Kentucky eTranscript Streamlines College Admission Process
August 6, 2013 – Blaine, Minn. – The Commonwealth of Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) has developed a statewide electronic transcript initiative, “Kentucky eTranscript.” The adoption of eTranscripts will ease the college admissions process, reduce costs and save valuable time for stakeholders.
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KDE recognized the advantages of establishing a data management system
that was uniform from state level to the smallest district. In 2006, it
chose Infinite Campus, the largest American-owned student information
system, to serve its 174 districts.
Infinite Campus is proud to partner with the elected eTranscript
service provider, Parchment. Beginning of the 2013-14 school year,
Kentucky public high school students can electronically send their
transcripts to the 48 participating, Kentucky postsecondary members of
Parchment at no cost.
“Infinite Campus pleased to extend Kentucky’s investment in their
statewide Student Information System by supporting the Kentucky
eTranscript initiative,” says Eric Creighton, Infinite Campus Chief
Operating Officer. “Using innovative, forward-thinking technology to
streamline processes provides significant cost saving for Kentucky’s
taxpayers. While this functionality is available to all Campus customers
nationwide, Kentucky is the first to make available at no charge to
their graduating seniors. The use of eTranscripts will encourage more
students to pursue a postsecondary education by simplifying the process
for all stakeholders.”
Jefferson County Public Schools will be the first to make the system
available district wide. By the end of 2013, Kentucky eTranscript should
be available to students in public and private high schools across the
entire state.
Our partnership with Parchment gives parents, guardians and students convenient online access to request, process and automate the delivery of eTranscripts to higher education institutions,” says Creighton. “With this alliance, our customers can rely on an integrated, secure method to submit education credentials.”
About Infinite Campus
For more than 18 years, Infinite Campus has successfully implemented
its solutions for customers of all sizes. As the largest American-owned
student information system provider, it manages more than 5.3 million
students in 43 states. Infinite Campus customers range from those with
fewer than 100 students to those with more than 600,000 students, and
include school district, regional consortia, state departments of
education and the federal government.
www.infinitecampus.com
About Parchment
Parchment is the leader in electronic transcript (eTranscript)
exchange, allowing learners and institutions to collect, analyze, use
and share their education credentials in simple and secure ways. More
than 7,700 active member high schools and postsecondary institutions,
including 8 statewide initiatives, have exchanged nearly 10 million
transcripts using Parchment Exchange. Founded in 2003, Parchment Inc. is
a venture-backed company headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ, with offices
in Roseville, CA, Denver, CO, Grand Rapids, MI and Washington, DC.