Tk20 Announces HigherEd™ v4.0

Tk20, a leading provider of assessment and reporting solutions for Colleges and Universities has announced version 4.0 of its HigherEd system. HigherEd v4.0 is a complete, end-to-end solution for managing unit, college and university performance with customization and sophisticated reporting in one package. The company customizes the installation of the system to operate within each college’s existing processes. This ensures that the unique needs of each unit are met while speeding system adoption by university administration, faculty and students.

“Program improvement through data driven decision making prompted the search for an assessment tool that would meet our assessment system’s needs and provide the relevant data for national, state, and university program review and accreditation processes,” said Dr. Glen Casey, Associate Dean of the College of Education at California Polytechnic State University. “From the outset, Tk20 has proven extremely helpful by providing a workable project plan, interacting with on-site data management groups to assure them of security for all data needed, and readying those of us technically challenged to assimilate the intricacies of assessment and data management.”

HigherEd is a licensable system, meant to be owned by colleges. “Why should a university be forced to put their private data – one of their most important assets – in a system owned by someone else?” said Sabry Marikar, Tk20 Chief Executive Officer. “We find that most universities want to retain control over the security of their own data – and with Tk20, that’s never a problem.”

"After spending over 18 months evaluating a variety of solutions for our assessment needs, we felt that Tk20 was the most comprehensive system we could find. Since then our relationship with Tk20 has been a very positive one,” said Dr. Philip Waldrop, Associate Dean for Teacher Education at Middle Tennessee State University. "Our assessment plan is fairly complex and the system has handled the details well. The company has worked closely with us to refine our data collection strategies. As a matter of fact, they have provided us with a level of support that often has gone far beyond what they might be bound to contractually. It is this attention to fostering a good working relationship that clearly sets Tk20 apart from other vendors we deal with. We have been extremely happy with the company’s response to our requests and with the people at Tk20 that we work with. I would highly recommend TK20 for both product and support."

This latest release of HigherEd includes a completely redesigned portfolio module--making the process and the options much more comprehensive and user-friendly. Additionally, the system now allows users to have multiple roles, allows greater flexibility and customization in student field placement, a reporting catalog that includes just about all the reports a unit is likely to need for accreditation and SPA compliance, and improved discussion forums

About Tk20

Tk20, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. The professionals at Tk20 understand education – and we understand enterprise computing. That’s why our customers repeatedly report that we offer the most complete assessment and reporting solution for colleges and universities available today. For more information about CampusTools HigherEd, please visit us online at www.tk20.com, or email us at products@tk20.com