Skriba — The AI Meeting Assistant Made for Higher Ed Advising

Public colleges and universities face growing pressure to support more students with limited staff and shrinking budgets. Advisors and student-facing staff spend hours each week documenting meetings, coordinating tasks, and following up — time that could be spent with students. Skriba by Polis changes that.

Skriba was co-designed with practicing advisors and informed by research on advising and student success. It reflects the realities of the work — not assumptions about it — pairing frontline experience with evidence on what helps students persist and succeed.

Skriba is an AI meeting assistant purpose-built for advising and student-facing meetings, whether in person, virtual, or by phone. It optimizes the entire advising workflow: capturing each meeting, generating structured summaries, organizing tasks for both advisors and students, streamlining scheduling, and drafting personalized follow-ups — all without ever recording audio or video. Advisors review and approve outputs, keeping a human in control while reclaiming six to eight hours per week.

For administrators, Skriba surfaces insight that institutions have historically under-collected or never captured at all. Beyond activity and follow-through, Skriba reveals relational and engagement signals from advising interactions — the kind of data that has never been systematically available. These insights support retention strategy, resource planning, and accreditation reporting, giving institutions visibility into advising at scale without adding administrative burden.

Skriba is built for the requirements of public institutions:

• FERPA compliant by default, with role-based access controls and end-to-end encryption
• SOC 2 Type 2 certified, meeting rigorous security and data-handling standards
• No audio or video recording — privacy-first, text-only documentation
• WCAG 2.2 accessible, supporting equitable access for all users
• Fits your existing tech stack — integrates with the student information systems (SIS) and CRMs institutions already rely on, including Banner and Salesforce, plus Outlook for calendar and scheduling

Deployed across advising, financial aid, admissions, career services, and beyond, Skriba adapts to the full range of student-facing work — mirroring how an institution already operates rather than forcing new workflows.

Skriba is trusted by community and technical colleges across the country, with proven results in time savings, documentation quality, and advisor satisfaction. As institutions look to do more for students with the resources they have, Skriba offers a practical, compliant, and secure path forward.