Software Chosen to Improve Staff Efficiency, Provide Easily Accessible Information, and a State-of-the-Art Web site
Datatel®, Inc. today announced that Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) has chosen Colleague® Student, Finance, and Human Resources applications to provide a centralized database. KCKCC also purchased ActiveAdmissions Community College Edition, ActiveCampus Portal and Content Management System, and Creative Design Services to provide online application and registration capabilities, a streamlined system to improve staff efficiency, and a Web site redesign. Colleague will replace an outdated Jenzabar PX system the College has been using for 25 years.
"One of the important responsibilities of an institution is to ensure that it is accomplishing its mission and goals in a sustained and effective manner," said Dr. Morteza Ardebili, KCKCC's provost. "Datatel's ability to collect and analyze data in a centralized fashion will help us promote institutional effectiveness, strategic initiatives, and goals."
“We anticipate an increase in student applications and improved staff efficiency due to the implementation of these solutions,” said Baz Abouelenein, director of information systems at KCKCC. “Our Web site is the gateway to our College, and we need to provide easy-to-access information to keep our students and faculty members aware of new programs and services. Online registration and enrollment will eliminate paper processes and give staff more time to attend to students’ needs.”
KCKCC offers associate degrees in business, humanities and fine arts, math, science, technology, nursing, and social sciences. Continuing education, career training, and cooperative programs are also available.
“KCKCC will greatly benefit from the centralized data source Colleague provides that Jenzabar has been unable to offer the College,” said Bill Knight, Datatel’s vice president of sales. “Similar Datatel institutions have been able to decrease hardware and software costs by thousands of dollars after implementing Colleague.”
Datatel Colleague provides institutions like KCKCC with the technology and functionality to remain competitive in the ever-changing higher education environment. Colleague focuses on five key business areas – enrollment and student services, financial management, financial aid, human resources, and institutional advancement.
Datatel Colleague Student offers a streamlined approach to student information management by providing notification to students when a class wait-list status changes, and allows them to designate preferences for room, roommate, and meal plans online.
Datatel Colleague Finance helps effectively manage resources, create savings, control costs, and maximize revenues. Advanced online capabilities, automated workflows, cutting-edge reporting tools, and expert services help institutions achieve the highest returns on their investments.
Datatel Colleague Human Resources solution offers a comprehensive management system for staff, from recruiting to personnel information management. It provides an applicant tracking process for recruitment, and also gives employees online access to their benefits and payroll information.
Datatel’s ActiveCampus Portal is a Web-based enterprise work environment and collaboration system. Based on Microsoft® SharePoint® technology, the ActiveCampus Portal provides a gateway to the resources students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other higher education constituents need. Datatel’s Portal provides reporting tools and integration to all functions within the Datatel Colleague enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Datatel’s ActiveCampus Content Management System provides robust technology that enables users to create and fully control Web content across the campus environment.
Datatel’s ActiveAdmissions transforms institutions’ Web sites into personalized and engaging e-recruitment tools, driving their prospective students through the complete enrollment process. ActiveAdmissions connects directly to an institution’s information system, using existing data about prospective students to enhance personal communications with them when they visit an institution’s Web site.
Datatel’s Creative Services Team designs higher education Web sites using the latest usability standards and design techniques to captivate prospective students, invigorate current students, and keep alumni connected. The Team captures each institution’s culture and values to create a unique graphical interface and navigation system that is distinct and integrated with each institution’s brand.
About Datatel, Inc.
Datatel is a leading provider of fully-integrated information management systems that provide value for higher education institution administrators. Headquartered in Fairfax, VA, the company counts more than 740 institutions throughout North America as clients. Datatel has exclusively focused on meeting the needs of colleges and universities for more than 25 years, helping them operate more efficiently so they may better serve their constituents. For more information, please visit http://www.datatel.com.
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