CollegeEdge and U.S.News & World Report Partner to Help College-Bound Students Get Recruited and Apply to Schools Online.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 1999--SNAP Technologies, Inc., makers of CollegeEdge -- the Internet's No. 1 source for exploring and applying to college and graduate schools online (www.CollegeEdge.com), and U.S.News & World Report, a leading weekly national news magazine devoted to reporting and analyzing national and international affairs Noun 1. international affairs - affairs between nations; "you can't really keep up with world affairs by watching television" world affairs affairs - transactions of professional or public interest; "news of current affairs"; "great affairs of state" , today announced that CollegeEdge's online applications plus many other core admissions services will be featured on U.S.News Online .EDU web site (www.usnews.com). The announcement was made at the Jupiter Communications Consumer Online Forum here. As part of the agreement, visitors to the U.S.News Online .EDU web site will be able to access many of CollegeEdge's core admissions services that help create a better match between schools and students. These services include: -0-
1. Online Applications. All of the online applications from the
institutions who partner with CollegeEdge -- including many of
U.S.News & World Report's most highly ranked schools like MIT,
Stanford, Duke and many others -- will be one click away on the
U.S.News Online .EDU web site.
2. CollegeEdge Inquiry Function. The U.S.News Online .EDU visitors
will also be able to use the CollegeEdge Inquiry Function. This
tool allows students to send requests for information to
universities directly via the web or email.
3. CollegeEdge Recruiter. U.S.News Online .EDU web site visitors
will be able to register themselves with the CollegeEdge
Recruiter, used by colleges and business schools to identify and
recruit qualified individuals early in the admissions process.
-0- The new functionality will be available on the U.S.News Online web site on March 19, 1999. "Partnering with a prestigious publisher such as U.S.News & World Report brings CollegeEdge's high quality and robust product offerings to a much broader audience," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Young Shin shin (shin) the prominent anterior edge of the tibia or the leg. saber shin marked anterior convexity of the tibia, seen in congenital syphilis and in yaws. , Chief Executive Officer of SNAP Technologies. "This partnership supports our vision of easing the transition to 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. by putting useful tools in students' hands early, as well as helping serve our member institutions." CollegeEdge features the most complete repository (1) A database of information about applications software that includes author, data elements, inputs, processes, outputs and interrelationships. A repository is used in a CASE or application development system in order to identify objects and business rules for reuse. for exploring higher education -- information on nearly 6,000 accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. two and four-year higher education institutions; detailed profiles on over 1,000 careers and majors; and comprehensive financial aid data, including information on 500,000 scholarships. About SNAP Technologies, Inc. CollegeEdge from SNAP Technologies is the No. 1 resource on the Internet for the "going to college" market. CollegeEdge has improved the way students explore and apply to college; the way universities recruit and enroll students; and the way guidance counselors guidance counselor Child psychology A school worker trained to screen, evaluate and advise students on career and academic matters track and manage student progress. CollegeEdge's partners include: most leading colleges and universities including Stanford, MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology , UC Berkeley and 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 ; thousands of high schools; and leading Internet companies including Excite, Inc. (XCIT); Lycos, Inc. (LCOS (Liquid Crystal on Silicon) A technology used to make microdisplays for rear-projection TVs and head-mounted displays (HMDs). Each LCoS chip hosts a grayscale LCD shutter sandwiched between a cover glass and a mirror. ); Netscape Corp. (NSCP NSCP National Schistosomiasis Control Program NSCP National Space Communications Program NSCP Native (Mode) Service Control Point (Tandem) ), Business Week Online, a division of McGraw-Hill Co., and U.S.News and World Report. Founded in 1995 and backed by Silicon Valley venture capital, CollegeEdge served 15 million pages, was accessed by more than a million individuals every month and processed over 500,000 college-related transactions in 1998. About U.S.News & World Report U.S.News & World Report has operated its Web site, U.S.News Online, since November 1995. U.S.News Online offers the complete weekly text of U.S.News, interactive and customized features related to articles appearing in the magazine, and links to related Web sites. U.S.News Online includes .EDU: The Colleges & Careers Center -- an education section that offers U.S.News & World Report's complete college and graduate school rankings, as well as financial aid information, interactive work sheets, and access to an online Education Finance Center. For more information log on to www.usnews.com |
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