Apparatus and method for administering a scholastic application program

• US 20060136243A1
• Filed: 12/22/2004
• Published: 06/22/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mark Cady
• Original Assignee: Mark Cady
• Inventors: Cady, Mark
• Application Number:
  US11/019,873
• Publication Number:
  US 20060136243A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/326
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/205 Education administration or guidance

Abstract

The invention is an apparatus and method for administering a scholastic application program. An electronic transcript of a candidate is received by a clearinghouse from a school. The candidate selects one or more institutions and instructs the clearinghouse to transmit the electronic transcript to the institutions for the purpose of a screening review. The institutions receive the electronic transcript and perform automated reviews of the electronic transcript using pre-determined criteria. If the candidate satisfies the predetermined criteria for an institution, the candidate is invited to apply for admission by the institution.

Claims

1. A method for administering scholastic applications comprising the steps of:

a. receiving by a clearinghouse of an electronic transcript from a school, said electronic transcript being associated with a performance by a candidate;

b. storing by said clearinghouse of said electronic transcript in a clearinghouse computer memory;

c. receiving by said clearinghouse of a permission from an institution, said permission authorizing said clearinghouse to transmit said electronic transcript to said institution;

d. receiving by said clearinghouse from said candidate of an instruction, said instruction directing said clearinghouse to obtain for said candidate a screening review of said electronic transcript by submitting said electronic transcript to said institution;

e. transmitting by said clearinghouse of said electronic transcript to said institution.

2. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising the step of:

providing by said clearinghouse of an opportunity for said candidate to select said institution from among a plurality of said institutions.

3. The method of claim 2, the method further comprising the steps of:

a. providing by said clearinghouse to said candidate an opportunity to select candidate data, said candidate data including an intended major of said candidate;

b. receiving said candidate data by said clearinghouse;

c. transmitting said candidate data by said clearinghouse to said institution.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein each of said steps of receiving or transmitting said electronic transcript or said electronic authorization comprises receiving or transmitting said electronic transcript or said electronic authorization over a computer network.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said computer network is an internet.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein said opportunity to select candidate data includes said opportunity to select candidate data specified by said institution.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

a. receiving by said clearinghouse of a result of said screening review by said institution;

b. transmitting by said clearinghouse to said candidate of said result of said screening review by said institution.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

a. receiving by said clearinghouse from said candidate of a request for a comparison to prior year admissions to said institution;

b. determining a transcript metric for said candidate;

c. comparing said transcript metric of said candidate to a plurality of prior year transcript metrics corresponding to a plurality of prior year candidates;

d. determining a comparison of prior year admissions to said candidate based on said comparison of said transcript metric to said plurality of prior year transcript metrics;

e. transmitting said likelihood of admission to said candidate.

9. An apparatus for administering a scholastic education program, the apparatus comprising:

a. a clearinghouse computer programmed to receive an electronic transcript, said electronic transcript being associated with a performance of a candidate;

b. said clearinghouse computer having a computer memory, said clearinghouse computer being programmed to store said electronic transcript in said computer memory;

c. said clearinghouse computer being programmed to receive a permission from an institution, said permission authorizing said clearinghouse to transmit said electronic transcript to said institution;

d. said clearinghouse computer being programmed to receive from said candidate an instruction to submit a request for screening review to said institution;

e. said clearinghouse computer being programmed to transmit said request for screening review and said electronic transcript to said institution.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 further comprising:

a computer network, said clearinghouse computer being programmed to communicate over said computer network with said institution and said candidate.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein said computer network is an Internet.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein said clearinghouse computer is programmed to provide said candidate an opportunity to select said institution from among a plurality of said institutions.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said clearinghouse computer is programmed to receive candidate data and to provide said candidate data to said institution, said candidate data including an intended major of said candidate.

14. A method for administering scholastic applications, the method comprising the steps of:

a. developing by an institution of an automated transcript screening criteria;

b. granting a permission by said institution for a clearinghouse to transmit an electronic transcript to said institution for purposes of a screening review, said electronic transcript being associated with a candidate, said electronic transcript not being accompanied by an application for admission to said institution;

c. receiving by said institution of said electronic transcript;

d. storing in an institution computer memory of said electronic transcript by said institution;

e. screening said electronic transcript by said institution by automated application of said automated transcript screening criteria to said electronic transcript by said institution computer;

f. transmitting to said candidate of a result of said screening of said electronic transcript by said institution.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein said steps of receiving said transcript and transmitting said result of said screening to said candidate occur over a computer network.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein said computer network is an Internet.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising:

assigning by said institution of a recruitment priority to said candidate.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

recruiting said candidate by said institution, said recruitment of said candidate having a degree, said degree of said recruitment being determined by said recruitment priority.

19. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

inviting by said institution to said candidate for said candidate to apply for admission to said institution.

20. The method of claim 19, comprising the further sequential steps of:

a. receiving by said institution from said candidate of said application for admission, said institution receiving said application after transmitting to said candidate said result of said screening of said electronic transcript associated with said candidate;

b. evaluating said application by said institution;

c. making a decision by said institution of whether to admit said candidate;

d. notifying said candidate of said decision of whether to admit said candidate.

21. The method of claim 14, comprising the following additional steps:

a. receiving a request to determine a comparison to prior year admissions to said candidate;

b. determining a transcript metric for said candidate by said institution;

c. comparing said transcript metric of said candidate to a plurality of prior year transcript metrics corresponding to a plurality of prior year candidates;

d. determining said comparison to prior year admissions to said candidate based on said comparison of said transcript metric to said plurality of prior year transcript metrics;

e. transmitting to said candidate said comparison to prior year admissions.

22. An apparatus for administering a scholastic application program, the apparatus comprising:

a. an institution computer, said institution computer having a computer memory;

b. automated transcript screening criteria resident in said computer memory, said institution computer being programmed to apply said automated transcript screening criteria to an electronic transcript;

c. a computer network;

d. said institution computer being programmed to receive an electronic transcript from a clearinghouse computer over said computer network, said electronic transcript being associated with a candidate;

e. said institution computer being programmed to store said electronic transcript in said computer memory;

f. said institution computer being programmed to screen said electronic transcript by applying said screening criteria to said electronic transcript;

g. said institution computer being programmed to transmit to said candidate a result of said screening of said electronic transcript.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 wherein said computer network is an Internet.

24. The apparatus of claim 23 wherein said institution computer is programmed to receive candidate data from said clearinghouse, said candidate data including an intended major of said candidate, said institution computer being further programmed to consider said candidate data in said applying of said screening criteria.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 wherein said institution computer is programmed to assign a recruitment priority to said candidate, said recruitment priority being determined by said result of said screening.

26. The apparatus of claim 25, further comprising:

a. said institution computer being adapted to determine a transcript metric for said candidate;

b. said institution computer being adapted to determine a comparison to prior year admissions for said candidate by comparing said transcript metric for said candidate to a plurality of prior year transcript metrics corresponding to a plurality of prior year candidates;

c. said institution computer being adapted to incorporate said comparison to prior year admissions into said result of said screening step and to transmit to said candidate said comparison to prior year admissions.