Product Description

Horizons, Symplicity's study abroad management system, is a turn key solution that allows insitutions of all sizes to leverage an easy to use leading web based technology to manage student applications, information, and time sensitive deadlines. Horizons allows students to fill out 100% customizable online applications, research programs and providers, print course approval forms, and track progress on all applications required by the study abroad office.

Horizons also allows study abroad staff to create a searchable web-based database of all study abroad programs and providers. Study abroad offices are also able to manage all applications, course equivalencies, emergency contact information, and much more. Further, with Horizon's powerful ad-hoc reporting engine, staff members are easily able to gain insight into valuable statistics through easy to read reports.

Horizons employs the Symplicity e-Business Platform, a comprehensive set of state-of-the-art proven solutions that enable organizations to enhance their business process and address their unique set of challenges. This customized set of real-time tools, enables universities to identify, analyze, and act on mission critical information with newfound efficiency and accuracy, often resulting in better performance, while producing significant time and cost savings.

Horizons Student Benefits:

• Easy to use online step-by-step application process
• Automated alerts including deadline reminders, information session notices, and much more
• Searchable database of study abroad opportunities
• Review and RSVP for information sessions
• Online letters of reference
• One-click course approval forms with student information merged in
• Integrated online payment process (if your office requires an application fee)

Horizons Study Abroad Office Benefits:

• 100% customizable online forms
• Manage application process lifecycle, allowing you to send further online forms once students have been accepted
• Track communication and contact history with students using integrated notes database
• Post information sessions to an integrated calendar and review students who have RSVP'd allowing you to send updates and communications
• Integrated program and provider database
• Course equivalency database
• Integrates with Banner, PeopleSoft, Datatel, Jenzabar, and home-grown systems
• Powerful reporting engine allows customizable reports on any data contained within Horizons
• Powerful search criteria, allowing offices to search for students studying abroad based on major, geographic area, gender, and much more
• Powerful contact management tools allows you to e-mail or text message groups of students currently studying abroad