CAMBRIDGE, MA–June 12, 2001–Over the past several years, Roxbury Community College had envisioned a time when an integrated student and administrative database would provide comprehensive information so its staff could serve students better. "We previously had separate computer systems," Bill Fenstemacher, Roxbury's Special Assistant to the President, states. "Consequently, we were unable to transfer data between Admissions, Registration, Financial Aid, and the Business Office for student billing. Because of that, the Advising Offices had incomplete information about students for advising purposes. Also, our current software required a great deal of staff time to function properly."

When you consider that Roxbury has 3,200 students, you can see the size of the dilemma it was facing. So, the College decided to cut the problem down to size.

During the fall, the directors and key staff of those previously mentioned offices evaluated 15 different software vendors and, from that number, selected two to make presentations to the school. Based on overall content and operational capabilities, in January, Roxbury selected the Elite software package offered by Jenzabar, a leading provider of Internet enterprise software, e-learning solutions, and services to higher education. Roxbury opted for the complete Jenzabar Elite Student System (admissions, registration, financial aid, advising), the Financial Management System (all business functions, payroll, HR, and development), and the web interface.

And things began to come together quickly.

	Dr. Grace C. Brown and Bill Fenstemacher of Roxbury Community College

"Our partnership with Jenzabar will enable RCC to improve our services to students, by enhancing the information available for academic advising, course registration, financial assistance, personal counseling, and institutional financial management," Dr. Grace C. Brown, Roxbury's President notes. "Most importantly, this software supports our shared vision of providing seamless services to our students."

Acting as Roxbury's Project Manager for the software implementation, Bill Fenstemacher feels that the acquisition of the Jenzabar Elite software came at exactly the right time. "RCC is growing," Fenstemacher remarks. "It has had a greater than a 10% enrollment increase during each of the last two semesters, and our objective is to grow significantly in the next two years. We're getting things right, and Jenzabar will enable us to do even better. The Jenzabar software will provide RCC, for the first time, the information needed for strategic planning. It will support our efforts for continuous improvement in student services and our internal evaluation of managerial performance."

Now that is getting it together...the right way.

About Roxbury Community College
Located near the heart of Boston in the Roxbury/Dorchester area, Roxbury Community College (RCC) has both the expectation and obligation to serve - with excellence - communities with predominately minority and recent immigrant populations. An urban college, Roxbury holds the belief that all students admitted to RCC can learn, be retrained, and persist to completion of their educational objective. The mission of RCC is to provide - through its degree, certificate, and student development programs - instruction and personal growth experiences that prepare students for lifelong learning, employment, good citizenship, ethical conduct, and continuous development. Serving the learning needs of the Greater Roxbury area and surrounding communities, RCC has chosen mathematics, nursing, science, and technology as areas of primary focus.

About Jenzabar, Inc.
By improving the exchange of information through powerful business intelligence applications and services, Jenzabar's Internet enterprise software, e-learning solutions, and services deliver a competitive edge to higher education institutions. Dedicated to supporting and enhancing the educational community, Jenzabar's business units serve 700 higher education institutions worldwide, including students, professors, and administrators from private liberal arts, medical, law, state, and community colleges. Institutions employing Jenzabar solutions include The Claremont Colleges, Colby College, Daytona Beach Community College, William Mitchell College of Law, Governors State University, Bluffton College, Florida Southern College, Bay de Noc Community College, Berry College, and Harvard Medical School.

Jenzabar's offerings include Web-based enterprise software with student, institutional advancement, human resources, and financial applications; e-learning solutions; and a higher education enterprise information portal (EIP). Founded in 1998, Jenzabar is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and currently employs more than 300 people in regional offices across the United States.