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Managing and reporting on faculty members' intellectual contributions for renewal or for accreditation requires massive amount of data sets. To help streamline the process, Scholar Activity system offers timely and accurate reporting tools. The user interface is user-friendly and our clients can begin using the system immediately without any training required.
 Generate reports for
internal reviews and accrediting bodies
Generate reports on faculty accomplishments
Generate reports on teaching and service
AACSB reports for business schools
Fully customizable solutions
University-wide implementation
- What is Scholar Activity?
Scholar Activity is a web-based faculty portfolio system
for higher education to standardize the collection of data
and reports on faculty accomplishments & service activities.
Reports can be used for accreditation compliance,
faculty teaching and service deployment, internal reviews,
promotion & tenure among others. Reports can be used for specialized accrediting bodies
(AACSB, ABET, ACBSP, NCATE), regional accrediting bodies (MSA, NEASC, SACS, WASC, etc),
State or System Office, and for Internal Reports.
- Why should our college implement Scholar Activity?
Generate a standardized c.v. for all faculty for quick and easy review.
Colleges choose to implement Scholar Activity because it is highly cost-effective
and beneficial among a variety of reasons;
- It is less expensive than building an in-house system.
- Reports for accrediting bodies (AACSB) and for internal use are available instantaneously.
- Reports can be made available to all users to make well-informed decisions.
- All data captured over-time can be queried in multiple occasions.
- Faculty activities are continuously updated to reflect on accomplishments.
- Standardization of reports makes review less complicating.
- Showcase faculty accomplishments to all stakeholders involve
- Data management has become a necessity for all specialized accrediting bodies.
- Are there reports suitable for
specialized program accreditation such as AACSB, ABET, etc?
Yes, we have several predefined reports according to
AACSB and ABET reporting format and requirements.
These reports calculate and aggregate all data instantly.
- What other reports are available?
There are multiple reports suitable for use in faculty deployment,
internal reviews, among others. These reports can be used in conjunction
to reports for external and internal constituents.
There are too many reports to list here, but sample reports includes;
| - Teaching Activities (Business school) |
- Number of Journals Published |
| - Research Activities |
- Faculty Development |
| - Service Activities |
- Faculty Standardized Vitae |
| - Internal & External Grants |
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- How accurate are the reports?
All reports generated have been tested and used at colleges that have
implemented Scholar Activity. All forms are programmed to capture the most pertinent data to generate
the multiple reports on faculty activities and accomplishments.
- Can we customize reports other than
the general released reports?
Yes. We will work with you to customize reports according to your specific needs.
- Can files be uploaded?
Yes. At the college access level, accreditation documents, minutes, etc can be uploaded and are instantaneously available to all users. At the faculty access level, journal articles, etc can be uploaded and available as a hyperlink in various reports. Acceptable files are .doc, .xls, .ppt, .txt, and .pdf
- What about usability?
Scholar Activity is very user-friendly and easy to navigate.
Help utilities and instructions are available throughout the system. Users can cut and paste to fields in a form making it less time-consuming.
- How secure is Scholar Activity?
All data transmissions are secured over a 128 bit SSL certificates.
Data are stored in two servers at a Tier-1 data center in California
and offers an additional back-up in Connecticut.
Security on the network, applications and databases are supported by our hosting provider.
- What about privacy issues?
At Scholar Systems, we do not sell, market, or use your data for any reasons.
All data collected are owned by the institution or college.
We do not collect nor require any personal or sensitive information
other than a valid college e-mail address.
- How reliable and accessible is Scholar Activity?
Scholar Activity is hosted at Intermedia, Inc. with a network uptime of 99.99%
and applications uptime of 99.5%. Our back-end technologies enabled multiple users
to log in at the same time and system processing is quick and instantaneous.
Over the past year, Scholar Activity has always been up and running and is
easily assessible from anywhere, at anyplace and at anytime.
- Are servers and software required to be installed?
No server and software are needed to be installed at your campus.
Scholar Activity is a web-based system and all servers and applications
are provided by Scholar Systems. All you need is an internet connection
via your local ISP, and a web browser (I.E. 6 or higher, Firefox 2 or higher
and Netscape 4 or higher). No investment in I.T. is required to use Scholar Activity.
- Is training provided by Scholar Systems?
Yes. We offer training at your location at no additional cost (travel reimbursed).
However, no colleges have required any training yet.
Scholar Activity is easy to use, is user-friendly and is easy to navigate that all users
can begin using without much assistance.
- What kind of support service is provided?
We will assist in all set-up, implementation and continuous assistance
to any issues you may encounter at no additional cost. We quickly response
to any inquiries and help resolve matters in as quickly as one day
to two days depending on the issue.
- How can I implement Scholar Activity at my college?
There are two forms of implementation; 1) the university annual license
or 2) the college annual license. The university license is implemented
campus-wide with more than two colleges. Please contact us for more information
and for the annual licensing fees. Once we get all the required information
to set-up the system, implementation can be as quick as two days.
- Can we request for a demonstration of Scholar Activity at our college?
Yes. Please contact us to schedule a time and day.
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"I am writing to express my gratitude for the excellent faculty database. I am preparing the 2007-2008 Annual Report and Scholar Activity has been a great tool to gather summary data. Congratulations for producing the leading faculty database available".
Siamack Shojai, Ph.D.,
Dean, School of Business,
Central Connecticut State University
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Quick turnaround implementation
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Full technical support
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Reports Customization
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Training sessions
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