Datatel Releases Comprehensive Higher Education e-Advising Solution; Online Workflows to Complement Advising Programs

Business Wire, Sept 9, 2005

FAIRFAX, Va. -- Please replace the release dated September 6, 2005 with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions.

The corrected release reads:

DATATEL RELEASES COMPREHENSIVE HIGHER EDUCATION E-ADVISING SOLUTION; ONLINE WORKFLOWS TO COMPLEMENT ADVISING PROGRAMS

Datatel, Inc., today announced the release of Datatel Colleague Student e-Advising, a comprehensive online advising solution for institutions of higher education. This solution, which is available for general delivery, will enable institutions of higher education to offer their students and advisors Web-based tools to complement the institutions' advising policies and procedures.

Colleague Student e-Advising gives students and advisors the ability to create "what-if" analyses together, or separately, to explore alternative degree options and determine if appropriate progress is being made toward degree/program completion. A "smart" registration workflow powers Colleague Student e-Advising, guiding students through the educational planning process for the next term and/or through the student's entire career with the institution.

Institutions can also build an educational plan spanning the student's entire academic career assisting the institution with forecasting and strategic planning. Decisions by the student and advisor are clearly documented and easily retrieved and updated.

"Datatel's e-Advising solution doesn't replace a school's advising program, but enhances it," explained Graham Tracey, Datatel product manager for Colleague Student e-Advising. "Its tremendous flexibility can meet the unique requirements of different advising programs, whether it is a traditional one-on-one format, impromptu advising sessions, complete online self-advising, or a combination of any or all three techniques. Essentially, it is the online map for students and advisors to meet students' goals."

About Datatel, Inc.

Datatel is a leading provider of fully-integrated enterprise information management solutions for higher education. Headquartered in Fairfax, VA, the company has more than 650 client institutions throughout North America. For more than 25 years, Datatel has exclusively focused on meeting the needs of colleges and universities, helping institutions operate more efficiently so they may better serve their constituents. For more information, please visit www.datatel.com.

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