaud ?

Absolument. Nous construisons des intégrations webhook qui synchronisent les dossiers de donateurs, les inscriptions aux événements et l'activité de mentorat vers votre CRM en temps réel. Pour Salesforce, nous utilisons l'API REST. Pour Blackbaud, nous utilisons leur API SKY. Les mises à jour de profil alumni, les transactions de dons et les mesures d'engagement s'écoulent directement dans les flux de travail existants de votre équipe d'avancement — sans entrée de données manuelle requise.

Student & Alumni Portals from $25,000
Fixed-fee. Student portal from $15K. Full portal with AI matching from $40K. 30-day post-launch support.
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