Built upon the force.com platform distributed by salesforce.com, studentforce is an on demand application serving students. By leveraging tools students currently use and are easily accessed now through any web browser or mobile device, and integrated with campus ERP and LMS systems, studentforce users manage their day to day interactions with classes, faculty, assignments, classmates, career opportunities; and, more significantly, the relationships between each.

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Making it Through the First Year
David Raths for Campus Technology, July 2009

TARGETED PORTALS HELP FRESHMEN MAKE THE TRANSITION TO COLLEGE LIFE

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 >>>>

Higher Ed IT - Doing More with Less: Keeping Costs Down Will Grow Ever More Difficult, Report Says Chronicle of Higher Education December 1, 2008
By DAVID SHIEH

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.

Video Spotlight: Campus Technology 2008 Keynote Address A ‘New’ American University for Next-Gen Learners 8/19/2008, http://www.campustechnology.com/article.aspx?aid=66143

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.

Click here to view the keynote address

Delivering Higher Ed IT services to millennial generation students
"Emerging Tech Challenges," Campus Technology, 11/1/2008, http://www.campustechnology.com/article.aspx?aid=68879
What keeps higher ed technology leaders up at night?

David Nagel, "Is Higher Ed Technology Keeping Up with Student Demand?," Campus Technology, 10/14/2008, http://www.campustechnology.com/article.aspx?aid=68495

The 21st-Century Campus: Are We There Yet?
Click Here to View the Report Summary and/or download the report

Content, faculty podcasts and more!
Rhea Kelly, "Put It Online," Campus Technology, 11/1/2008, http://www.campustechnology.com/article.aspx?aid=68875

Web 2.0 Good for Education?
Trent Batson, "Web 2.0: Good for Education?," Campus Technology, 10/15/2008, http://www.campustechnology.com/article.aspx?aid=68503

College Students Find WiFi Essential to Education, Survey Reports
Dian Schaffhauser, Campus Technology, 10/7/2008, http://www.campustechnology.com/article.aspx?aid=68281