Campus Technology: Keeping Them Online and in School

The December issue of Campus Technology magazine includes an in-depth interview with Genesee Community College on how they are improving retention of at-risk student athletes with the help of the SunGard Higher Education Banner administrative system. “The mission of Genesee Community College in Batavia, NY, midway between Buffalo and Rochester, is straightforward, says Virginia Taylor, vice president for student and enrollment services: ‘To engage the at-risk student in the college process so that he or she can attain a degree and have the middle class lifestyle that everyone desires.’”  … To support this mission, “the college created a proprietary web-based overlay to its SunGard HE Banner system that enables an adviser to gain a browser-based snapshot of a student's information: class status, holds and restrictions, placement testing, transfer credits, and other streams of data.”

http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2009/12/01/Keeping-Them-Online-and-in-School.aspx