Colleges Choose SunGard Higher Education to Help Expand Online Learning

Blended and Online Programs Help Colleges Increase Offerings and Contain Costs While Enhancing Student Learning Outcomes

MALVERN, Pa, August 31, 2009 — In the interest of expanding their online presence, a half dozen colleges recently contracted with SunGard Higher Education for support in offering hybrid and Web-based programs as well as enhancing their online course management systems.

West Los Angeles College and Cuyahoga Community College both have engaged SunGard Higher Education for assistance in developing online programs. Renewing academic contracts with the company were College of Southern Nevada, Montgomery College, and San Juan College. In addition, Community College of Baltimore County contracted for additional academic support.

Recent economic conditions and trends have put pressure on institutions of higher education to increase capacity, reach new learners, improve access, generate new revenue streams and improve retention. SunGard Higher Education is leveraging its existing academic expertise to help institutions overcome these challenges. The company expanded its support of academics earlier this year with a focus on broadening the portfolio of products and services that facilitate teaching and learning, enable student success and retention and support scholarly research.

“We’re seeing more colleges and universities interested in moving to an online or hybrid environment,” said Andy Cooley, senior vice president, strategy and product management for academics at SunGard Higher Education. “Many of the institutions coming to us have tried to launch online programs on their own, but because they may not have the necessary resources, or because they are unable to dedicate the resources to achieve their desired goals, they turn to us for support.”

A Department of Education analysis released in June 2009 reported that students who took all or part of their instruction in an online environment, performed better, on average, than those students taking the same courses in a classroom environment. The report also stated that those students learning in a hybrid environment, combining online and classroom instruction, performed best of all.

Mr. Cooley noted that SunGard Higher Education provides institutions with a number of distinctive solutions to help develop, launch and manage online programs, including: institutional readiness assessments, online program design and development, marketing (lead generation and conversion), student and faculty support, technology infrastructure management and support (including CMS/LMS migration and support), and student retention services.

About SunGard Higher Education

SunGard Higher Education provides software, systems integration, strategic consulting and technology management services to help colleges and universities build, unify and manage their digital campuses. Bringing together people, processes and technology, SunGard Higher Education assists 1,600 colleges, universities, campuses, foundations and state systems strengthen institutional performance through improved constituent services, increased accountability and better educational experiences. Visit www.sungardhe.com.

About SunGard

SunGard is one of the world’s leading software and IT services companies. SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 70 countries.

SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software.

With annual revenue exceeding $5 billion, SunGard is ranked 472 on the Fortune 500 and is the largest privately held business software and services company on the Forbes list of private businesses. Based on information compiled by Datamonitor*, SunGard is the third largest provider of business applications software after Oracle and SAP. Continuity, Insurance & Risk has recognized SunGard as service provider of the year an unprecedented six times. For more information, please visit SunGard at www.sungard.com.

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About EDUCAUSE Corporate Press Release Service Submit		Colleges Choose SunGard Higher Education to Help Expand Online Learning Blended and Online Programs Help Colleges Increase Offerings and Contain Costs While Enhancing Student Learning Outcomes MALVERN, Pa, August 31, 2009 — In the interest of expanding their online presence, a half dozen colleges recently contracted with SunGard Higher Education for support in offering hybrid and Web-based programs as well as enhancing their online course management systems. West Los Angeles College and Cuyahoga Community College both have engaged SunGard Higher Education for assistance in developing online programs. Renewing academic contracts with the company were College of Southern Nevada, Montgomery College, and San Juan College. In addition, Community College of Baltimore County contracted for additional academic support. Recent economic conditions and trends have put pressure on institutions of higher education to increase capacity, reach new learners, improve access, generate new revenue streams and improve retention. SunGard Higher Education is leveraging its existing academic expertise to help institutions overcome these challenges. The company expanded its support of academics earlier this year with a focus on broadening the portfolio of products and services that facilitate teaching and learning, enable student success and retention and support scholarly research. “We’re seeing more colleges and universities interested in moving to an online or hybrid environment,” said Andy Cooley, senior vice president, strategy and product management for academics at SunGard Higher Education. “Many of the institutions coming to us have tried to launch online programs on their own, but because they may not have the necessary resources, or because they are unable to dedicate the resources to achieve their desired goals, they turn to us for support.” A Department of Education analysis released in June 2009 reported that students who took all or part of their instruction in an online environment, performed better, on average, than those students taking the same courses in a classroom environment. The report also stated that those students learning in a hybrid environment, combining online and classroom instruction, performed best of all. Mr. Cooley noted that SunGard Higher Education provides institutions with a number of distinctive solutions to help develop, launch and manage online programs, including: institutional readiness assessments, online program design and development, marketing (lead generation and conversion), student and faculty support, technology infrastructure management and support (including CMS/LMS migration and support), and student retention services. About SunGard Higher Education SunGard Higher Education provides software, systems integration, strategic consulting and technology management services to help colleges and universities build, unify and manage their digital campuses. Bringing together people, processes and technology, SunGard Higher Education assists 1,600 colleges, universities, campuses, foundations and state systems strengthen institutional performance through improved constituent services, increased accountability and better educational experiences. Visit www.sungardhe.com. About SunGard SunGard is one of the world’s leading software and IT services companies. SunGard serves more than 25,000 customers in more than 70 countries. SunGard provides software and processing solutions for financial services, higher education and the public sector. SunGard also provides disaster recovery services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software. With annual revenue exceeding $5 billion, SunGard is ranked 472 on the Fortune 500 and is the largest privately held business software and services company on the Forbes list of private businesses. Based on information compiled by Datamonitor, SunGard is the third largest provider of business applications software after Oracle and SAP. Continuity, Insurance & Risk has recognized SunGard as service provider of the year an unprecedented six times. For more information, please visit SunGard at www.sungard.com. January 2009 Technology Vendors Financial Database Tracker http://www.datamonitor.com Trademark information: SunGard and the SunGard logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Login or register to post comments
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