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Degree Planner

Project Status: Implementation

The College Source uAchieve Degree Planner is an academic planning technology solution for students that leverages existing degree audit data to create personalized term recommendations leading to graduation. The uAchieve academic planning system includes degree audit, planning, and schedule-building components that work together to maximize credit applicability and ensure students have accurate, complete, and personalized information to achieve their educational goals on time and on their terms. The degree planning tool will enhance academic advising through transparency in student planning and advisor feedback on degree plans. 

Accomplished

  • Completed pre-kickoff activities
  • Finalized the Charter
  • Solidified project team
  • Reviewed and finalized the project timeline with the vendor.

In Progress

  • Preparing to move College Source to a cloud-based system.
  • Meeting biweekly with vendor and project team
  • College Source team working with PSU OIT to set up Single Sign On (SSO) access. 

Project Health

  • College Source will need to successfully move to a cloud-based system before software implementation can begin.

Project Team

Executive Sponsor: Sheila Martin
Sponsors: Ryan Bass and Andrea Garrity
Project Leads: Nicolle DuPont and Karenna Wait
Project Managers: Pamela Bock (OSS) and Francesca Leaf (OIT)
Pilot Group: TBD
Team Members (Cloud Migration and Data Integration): Michael Mitchell, JD Knapp, Kathy Thomas
Team Members (Tool Implementation): Randi Harris, Beth Holmes, Kathy Thomas, Suzanne Koedoot
Collaborators: Brian Auriti