Three Institutions Select Datatel Colleague to Meet Their Unique Business Needs; Colleague Provides Greater Flexibility and Ease-of-Use Across Campus.DENVER -- Datatel(R), Inc. today announced that three 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. institutions have recently selected Datatel Colleague(R) as their enterprise resource planning See ERP. (application, business) Enterprise Resource Planning - (ERP) Any software system designed to support and automate the business processes of medium and large businesses. (ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) An integrated information system that serves all departments within an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written by or for one customer. ) solution. Mount Marty College Mount Marty College, an academic community in the Roman Catholic Benedictine liberal arts tradition, is located in Yankton, South Dakota. Mount Marty is a private, Roman Catholic, Benedictine co-educational liberal arts college. in Yankton, SD; Adler School of Professional Psychology Adler School of Professional Psychology is a graduate school of psychology located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1952 and named for Alfred Adler, the school offers a doctorate in clinical psychology (Psy.D.) and several masters programs. in Chicago; and College of the Mainland College of the Mainland (COM) is a community college located in Texas City, Texas. Its name comes from its location on the "mainland" portion of Galveston County, Texas (that portion north of Galveston Island). in Texas City, TX are the latest institutions to join Datatel's expansive client community of nearly 650 colleges and universities across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . The announcement was made at EDUCAUSE 2004, where Datatel is a Platinum Sponsor. The breadth of adaptability a·dapt·a·ble adj. Capable of adapting or of being adapted. a·dapt  a·bil afforded by Colleague will enable the institutions to address their unique business needs. In conjunction with WebAdvisor, Datatel's Web-access solution for higher education, the institutions will be able to further automate business processes and offer easy-to-use self-service solutions for constituents. Colleague's flexibility and open architecture will allow the three institutions to easily migrate from their existing administrative solutions. Mount Marty College, for example, will upgrade to Colleague from their Jenzabar solution, joining many other institutions that have done the same. "Datatel's WebAdvisor provides the broad functionality we need to bring constituent services online," said Daisy Halvorson, vice president of Finance for Mount Marty College. "Colleague and WebAdvisor will play a critical role in helping us extend services to faculty, staff, and students anytime, anywhere, via the Web." "During our research, Datatel's commitment was proven time and time again through client testimonies and success stories," said Dr. Homer Hayes, president of College of the Mainland. "Colleague will help us meet the growing needs of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni, while also addressing the diverse business needs of our college, such as complying with tough state reporting regulations." Datatel Colleague, which is database independent, will allow these newest clients to choose the database most applicable to their institution's business environment. Adler School of Professional Psychology and College of the Mainland will all operate on an IBM-supported platform, while Mount Marty College will operate on Microsoft SQL SQL in full Structured Query Language. Computer programming language used for retrieving records or parts of records in databases and performing various calculations before displaying the results. . Datatel Colleague is the most advanced and comprehensive information technology solution for higher education. Incorporating the five key areas- Student, Finance, Financial Aid, HR, and Advancement - Colleague provides the tools and capabilities colleges and universities need to meet their business objectives. About Datatel, Inc. Datatel, an employee-owned company, is a leading provider of fully integrated enterprise information management solutions for higher education. Headquartered in Fairfax, VA, the company has over 600 client institutions throughout North America. For more than 25 years, Datatel has exclusively focused on meeting the needs of colleges and universities, helping institutions operate more efficiently so they may better serve their constituents. For more information, please visit www.datatel.com. (C) 2004 Datatel, Inc. All rights reserved. Datatel and Colleague are registered trademarks of Datatel, Inc. All other names, products, and services mentioned are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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