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| Company type | Private |
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| Founder | Jim Wolfston |
| Headquarters | Portland, OR , USA |
Number of employees | 165 (2017) |
| Website | corp |
CollegeNET, Inc. is an American developer of web technologies used for higher education. The company is based in Portland, Oregon. [1] [2]
Founded as Universal Algorithms, Inc. in 1977, the company introduced the first automated classroom scheduling program for higher education in 1979. [3] The company continued to expand the scheduling program to include event scheduling and resource management and calendar publishing. The company also introduced web-based graphical analysis tools for campus space planning. [4] In 1995, the company began offering Software as a Service (SaaS) to institutions with the ApplyWeb® system, which included online admission application processing and evaluation for colleges and universities, as well as recruitment and communication management tools. [5] [6]
The company changed its name to CollegeNET, Inc. in May 1999. In recent years, CollegeNET has expanded its products to include online course evaluation surveys; self-service custom forms creation; virtual classroom instruction; and video interview practice for career services, job applicants, and classroom instruction. [7]
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Stanford University, Yale University, University of Michigan, Elon University, University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Berkeley, University of Washington, Oregon State University, and approximately 1,000 other colleges and universities use CollegeNET's services. [13]
CollegeNET produces the Social Mobility Index (SMI) which measures the degree to which individual colleges and universities contribute to social mobility. [14]
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