SAN DIEGO, Oct 25, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Foundation for California Community Colleges (Foundation) has partnered with Portfolium to offer their Student Success platform to the California Community Colleges through the Foundation's purchasing program, CollegeBuys. CollegeBuys offers discounts of up to 85 percent on a wide range of educational products, including industry-leading software and technology. Through Portfolium's agreement with CollegeBuys, colleges can now use Portfolium to help students reflect on learning, assess learning outcomes, measure and certify competencies. and map intentional pathways to careers.
The Foundation and Portfolium partnership is timely as community colleges are looking to increase their effectiveness and make significant gains in the number of students who complete a certificate or degree or transfer, and are employed in their chosen field.
As the only Student Success Network, Portfolium supports the efforts of community colleges by:
- Support traditional and non-traditional student transfers
- Creating clear career guided pathways
- Identifying the hard and soft skills needed to achieve career success
- Reporting on career success for students entering the workforce
Portfolium provides colleges with the resources necessary to easily launch the platform and integrate it with pre-existing technologies such as the Canvas learning management system by Instructure; pre-existing institutional initiatives; and pre-approved procurement policies.
As a full-stack Student Success Network, Portfolium's platform includes lifelong ePortfolios, fully-integrative assessment and accreditation software, digital badging, learning pathways, and a social network connecting learners to peers and employers around the world. As of 2018, over 4M+ students from 3,600+ colleges, universities and high schools use Portfolium to manage and align competency assessment, student success, and career readiness programs. Learn more at Portfolium.com.
For more information, please contact:
Nick Huberty
Director of Academic Partnerships
Portfolium
nick(at)portfolium(dot)com
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About the Foundation for California Community Colleges
The Foundation for California Community Colleges is the official nonprofit foundation to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors and Chancellor's Office. The Foundation's mission is to benefit, support, and enhance the missions of the California Community Colleges, the largest higher education system in the nation. Incorporated in 1998, the Foundation works to benefit all California Community College students, colleges, college foundations, and the system as a whole by accelerating paths to economic and social mobility, strengthening communities, and reducing barriers to opportunities for all Californians. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit corporation and receives no direct state or public support. For more information, visit http://www.foundationccc.org.
About CollegeBuys
CollegeBuys is the Foundation's systemwide procurement vehicle that leverages the buying power of California's 115 community colleges to offer discounts of up to 85 percent on a wide range of educational products—from industry-leading software and technology to high quality office and classroom furniture.
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