New Orleans College District "Blown Away" by Gift for Student Success

(PRWEB) April 13, 2006 -- Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans just one week after classes began at Delgado Community College District’s five campuses. Instead of experiencing college life and the higher education

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 classroom environment, people were running for their lives. Anna Gosselin and Lisa De Jesus of Education

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 Systems, Inc., a San Diego based enrollment management Software Company for higher education had just left Delgado’s City Park campus three days before Katrina hit. They were at Delgado to train the Enrollment Management team, led by Gwen Boutte, on Education Systems’ Enrollment Management Action System Recruitment Pro. Both Anna and Lisa agree, the mood about the weather was unremarkable, oddly enough. They did know this much, Ms. Boutte had spent the past year preparing, and winning, a grant to purchase their company’s software, Enrollment Management Action System Recruitment Pro which Ms. Boutte knew would have an impact on communicating with prospective students in New Orleans. She wanted to reach out to them via the phone, letters and emails and encourage them to enroll all the while maintaining a database of information on the communication. After Katrina, however, there were no mailboxes to deliver letters and there were no phone lines, either on campus or in the homes of students. Communication, literally, came to a standstill.

Education Systems, Inc. quickly realized that Enrollment Management Action System Recruitment Pro, the tool Ms. Boutte had worked so hard to acquire was inaccessible without a campus. Until she and her staff had a desktop and an office, communication and student information gathering would be put on hold. Education Systems, Inc. wanted to help and have donated Enrollment Management Action System Recruitment Pro Online, a $51,000 value, to help Delgado Community College District communicate with students. Enrollment Management Action System Recruitment Pro Online will engage students at what is often the earliest point of contact - the Internet. With students still scattered about the country, using Enrollment Management Action System Recruitment Pro Online as their web based portal, Ms. Boutte and her staff can quickly communicate events, news, and even offer an online application. Also, students can chat with each other, or staff, to learn

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 more about Delgado and each other. Best of all, the student information gathered by Enrollment Management Action System Recruitment Pro Online is stored in the Enrollment Management Action System Recruitment Pro database!

When Hurricane Katrina caused massive damage to New Orleans, Education Systems, Inc. sought to help. The team at Education Systems, Inc. said, “We wanted to contribute to the area in some way and, through Delgado Community College District and Ms. Boutte, we knew we did the right thing by donating Enrollment Management Action System Recruitment Pro Online. The community college is a necessary engine to the local economy”. Andrew Nassir, President of Education Systems, Inc said, “Community colleges educate more than half the nation's undergraduates. Each community college is a distinct educational institution, loosely linked to other community colleges by the shared goals of access and service. Open admissions and the tradition of charging low tuition are among the practices they have in common. Delgado Community College District is focused on encouraging self-esteem, self-concept, and the confidence every student needs to succeed in the New Orleans community and contribute to it as well. Education Systems, Inc. is proud to have helped to continue this effort.”

About Education Systems, Inc.:
Education Systems, Inc, a La Jolla, California based company, is focused on providing colleges, universities and community colleges software systems that improve their ability to obtain and surpass their strategic enrollment goals. The organization and their software solutions help the Enrollment Management and Admissions Departments to be more efficient and effective in achieving enrollment goals. They are strongly equipped to help Enrollment Management professionals be successful because their software solutions are directly shaped by the same professionals. The Education System’s governance consists of these professionals. They direct the product and organizational direction and keep them directly in touch with a dynamic profession. This unique organizational structure and their ability to deliver leading "best practices" software solutions has gained Education Systems over 150 colleges and universities across all types of Higher Education institutions -- private colleges, major public universities, and community colleges.