Once again I read an article about "surviving" registration... Donna Edzard's comments are both accurate and humorous; and her advice is solid.
Nevertheless, I cringe as I read a student's assessment of our registration process (forms, lines, convoluted steps - just to name a few). I know we can do better.
I want Newspeak to be the first to know that last Friday, WPI signed a contract with our software supplier for a product that will allow students to register via the World Wide Web. I am thrilled (to put it mildly)!
Students will use a secure PIN number to access their own academic information in order to select courses, add/drop, view their grades, etc. It will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We hope to conduct the first "live" test in less than a year, and be in full production soon after that.
In a few years, I hope to read a Newspeak article in which students bemoan the fact that registration is so painless, that they don't know what to do with all their free time!
Thanks for your interest.
Kari E. Blinn - Registrar
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