By leveraging tools students currently use and are easily accessed now through any web browser; including mobile devices, students can easily collaborate and manage interactions with: classes, faculty, assignments, finances, classmates, others with similar interests, academic and career opportunities; and, more significantly, the relationships between each.
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studentforce + Chatter
Chatter is an enterprise social networking tool enabling faculty, staff, administration, alumni and students the ability to collaborate within secure groups. studentforce + Chatter deployed enterprise wide is a natural portal for students; one they can easily configure to communicate with individuals who share classes, curricula, assignments, and social interests.
AS MUCH AS IT IS EAGERLY ANTICIPATED, freshman year is often a time of confusion, disorientation, and even alienation for many students.
According to ACT (maker of the ACT college entrance exam), one in four college freshmen will drop out before completing sophomore year. The reasons for this high level of withdrawal vary, but a report by UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute suggests that new students often feel overwhelmed and unprepared for the academic and social challenges of college life >>>>
The 90-page report, "University Tuition, Consumer Choice and College Affordability: Strategies for Addressing a Higher Education Affordability Challenge," includes a set of strategies that public universities can adopt to keep tuition affordable. The report, sponsored by the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC) includes suggestions institutions can apply to keep tuition cost increases down and can be viewed by clicking here>>
Not surprisingly, among the strategies are suggestions that include modifying the delivery of courses by taking advantage of technology delivered on demand. Applying the value Cloud Computing delivers to Higher Ed can have a significant impact on the affordability of higher education going forward. Indeed, " .... in times like these, the force.com value proposition of low start up cost, low risk, and fast results is resonating like never before,” - Marc Benioff, chairman and CEO, salesforce.com; 2008 QIII Earnings Report.
Adrian Sannier, technology officer for Arizona State University, discusses strategies for putting in place ground-breaking plans that will serve the next generation of students. These are actionable visions that include strategic technology choices--advancements that may be unfamiliar or even unpopular at first, but which carry enormous potential.