Overview
The project partners come from five different types of entities:
- a two-year community college – Kapi'olani Community College
- a large, land grant, four-year state university – Kansas
State University
- a four-year private university – Regis University
- a corporate software developer – SCT
- a non-profit agency as project leader and fiscal agent –
WCET
Early on in the partnership, it became clear that all the partners
have a strong commitment to developing Web-based student services,
and that there are striking differences in institutional structures
and cultures, the state of current student service offerings, and
the types of populations served. Although this will has made collaboration
among the partners more challenging, it also ensures that the resulting
services will be relevant to a broader spectrum of institutions.
Kansas State University (KSU) in Manhattan,
Kansas, is a 4-year research university serving over 20,000 students
each year. Of these students, approximately 1,000 students registered
for distance education courses for the spring 2000 term suggesting
that approximately five percent of the total student body participates
in distance education opportunities at KSU. Forty-three percent
of students participate in both campus-based courses and distance
courses at KSU, and 33 percent of students enrolled in distance
education programs are degree seeking. KSU, through its Division
of Continuing Education, currently delivers distance courses to
students in 42 states and six countries.
Kapi'olani Community College (KCC) in Honolulu,
Hawaii, is a community college serving over 7,000 students each
year. Approximately 1.5 percent of the total student body participates
in distance education opportunities. Almost 70 percent of the students
enrolled in distance education courses also are enrolled in campus-based
courses. The remaining 30 percent of students are located on neighboring
islands, other campuses on Oahu, or are out-of-state. Distance enrollments
are primarily concentrated in health programs such as medical assisting
and emergency medical services. Student services developed in this
project will target these health program students.
Regis University's School for Professional
Studies (Regis) is a graduate and professional school within a private
university in Denver, Colorado, serving over 10,000 students each
year. Approximately 30 percent of its students take both distance
courses and campus-based courses. The undergraduate program has
numerous local students who interchange online courses with campus-based
courses for the sake of convenience. Approximately 60 percent of
the total student group, both undergraduate and graduate, are from
out of state. All students enrolled in distance programs at Regis
are degree-seeking students.
SCT, the corporate partner, was founded in
1968 and is the largest company in the academic administration software
arena. Its Banner 2000 product, a campus information system, provides
the following information and capabilities: admissions, course catalog,
course schedule and descriptions, grades, student address and email
verification, registration, account balance, transcripts, and financial
aid history, award status, and loan disbursement amounts. With the
addition of Campus Pipeline to its offerings, SCT has expanded into
Web functionality for administrative student services. SCT holds
48% of the market share of schools larger than 2,000 students and
has over 1,200 universities and colleges as clients.
WCET, the Western Cooperative for Educational
Telecommunications or WCET, is a membership-based program of WICHE,
the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. A leader
in the field of distance education for the past 13 years, WCET has
member institutions in 37 states and six countries.
WCET's current and recent projects include:
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