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Why EMPOWER: Hosting

For institutions that want to license EMPOWER but do not want to manage the operational aspects of a major computer system, we offer the option of hosting.  In this scenario, EMPOWER takes on all system operations by running the software in our data center.  Access at your institution is via high speed Internet connections and… Continue Reading

Top-Ten IT Issues in Higher Education

EDUCAUSE is back with the results from its annual Current Issues Survey.  The electronic survey gathered information about what leaders in higher education deemed the top-ten issues of strategic importance in higher education. Survey participants were asked to select five issues of maximum importance from a list of twenty-seven options based on 4 criteria: Issues… Continue Reading

Monthly SIM Meetings

The staff at Newman University hold monthly student information management (SIM) meetings designed to make using EMPOWER even easier. Their mission is “We decide, together, how to implement technology to process and distribute student and other constituent information.” The informal, roughly hour-long meetings include at least one “power user” from each module, the Controller, the Institutional… Continue Reading