The IPEDS Fall Collection for 2009, which started on September 2, will close October 14th. We wanted to remind our customers that they can use Populi to finish the Completions and 12-Month Enrollment reports. You’ll find it in Preset Reports in Academics, and after a few clicks, the hard part will be over.
Next, you’ll need to log in to IPEDS and copy-and-paste the data into the appropriate (more…)
Although this Campus Technology article has somewhat larger institutions in view, it’s a pretty good summary of the benefits that web-based software like Populi brings to small colleges. The only thing “off-note” it strikes is the title: “IT on Demand: The Pros and Cons of Cloud Computing in Higher Education”—it doesn’t really mention the cons (in part because, I would submit, cons are rather hard to come by) so much as it exhorts colleges to “Look at what’s most important to your school and how technology will help you reach those goals.”
By that metric, we’ve found that Populi is a great fit for small colleges and the different situations they find themselves in: pursuing accreditation, getting a better grip on their information, expanding their online education presence, reducing infrastructure costs… to say nothing of simply better serving their students, faculty, and staff.
For our first education-related post, a link to a story about Liberty University’s new snowpark, which is located in Lynchburg, Virginia, a city that might get a few inches of snow in a really cold year. This one’s listed under Bloggable, Education, and Uncategorized… because we’re not really sure what to do with this.
