Responses are sent electronically, minimizing paperwork, reducing labor costs, and streamlining the entire process. The Web Self Service system allows students to select courses, check space availability, register, and make payments online, so the college does not need extra staffing during class registration periods. Rahman says, Before, we would have to staff all of our campus locations with extra personnel during the registration periods. The online system has reduced staff costs. In addition, Central Piedmont provides online status of both the Hope Scholarship and Lifelong Learning Credits, a first among community colleges.
Students never have direct access to sensitive data kept on secure computing systems.
There are secure login prompts for user ID, and password protection. By using Attachmate s e-Vantage HostPublishing System, applications like the one at Central Piedmont College can be rapidly developed and deployed. We were looking for a tool our staff could use to develop applications on their own once the initial online application was created, explains Rahman. The e-Vantage HostPublishing System has really changed the paradigm of application development. Where it used to take months or years to develop applications, we can now turn around a new application in about a week.