ConnectEDU provides technology to NCAN members to help students successfully transition to college
The National College Access Network (NCAN) has a partnership with ConnectEDU, the Web-based leader in empowering students to manage their education and launch their career. NCAN is encouraging its members to take advantage of this exciting service.
"NCAN’s partnership with ConnectEDU reinforces our commitment to providing the most comprehensive and reliable services for our members to build capacity for making data-driven decisions and to increase the number of students who have access to and success in postsecondary education. ” - Kim Cook, Executive Director, National College Access Network
ConnectEDU Services
ConnectEDU is devoted to developing innovative technology to enable students to successfully manage their education and career. The data-driven solution helps to bridge the transitions between high school, college, and career, by making certain that students take the necessary steps at the right time to reach their goals. By using real data, ConnectEDU enables students to make informed decisions about the best choices for them. In addition to guiding students, the technology supports all of the adults who work with them, including their parents, counselors, school administrators, and mentors.
Key features in the ConnectEDU Data Reporting Solution available to NCAN members include: Tracking of Program Services; Curriculum Planning; Career Assessments; Test Preparation; SuperAPP Application Processing; Financial Aid Planning; Employer Mentoring; Tutoring w/Essay writing; Resume Wizard for Assistance; and Scholarship Search and Match. Data reporting features include template-based reporting to assist NCAN members in measuring student performance and activity levels against program benchmarks.
In addition, ConnectEDU solutions leverage social media tools in a Purpose Network™. Important messages from colleges, counselors and advisors are delivered to the student through their preferred communication media (email, text, Facebook, etc.) with the student in control of with whom they are sharing information.
With ConnectEDU’s core solution, Connect!, the following key features are available to NCAN members to support their students and programs and include: Student Portfolios, College Search & Match, College List Manager, College Preferences Interview, Skills/Interests/Values Interviews, Career Pathways Explorer, Labor Market Forecasts, Customer Support Portal and more.
Included in a partnership relationship is online training on a regular basis, 24/7 Help support, and discounted pricing available through your NCAN membership. The shared vision of ConnectEDU and NCAN membership to provide access and support to all students is demonstrated by valuing each and every college access organization regardless of size.
ConnectEDU Introductory Webinars and Member Pricing
ConnectEDU will host monthly webinars to demonstrate the Connect! Community network and data management system. The webinars include the demonstration, as well as the ability to ask questions. All members are able to join the webinars, but the focus of the presentation will be for programs with fewer than 1,000 students. For more information on ConnectEDU webinars, please see our NCAN Events page. For more information about the specific member discounted pricing, click here.
About ConnectEDU
ConnectEDU is devoted to developing innovative technology to help students successfully manage their education and launch their career. We help students graduate from high school, find and enroll in the right college, persist and earn a degree, gain the skills required to be competitive in a global economy, and launch their career. Our data-driven technology products and solutions help to bridge the transitions between high school, college, and career, by making certain that students take the necessary steps at the right time to be successful.
By using real data, we enable students to make informed decisions about the best choices for them. In addition to guiding students, we support all of the adults who work with them, including their parents, counselors, school administrators, and mentors connecting all involved in the Connect! Community - a Purpose Network™.
ConnectEDU’s approach gives every student, from every neighborhood across the country, the best opportunity to achieve the dream of a college education and a promising career. ConnectEDU is committed to aiding the underserved populations where our technology is most needed by providing free tools for students and high schools.