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Some Changes Coming to the Commons

As you can see, much of the Commons still has the SunGard Higher Education look, including the logos.  Over the next several days, we'll be making some changes to all of the communities, updating the logos and some of the branding, so the Commons reflects our Ellucian name and brand.  There is nothing you need to do with these updates.  We just wanted to make everyone aware, so when you come to the Commons and see a different logo at the top o...
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Food for Thought - The Personalization of Higher Ed

As more institutions are working to integrate new processes and practices to leverage student data more effectively in such areas as student retention efforts, recruiting and admissions, and fundraising -- there is renewed promise in tmore personalized education experience


Colleges Are Pressured to Open Up Student Data
Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education
Date: 4/15/12
College campuses are hothouses of data, including course schedul...
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Summit 2012- Evaluation Reminder and Session Content Availalble

If you attended Summit 2012 and have not done so already, please remember to complete a conference evaluation and session evaluations by no later than Friday, April 20th. The information for how to access each is outlined below.

Conference Evaluation

Your feedback is important to us. Please take a moment to complete the online conference evaluation to share your experiences at Summit, and provide us with suggestions to help make next year's ...

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Congratulations to this Year's Outstanding Commons Contributors

Last year, we established the awards for Outstanding Commons Contributors and selected those members of the communities that had the most impactful contributions over the course of the year.  This year, we adjusted the nomination process to allow members of the community to nominate their peers.  Thank you to those who took time to send in nominations and kind words about their peers.  We received many wonderful nominations from the community, a...
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NOCCCD Uses Mobile Connection to Deliver Mobile Apps to Multiple Platforms on Multiple Campuses

North Orange County Community College District described at Summit how the Mobile Connection is allowing the District to develop an m-App one time and then deliver it to multiple device platforms.

“The framework lets us develop an app once and provide it to multiple device platforms.  We don’t have to do a separate app for Apple, and another for Android and another for Blackberry,” said Deborah Ludford, district director, Information Services, ...

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Villanova Increases Accountability and Steps Up Fundraising Efforts

The Advancement Performance solution is making data more reliable and reports more accessible to advancement staff at Villanova University, enabling them to operate more independently and effectively, and helping management better measure and predict outcomes.

Prior to implementing the solution, the Advancement office was using various standalone data systems to collect and report on data: Microsoft Access, Oracle Discover and Banner Advanceme...

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