XAP was the vendor with the most responsive proposal, and a contract and work plan was established. XAP has a national presence in the market of electronic applications, and provides the CSU system application service. XAP serves colleges and universities in eleven states. The CCC systemwide application was designed to provide service above and beyond those available on the many high quality application sites already available at California Community Colleges. Students have a record of applications prepared and sent to colleges.
Students can work on the application over several sessions, re-starting without loss of data.
Enhanced service to colleges Use of a systemwide application relieves the college of the necessity to structure the questions for the data collected for system regulatory and reporting purposes. New reporting requirements, such as the adjustments necessary to accommodate the multiple race and ethnicity option, can be made once at a central location. Use of a systemwide application relieves the college of the research and testing necessary to assure that the online application provides the highest available level of accessibility to applicants with disabilities. Use of the systemwide application assures that the application questions comply with the requirements of the Office of Civil Rights. The pilot application has been recently reviewed and analysis is under way to adjust certain critical data collection issues to comply with OCR concerns.