Announcing the First Web-Based College Recruiting System!; The CollegeEdge Recruiting System Creates a Better Match Between Students and Colleges and Universities!SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 3, 1997--SNAP Technologies announces the CollegeEdge Recruiting Tools, a system for colleges and universities who want an efficient method of selecting and reaching out to potential applicants and a better way for students to inform schools of their talents and skills. This system reduces recruiting costs for colleges and greatly improves their ability to attract a class with specific characteristics including academic and non academic interests, geographic distribution and other unique elements. The system is absolutely free to all students. Students simply visit www.CollegeEdge.com to review college and financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against options and, at the same time, enter their profile and collegiate preferences. Colleges and universities can then search for students that meet their institution's needs. "Whether looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a tuba tuba (t  `bə) [Lat.,=trumpet], valved brass wind musical instrument of wide conical bore. player who wants to study biology or a female soccer player who has an outstanding grade point average, institutions can find the students they need with the CollegeEdge Recruiting System," said Howard Berman Howard Lawrence "Howie" Berman (born April 15 1941) has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1983, representing the 28th District of California (map). , vice president of sales and marketing, SNAP Technologies, Inc. In addition to the opportunity to be recruited by leading colleges and universities, registered CollegeEdge users can also use the best college guidance services available on the web. The CollegeEdge Scholarship Search makes it easy for students to find suitable scholarships. And, the CollegeEdge College Search allows students to match themselves to schools and access comprehensive and objective information on 3,743 two-year and four-year colleges and universities. There is also a career search and numerous other features that make college planning and preparation easier and more efficient. Over two hundred thousand students use the CollegeEdge web site every month to explore their college options. The CollegeEdge Recruiting system can help in solving many of the diversity issues faced by schools today. The CollegeEdge Registered User Database contains profiles of students who are involved in organizations dedicated to helping under-represented minorities go to college like Upward Bound Upward Bound is a program of the United States Department of Education, the goal of this which is to give high school students who are in categories that make them less likely to attend college (such as low income, parents who didn't attend college, and living in rural areas) the , ASPIRE and others. CollegeEdge Recruiting Tools takes extraordinary measures to protect the identity of privacy of all students who are registered in the database. Schools search for students who meet their criteria in the CollegeEdge database and then email is forwarded by CollegeEdge to those recruits. The student can then simply respond directly by return email. "We are not interested in peddling the names of CollegeEdge users. Recruiting Tools has been carefully designed to enable schools to find the type of students they want but students have the ultimate control," said Berman. Many will be using the system to identify recruits and help fill empty spots even after the application deadline has passed. It will also help schools direct financial aid to students with special talents or combinations of talents. "The CollegeEdge Recruiting System is an exciting development for prospective college students who wish to expand the horizons of their college choice. We anticipate that the on-line system will help college admission counselors quickly identify and communicate more effectively with promising candidates for admission," said Robert Lay, Director of Admissions, Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing . About SNAP Technologies, Inc. SNAP Technologies, Inc. connects applicants to institutions of higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. through a suite of CollegeEdge products. With CollegeEdge, the preparation for college, which involves tough choices, stressful processes and serious financial outlays, becomes a "SNAP" for students, guidance counselors guidance counselor Child psychology A school worker trained to screen, evaluate and advise students on career and academic matters and admission professionals. CollegeEdge products are used by over 200,000 students every month, thousands of college guidance professionals and more than 250 leading colleges and universities including Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. , Cornell, MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology , the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). Schools and Boston College. CONTACT: SNAP Technologies Richard Strattner, 415/778-6266 rstrattner@snapweb.com http://www.CollegeEdge.com |
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