CSO Research and Jenzabar Create Partnership to Improve Student ROI in Higher Education; Career Services Integration Will Add Value to Institutional Community Solutions.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and AUSTIN, Texas -- Jenzabar, the pioneer of Total Campus Management (TCM), announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with CSO Research, Inc., a premier provider of automated career services solutions. Increasingly, students are demanding tangible results and return on investment from their education, and professional advancement is among the most often cited "deliverable" from institutions of higher education. The Jenzabar-CSO Research partnership will more tightly integrate career services with the overall educational experience as students will be able to access career services through Jenzabar's award-winning Web portal, and ultimately institutions will be able to better leverage career services for recruitment and retention. As the perceived value of the educational experience at a given institution has been connected to a graduate's ability to find employment in a desired field, the value of this partnership will resonate in the area of institutional advancement as well.

"We selected CSO Research for their commitment to the Career Services function," said Jill McGinty, Director of Career Services at Robert Morris College in Chicago, Illinois. "We spoke with other colleges who use CSO and were pleased to hear about their ease of evolution as the needs of our industry change and expand. Currently, we use CSO's import/export features to integrate with our Jenzabar campus administrative system," she added. "So we are excited about the opportunity the new Jenzabar-CSO partnership presents for us to integrate our CSO and Jenzabar systems, and tie in with the rest of the College as an integrated part of the students' campus experience."

CSO Research's Interfase(TM) system will now be available to Jenzabar clients as part of Jenzabar's Total Campus Management solution. Interfase manages student resumes, cover letters and other employment documents; handles employer job listings and on-campus interview schedules; and manages career fairs, workshops, placement and referral tracking, counseling notes, alumni mentoring programs and much more. Interfase also provides a powerful and easy-to-use report generator. Institutions using Jenzabar's Web portal and Constituent Relationship Modules will be able to integrate Interfase into the campus community, and brand it as a campus-specific offering.

"Jenzabar has been focusing on providing solutions that help institutions build community and increase the level of service that they provide to their constituents," said Robert A. Maginn, Jenzabar's Chairman and CEO. "Our partnership with CSO Research pulls a key institutional service offering into the core of the community through integration with our Web portal, Jenzabar's Internet Campus Solution. By helping institutions better integrate their career services offering into their student relationships, it will help these institutions in the key performance areas of enrollment, retention and advancement."

"One of the most common questions I get from career center directors is, 'How do I share data with the campus system?' For those campuses using Jenzabar's technology, now this will be an easy question to answer," said Erik Mulloy, President of CSO Research. "CSO Research also sees tremendous growth opportunities through this relationship. Jenzabar's clients will be excited to have this powerful career services technology available to them through their trusted technology partner, as they will be able to increase the value that they deliver to their student population."

Career Services and Student Employment offices at college campuses have, for decades, been isolated from the IT systems on campus. This isolation deprives the institution of a valuable asset, as the tools and data available through career services could be leveraged to benefit the institution in other areas, notably recruiting and student life. Career Services is typically the only department on campus that deals with employers, resumes, interviewing and career fairs--functions that add exceptional value to the overall educational experience. The integration of Interfase with Jenzabar's Internet Campus Solution addresses this deficiency. Further, since Interfase will now be bundled as a Jenzabar product offering, campus IT budgets may be made available to career centers to help with the acquisition.

About CSO Research, Inc.

As a leader in the career services software community, CSO Research enables colleges and university career services, cooperative education and student employment offices to do more with less while proactively and efficiently meeting the needs of their students and employers. Founded in 2001 by industry veteran Erik Mulloy, CSO Research provides advanced career center solutions that are in sync with the priorities and needs of our clients. CSO Research's products lead the field of career center automation while maintaining our commitment to deliver maximum benefits and unparalleled service. To learn more, please visit www.csoresearch.com.

About Jenzabar, Inc.

Jenzabar, Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise software and services developed exclusively for higher education. With more than 30 years of combined experience offering technology solutions to colleges and universities, Jenzabar is the trusted partner of choice to 700 campuses worldwide, including private liberal arts, state, and community colleges and business, medical, law and other graduate schools. Jenzabar is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with regional offices located across the United States. For further information, please visit www.jenzabar.net.

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