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Virtual Reality
Baldwin Wallace University
Information Technology
Baldwin Wallace University's IT department was maintaining more than 65 types of hardware with multiple operating systems, which tied them down and made it difficult to be forward-thinking. Through virtualization, BW consolidated its computing and storage infrastructure. Now it has 87 percent fewer servers, and projects a three-year ROI of 194 percent. See full story. |
Paperless Verification
Dallas County Community College District
Financial Aid Office
Financial aid verification was a cumbersome, paper-intensive project that took 6-8 weeks and was prone to errors. With an automated verification solution, DCCCD shaved weeks off the schedule, reduced and realigned staff resources, and even retained some at-risk students. See full story. |
Apply Within
Northern Michigan University
NMU Foundation / Administrative / Information Technology
NMU's Foundation Scholarship application and selection process was inefficient and labor intensive. A web application was designed that matched selection criteria to the student's academic and biographical profile. The new system reduced data entry, paper, timing, and labor costs, while increasing data accuracy and providing more information to selection committees. See full story. |
Apples to Apples
NorthWest Arkansas Community College
Information Technology Services
Four different programs were being used for end-of-course evaluations, and the disparate system was inconsistent and slow. The college purchased an online system with automatic emails delivering a personalized URL specifically for the class taken. The pilot achieved a savings of more than $17,000. See full story. |
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Single File
Pepperdine University, Graziadio School of Business and Management
Admission
Pepperdine's Graziadio School was manually printing thousands of digital applications and supporting documents. Now it exports online data directly into the PeopleSoft SIS and stores it in a Nolij document management system, providing shared visibility into a single unified file. Turnaround time for admission decisions dropped from months to days, and print, copy, storage, and distribution costs were eliminated. See full story. |
Streamlined Graduation
Polk State College
District Admission Office / Registrar's Office
After doubling its number of graduates, Polk needed to automate its graduation applications process. A customized Access database was created with built-in reporting capabilities. An automated download capability was added to link graduate information with the reporting database. The result: Advising hours have been reduced by 1,600 per year and the additional clerical help is no longer needed. See full story. |
From Paper to Portal
Southern California University of Health Sciences
Office of Supported and Institutional Research
SCU's Clinical Internship program was manually maintained and took hours each day for staff to review credit request forms and patient procedure logs. A new Clinical Internship Portal automated students' schedule. Students and clinical faculty now submit and approve credit and patient tracking forms online, substantially reducing time involved and eliminating paper. See full story. |
Inspection Time
Texas A&M Health Science Center
Environmental Health & Safety
Campus safety inspections, which determined the type of environmental health and safety training needed for faculty, staff, students, and researchers, took three staffers four days followed by several days of data input. The school automated the process, cutting the number of hours in half and saving more than $49,000 in annual training and $8,000 in staff and travel costs. See full story. |
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Consolidated Output
University of West Georgia
Publications and Printing Department
UWG's pub and print department was mandated to become self-funded by 2013. The department searched and found equipment that could meet its needs affordably in other departments and shifted them to pub and print. Worker responsibilities were realigned and some student work was offloaded to the students themselves. The efforts generated both productivity improvements and financial savings. See full story. |
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