Last year at the Washington International Education Conference we were walked through an impressive back-end dashboard that the Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission was using to keep track of students currently studying in the US. The system allowed counselors at SACM to receive automated messages when a students GPA dipped below a certain point or when a student dropped a class that could potentially put their visa in jeopardy. It also allowed students to view their requirements, reminders about I-20 information and visas, see when their disbursements were coming, and quite a bit more. We thought the system was a huge improvement and allowed the counselors to free up some of their phone time spent responding to questions the students could answer themselves.
Yesterday the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) in Saudi Arabia announced the release of their official iPhone app (so exciting!). The iPhone app (there is an android version, but I have an iPhone, so that’s the app I played with!) includes information aimed at students including recent news from MoHE, recommended universities database, following up on application status, student eportal and a listing of the different cultural and educational offices around the world. Pretty good stuff. There were some issues with the university search, but its a good starting point.
Some screen shots:
Main menu:
Example of a search for “Virginia” in the “recommended colleges” section
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