Obviously there are many rewards to being able to connect with students online: positive stories of things happening on campus, perspective students snapping photos of their acceptance letters, etc.; however, bringing the University brand social can also have it's risks. A student who is upset, like any customer, can tweet to one of these SNHU accounts, talking about the experience they had. SNHU now has the responsibility to respond in the appropriate manner.
Entrepreneur.com recently posted an article titled "4 Quick Tips for Using Social Media for Customer Service:
1. Have a Separate Customer Service Account
2. Aim for Single-Contact Resolution
3. Be Smart With Handling a Crisis
4. Train Your Staff
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/225912?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews
SNHU has an account on Twitter: @SNHUsolutions, which I think is supposed to be a Customer Service account but they haven't tweeted since December 15, 2012. Most of SNHU's CRM happens on @SNHU or @SNHUoncampus, and most interactions seem to be positive which is a good thing.
Southern New Hampshire University cares about their students, and it shows by how far SNHU is willing to go to connect with their students online.