When you add the Education Relationship field set to a form, you can use the Name field to show a dropdown of all feeder schools in The Education Edge who appear on at least one student record’s education history. For example, you track all the schools students attend before they attend your school. On the form, if applicable, you want students to select one of the schools from the dropdown to show their educational history.
When you add the Education Relationship Name field, you can choose which list values to include. Only the schools which appear at least one time on a student’s educational history record as a past school with the Feeder school checkbox selected in The Education Edge appear in the List Values box. You can determine which of those schools appear in the dropdown. For example, you add the Education Relationship Name field and label it Previous School. You then choose the six most common schools who you enroll students from to include in the dropdown.
To ensure new applicant records in The Education Edge, with a past school selected or entered on the form, have the Feeder School checkbox selected on the educational history record, you need to add the Education Type field to the form. After you add the Education Type field, edit the settings and select the Hidden checkbox and select the List default value as Past school. You must use the Education Type field with the Education Relationship Name field to ensure the applicant record in The Education Edge creates an accurate educational history record.
Warning: For existing forms with a Name field previously added, you need to remove the existing Name field and re-add it for feeder schools to appear.
You can also choose to allow students to enter a school name not listed.