More Than 50 Percent Increase in the Number of Institutions Using the Campus Pipeline Web Platform Demonstrates Market Momentum
SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--Jul 10, 2001--Colleges and universities worldwide are dramatically improving the day-to-day experience of students, faculty and staff by creating powerful digital campuses with Web-integration software that unifies college and university services and resources.
Campus Pipeline Inc., the leading provider of Web-integration technology, Tuesday reports a more than 50 percent increase in adoption of its Web platform.
Data from The Campus Computing Project (www.campuscomputing.net), which tracks higher education technology trends, suggests this growth in portal activity among U.S. colleges and universities is not surprising. The 2000 Campus Computing Report reveals that fully one-third (35.7 percent) of U.S. colleges and universities are currently developing a strategic plan for their campus portal services.
Tom Lewis, chief executive officer of Campus Pipeline, attributes the growth in his company`s business to the outstanding outcomes related to the Web platform`s unique ability to provide real-time data integration with other technologies.
The Campus Pipeline Web platform provides not only portal services and other Web applications, such as email, targeted message distribution, calendar and course management, but data integration, and user management services.
Institutions beating the back-to-school rush with their use of the Campus Pipeline Web platform include:
-- Aims Community College in Loveland, Colo.: www.aims.edu
-- Butler County Community College in El Dorado, Kan.: www.buccc.cc.ks.us
-- Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology in Toronto, Ontario, Canada: www.centennialcollege.ca
-- Columbia State Community College in Columbia, Tenn.: www.coscc.cc.tn.us
-- Community College of Rhode Island in cities throughout Rhode Island: www.ccri.cc.ri.us
-- Durham College in North Oshawa, Ontario, Canada: www.durhamc.on.ca
-- Dyersburg State Community College in Dyersburg, Tenn.: www.dscc.cc.tn.us
-- Fairfield University in Fairfield, Conn.: www.fairfield.edu
-- Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Mass.: www.fsc.edu
-- Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, Calif.: www.fuller.edu
-- Hawaii Pacific University in Honolulu: www.hpu.edu
-- Hollins University in Roanoke, Va.: www.hollins.edu
-- Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kan.: www.jccc.net
-- Morehouse College in Atlanta: www.morehouse.edu
-- North Shore Community College in Danvers, Mass.: www.nscc.mass.edu
-- Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio: www.onu.edu
-- Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio: www.owens.cc.oh.us
-- Roane State Community College in Harriman, Tenn.: https://www.rscc.cc.tn.us
-- Santa Barbara City College in Santa Barbara, Calif.: www.sbcc.cc.ca.us
-- Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas: www.sfasu.edu
-- Southern Utah University in St. George, Utah
-- Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tenn.: www.tnstate.edu
-- Ulster County Community College in Stone Ridge, New York: www.ulster.cc.ny.us
-- University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, Ind.: www.usi.edu
-- Winston-Salem in Winston-Salem, N.C.: www.wssu.edu
These institutions (listed at www.campuspipeline.com/schools/showcase.html) expect to achieve a better quality of life for their constituents by offering access to personalized services, Web-based productivity tools and information
through a portal with Web-integration software.
For example, results consistently reported by institutions using the Campus Pipeline Web platform include greater constituent participation in campus life, improved delivery and customization of campus communications, faster delivery of grades to students and their advisors, and increased use and appreciation of online registration and other legacy technologies.
Approximately half of the 100 institutions now using the Campus Pipeline Web platform have been using it for a year or more. The number of schools using the Campus Pipeline Web platform is expected to increase again as fall quarter approaches.
About the Campus Pipeline Web Platform
The latest version, the Campus Pipeline 3.0 Web platform, is available now and sports out-of-the-box integration with the administrative technologies of SCT and the course tools of WebCT.
The Campus Pipeline Web platform can also integrate other market-leading and homegrown technologies, and Campus Pipeline offers technical services to assist institutions in integrating their technologies of choice with the Web platform.
Like past versions of the Web platform, the 3.0 Web platform goes beyond portal and communication tools by bringing all of these technologies within a unified digital campus, stimulating the automatic exchange of information between technologies.
The company`s training programs and consulting services assist institutions in getting the most out of the Web platform by strategizing, predicting and managing the ways in which connecting technologies affect the institutions` people and processes.
About Campus Pipeline Inc.
Campus Pipeline Inc., an UPSIDE Hot 100 award winner, develops Web-integration software and provides consulting services and training programs to assist colleges and universities in unifying the entire campus enterprise.
Using the Campus Pipeline(TM) Web platform, the company helps schools integrate campus communication, academic resources, administrative services, campus news, distance learning and all other Web applications securely together online. The Campus Pipeline Web platform is used by 100 colleges and universities worldwide.
The Salt Lake City-based company is backed by investors including American Express, Dell Computer Corp., General Motors, Hewlett-Packard, Inktomi, Lynx Technology, Meritech Capital Partners, Oak Investment Partners and SCT. The company has strategic relationships with companies including Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems, TIAA-CREF and WebCT.
For more information, visit www.campuspipeline.com or call 888/682-PIPE.
Editor`s Note: Photos, logos, screen-captures and interviews are available upon request.
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