Educational Communities Choose Higher Reach by Jenzabar for Continuing Education and Workforce Development Programs
Jenzabar®, Inc., a leading provider of software, services and strategies for higher education, announced today that Jenzabar's continuing education platform, Higher Reach, has grown over 50 percent over the last year. Educational communities with continuing education, workforce development, and certificate programs continue to adopt Higher Reach and experience substantial cost and time savings.
With the upsurge of "new traditional" students in higher education, schools are seeking ways to become more effective recruiting and engaging with these students. Jenzabar's continuing education unit has grown by more than 50 percent over the last year and by roughly 450 percent in the past three years. Higher Reach by Jenzabar is flexible, full-featured, scalable software that supports the entire continuing education ecosystem, including online, adult, professional, and workforce development programs.
One of the many notable institutions that have adopted Higher Reach by Jenzabar in the past year is California State University San Marcos (CSUSM). CSUSM is one of the newest members of the 23-institution Cal State system, the largest higher education system in the United States educating over 1 million traditional and "new-traditional" and continuing education students every year. Located 30 miles from San Diego, CSUSM enrolls approximately 10,000 traditional students and 1000 new-traditional students and is the third fastest growing school within the entire Cal State System.
"With our new-traditional student programs rising, Extended Learning evaluated multiple systems and determined the best one for multiple reasons was to use Higher Reach to help us continue to stay on top of the changing needs of these specific students," said Mike Schroder, Dean of Extended Learning at California State University San Marcos. "Higher Reach will allow us to manage our adult learners while also freeing up staff time so we can focus resources on new program development, enrollment management and be more fiscally responsive."
The latest release of Higher Reach contains an integrated Facebook application and significant new self service and financial functionalities. Jenzabar recently partnered with Leads360, a lead management system, and MindEdge, a course content provider, to integrate with Higher Reach. SIIA named Higher Reach a CODiE Award finalist the last two years.
"Continuing education has experienced tremendous growth and we expect the progression to carry on," said Chris Hartigan, Jenzabar Vice President and General Manager, Continuing Education Business Unit. "Jenzabar solidified its continuing education strategy over the last few years, addressing the entire academic and administrative needs for these programs. As a result, we are well positioned for growth and have gained new high profile customers."
About Jenzabar, Inc.
Jenzabar, Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise software and services developed exclusively for higher education. With more than 40 years of combined experience offering technology solutions to colleges and universities, Jenzabar is the trusted partner of choice to more than 700 campuses worldwide, including private liberal arts, state, and community colleges and business, medical, law and other graduate schools. Jenzabar is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with regional offices located across the United States. For further information, please visit www.jenzabar.com.
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