Company Announces Plans to Provide an Integrated System for Higher Education
FAIRFAX, Va. (BUSINESS WIRE), October 06, 2009 - Datatel, Inc. today announced plans to provide a teaching and learning solution for higher education that fully integrates with the company’s Colleague® enterprise resource planning solution. Datatel’s new system will provide a powerful and cost-effective alternative for colleges and universities to achieve their mission of student success. By leveraging Moodle™ and the Datatel Portal powered by Microsoft SharePoint®, faculty and students will have the next generation teaching and learning tools that fully support the direction of education.
More details about Datatel’s new teaching and learning solution will be provided at the company’s corporate presentation on November 4, 2009, 10:30 a.m., at EDUCAUSE 2009 in Denver.
Datatel accelerated its attention in the critical area of teaching and learning in response to overwhelming client feedback. This included a high level of frustration with the difficulty of purchasing a cost-effective and fully functional learning system that tightly integrates with their other administrative systems. This is particularly true for institutions that are looking to combine academic and administrative information to provide insight into the current state of their students and curriculum to make more informed, fact-based decisions for their future success.
“Datatel’s strategic direction to support the needs of higher education and its many customers for LMS/CMS functionality is very exciting,” said David Swartz, Assistant Vice President and Chief Information Officer at American University. “With the prospect of strong integration with Datatel’s advanced student information system, attractive cost savings, and an improved learner service model, we see more options for colleges and universities and embrace the company’s new path.”
John Speer, Datatel’s President and CEO, commented, “Because of their disparate nature, learning systems have never reached their full potential since they were introduced in the 1990’s. Very often, the complication and expense of connecting them with administrative systems has prohibited institutions from fully exploiting their power. What we will do is provide clients with a cost-effective, completely integrated system that shows a 360-degree view of the student and helps prepare the college for curriculum demands five years out.”
“This is great news for us,” said Dr. Joe Rossmeier, Vice President for Technology Services at Prince George’s Community College (Md.). “As a Datatel client, the company’s approach to teaching and learning aligns well with our learning technologies strategy in that it provides viable alternatives to the way we do business currently. But this doesn’t surprise me; they are a company that really understands the challenges of higher education today, and one that we can trust to provide us with a direction that will help us remain highly competitive.”
Teaching and Learning is part of Datatel’s Strategic Academic Enterprise, a holistic approach for achieving institutional and student success that also includes Strategic Enrollment Management, Strategic Planning, Institutional Advancement and Marketing, and Performance and Operational Management.
About Datatel, Inc.
Datatel is the industry’s most experienced provider of technology products, services, and insight to higher education. Colleges, universities, and technical schools across North America partner with Datatel to construct Strategic Academic Enterprises dedicated to achieving student success. The company has focused exclusively on higher education since 1979, and its technology is used by nearly 800 institutions serving more than five million students. For more information, visit www.datatel.com.
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