Ditch Your Biometric Scanner: Four Reasons Why Software Is A Better Attendance Solution

Software provides the same level of compliant verification with more flexibility and a better student and staff experience than biometric scanners. When biometric scanners rose to prominence as a secure way to track attendance, they solved a critical problem for career colleges. Finally, when auditors arrived, schools could verify student identity without question. However, while… Continue reading Ditch Your Biometric Scanner: Four Reasons Why Software Is A Better Attendance Solution

The Best Attendance Method for Career Institutes, Ranked

From software to time clocks, these are the best attendance methods for career institutes, ranked.  Career colleges are innovators in their field, educating future essential workers on the latest and greatest in trade technology. Technology has changed drastically over the last 20 years and career colleges have adapted to teach their students new/relevant skills necessary… Continue reading The Best Attendance Method for Career Institutes, Ranked

Management Software for Cosmetology Schools

Software built for cosmetology schools helps automate attendance, track practical operations, prepare for audits, and boost retention.  Anyone who tried to cut their hair during the pandemic knows how talented salon professionals are. It’s complex work that takes hundreds of hours of training to become a professional. Unfortunately, many of the schools that educate these… Continue reading Management Software for Cosmetology Schools

How Career Institutes Can View Last Day Attended Daily In Asynchronous Learning

With attendance software for asynchronous learning, career colleges with clock-to-credit hour hybrid programs and credit hour asynchronous courses can automate attendance and view updated last day attended daily. When COVID-19 forced a rapid transition to remote learning, career institutes went above and beyond to continue educating students with limited guidance from accreditors and the Department… Continue reading How Career Institutes Can View Last Day Attended Daily In Asynchronous Learning

[Case Study] How Unitek College Improved Compliance With CourseKey

Unitek College is a private, ACCSC accredited institution operating in Northern California since 2002. They’re one of the leading providers of healthcare and nursing education on the west coast, with multiple campuses having received the ACCSC “School of Excellence” distinction. Unitek’s goal is to help graduates take control of their professional futures through career training,… Continue reading [Case Study] How Unitek College Improved Compliance With CourseKey

How Career Colleges Can Track Attendance Across Different Learning Environments

How trade and technical schools can track timely and accurate student attendance in distance learning, onground learning, and externships.  The scene is iconic for a reason. Anyone who has sat through a roll call knows it’s a dull, time-consuming way to begin class. For trade and vocational schools, however, taking attendance is no joke—funding and… Continue reading How Career Colleges Can Track Attendance Across Different Learning Environments

Paul Mitchell Raleigh: Streamlined Attendance In Hybrid Programs

Learn how Paul Mitchell Raleigh used a cosmetology school attendance software to streamline attendance in hybrid programs.   Paul Mitchell Raleigh prepares its Future Professionals for successful careers in the beauty industry through a three leveled Cosmetology program. In the program, students take on progressively advanced techniques and build real-world skills on their way to becoming… Continue reading Paul Mitchell Raleigh: Streamlined Attendance In Hybrid Programs

How Paul Mitchell Salt Lake Decreased Time Spent Managing Attendance By 98%

Learn how Paul Mitchell the School Salt Lake used a cosmetology school attendance management software to streamline attendance. Paul Mitchell the School Salt Lake (PM Salt Lake) is a cosmetology school in Salt Lake City, Utah, that provides cutting edge cosmetology, barbering, and esthetics programs to prepare their future professionals for careers across the beauty… Continue reading How Paul Mitchell Salt Lake Decreased Time Spent Managing Attendance By 98%

How One Technical College Lifted Student Retention By 7%

Onondaga-Cortland-Madison Counties Board of Cooperative Education Services (OCM BOCES) is a technical school in Syracuse, NY that offers a variety of technical and medical training programs, including welding, construction, practical nursing, medical assisting, and dental assisting. It services approximately 250 full-time students at a time, the majority of whom attend courses on-ground, while the remaining… Continue reading How One Technical College Lifted Student Retention By 7%

[Case Study] High Attendance Tied To High Grades

CourseKey worked with an instructor at San Diego State University and researchers out of the University of Texas at Arlington and the Fair Isaac Corporation to understand how using CourseKey for attendance tracking impacts a student’s final grade. CourseKey was used for the duration of the Fall 2017 term for attendance tracking and in-class assessments… Continue reading [Case Study] High Attendance Tied To High Grades