ConnectEdu Unveils Connect! 3.0; Higher Education Planning Technology Links Applicants with Counselors and Admission Officers to Optimize Processes.BOSTON -- Minimizes Administrative Tasks, Maximizes Interaction for Decision Making ConnectEdu, a leading provider of technology and services for education planning, today announced the launch of its Connect!(TM) Version 3.0 Web-based application See Web application. for students, parents, guidance counselors guidance counselor Child psychology A school worker trained to screen, evaluate and advise students on career and academic matters , and admission officers engaged in the college preparation, search, application or financial aid process. Connect! 3.0 benefits all users of its networked community in various ways: Students - delivers a customized college plan to navigate the college selection and application/transfer process, along with access to ConnectEdu education professionals or their high school's counselors in the network Admission Officers - provides a forum to better understand and qualify applicants to positively impact recruitment, yield and retention. Guidance Counselors - minimizes administrative tasks while maximizing human interactions to effectively track, monitor and counsel students. This release marks a significant milestone in ConnectEdu's mission to empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems students to become motivated and knowledgeable applicants in charge of their college selection process. Connect! 3.0 provides customized content and powerful new features including: Financial Aid Wizard - ensures families are completing financial aid forms accurately and identifies funding opportunities based on eligibility. Articulation articulation In phonetics, the shaping of the vocal tract (larynx, pharynx, and oral and nasal cavities) by positioning mobile organs (such as the tongue) relative to other parts that may be rigid (such as the hard palate) and thus modifying the airstream to produce speech Agreement Facilitator - only product to automatically calculate which courses can be transferred to which institutions. Electronic Transcripts - seamlessly integrates with transcript A generic term for any kind of copy, particularly an official or certified representation of the record of what took place in a court during a trial or other legal proceeding. A transcript of record management systems to organize students' grades, allowing counselors to electronically send encrypted en·crypt tr.v. en·crypt·ed, en·crypt·ing, en·crypts 1. To put into code or cipher. 2. Computer Science transcripts and track submission with college admission officers. Connect! Community - links users leveraging communication tools of choice -- instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or , message boards, chat rooms and e-mail -- in a secure environment. College Preferences Interview - interactively helps students to think through criteria and delivers college matches to fit specific academic, interest, lifestyle and financial preferences. "Connect! empowers everyone involved in the college transition process - students, parents, counselors and admission officers - with the resources and technology needed to enhance each student's process," said Craig Powell, President of ConnectEdu. "Gone are the days of overlooked financial aid opportunities, misinformation mis·in·form tr.v. mis·in·formed, mis·in·form·ing, mis·in·forms To provide with incorrect information. mis , past deadlines and high anxiety. The technology and services of Connect! 3.0 truly democratize de·moc·ra·tize tr.v. de·moc·ra·tized, de·moc·ra·tiz·ing, de·moc·ra·tiz·es To make democratic. de·moc the college planning process for all students to maximize their education potential, experience and investment." Connect! 3.0 is deployed in partnership with high schools, universities and community colleges with integration to transcript and student management systems. Connect! is offered to employees and their children as a work/life benefit. Company Overview Founded in 2001, ConnectEdu provides Web-based education planning to students and advisers engaged in the preparation, search, application or financial aid process of undergraduate, community college, graduate or adult learner Adult learner is a term used to describe any person socially accepted as an adult who is in a learning process, whether it is formal education, informal learning, or corporate-sponsored learning. admissions. ConnectEdu's ASP technology - Connect!(TM) - is a scalable solution offered by employers as a valuable work/life benefit, by high schools and community colleges to facilitate their college counseling services, and by colleges as a means to reduce their drop-out and transfer rates. ConnectEdu is dedicated to ensuring that all students have access to the resources necessary to maximize their education potential. |
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