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<article xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/1.1/xsd/JATS-journalpublishing1-mathml3.xsd" dtd-version="1.1" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">CEF</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Contemporary Education Frontiers</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn>3029-1879</issn><eissn>3029-1860</eissn><publisher><publisher-name>WHIOCE PUBLISHING PTE. LTD.</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.18063/CEF.v4i2.1599</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title>Research on the Collaborative Mechanism and Effectiveness Evaluation of AI Agents in End-to-End Enrollment Operations</title><url>https://artdesignp.com/journal/CEF/4/2/10.18063/CEF.v4i2.1599</url><author>ZhongQi</author><pub-date pub-type="publication-year"><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>4</volume><issue>2</issue><history><date date-type="pub"><published-time>2026-02-26</published-time></date></history><abstract>Against the backdrop of the sustained advancement of education digitalization,&amp;nbsp;higher education enrollment has placed higher demands on precision and efficiency.&amp;nbsp;Because traditional enrollment models are fragmented across stages and isolated in terms of data,&amp;nbsp;they can no longer meet the current needs of student-source competition and talent selection.&amp;nbsp;Based on the realities of enrollment practice, this study identifies the types of AI agents suitable for the entire enrollment process, clarifies their functional positioning at each stage, further constructs a collaborative operating mechanism coveringpromotion,&amp;nbsp;consultation,&amp;nbsp;conversion,&amp;nbsp;management,&amp;nbsp;and other&amp;nbsp;stages,&amp;nbsp;and conducts analysis in combination with the practices of multiple institutions.&amp;nbsp;The findings show that this model can connect the entire enrollment process,&amp;nbsp;improve the accuracy of student-source identification,&amp;nbsp;accelerate consultation feedback,&amp;nbsp;enhance the scientific nature of enrollment decision-making,&amp;nbsp;effectively control operating costs,&amp;nbsp;and reduce operational risks.&amp;nbsp;It provides a clear approach for the digital transformation of enrollment and offers practical methodology for improving enrollment quality and optimizing management.</abstract><keywords>AI agents, end-to-end enrollment operations, collaborative mechanism, effectiveness evaluation, education digitalization</keywords></article-meta></front><body/><back><ref-list><ref id="B1" content-type="article"><label>1</label><element-citation publication-type="journal"><p>[1] Chen XM, Hu S, Qi RM, 2025, International References and Local Adaptation of the &amp;ldquo;Admission - Education - Employment&amp;rdquo; Linkage Mechanism in Higher Education.&amp;nbsp;Education and Career, (22): 67-74.
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