CR80News | Heartland Smart Ops helps career school administrators streamline operations

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Administrators of career colleges and schools can now automate historically manual operations and integrate them with the processing of payments using technology from Heartland Payment Systems in partnership with Training Masters, a consulting and training company for post-secondary career schools.

Called Heartland Smart Ops, the Web-based, integrated school management system can handle financial, admissions and education management, as well as financial aid payments. It helps administrators manage their schools, especially the financial and reporting responsibilities that are vital to receiving grants and government funding, with no added investment in equipment, software or IT support.

Smart Ops also has a student portal feature which allows students to pay for tuition and other school-related expenses, and access their grades, class schedules, school event information, and security alerts.

Integrated into Smart Ops are Heartland’s payments solutions for card processing, online payments, check management and payroll and its Campus OneCard System that can be used for access and security, attendance tracking and financial aid and work-study funds disbursement.

Heartland acquires K-12 nutrition and POS provider School-Link Technologies

Heartland School Solutions has acquired School-Link Technologies Inc., a privately-held provider of K-12 school nutrition and point-of-sale solutions.

Heartland’s suite of front- and back-of-the-house K-12 school nutrition and POS technology solutions automate and streamline inventory management and menu planning, as well as track purchases and manage Free and Reduced Meal Applications, among other things.

Payment cards complement student IDs in campus laundry facilities

Florida students have more payment options thanks to wireless WaveRiders

A new laundry payment and management system at the University of Florida accepts the GatorOne campus ID card as well as credit and debit cards.

Alabama schools in pilot program to track students riding buses

The Huntsville, Ala. school district is conducting a pilot program that will track when and where students get on and off the bus. Currently, three schools–an elementary, middle and high school–are involved in the pilot.

Student information at Orlando college posted online

Personal information of 9,000 current and prospective students was inadvertently posted online by Valencia College in Orlando. The school has apologized for the mistake.

The information included the students’ names, addresses, dates of birth and student ID numbers but not their Social Security numbers or financial information.

South Carolina chooses Heartland for financial aid disbursement

Heartland Payment Systems Campus Solutions division, in partnership with Bridgeway Solutions, an identification and security solutions provider, has been chosen as one of South Carolina’s preferred system providers for electronic disbursement of financial aid refunds and payments to students.

Heartland signs up more colleges

Heartland Payment Systems Campus Solutions division has recruited 12 higher education districts and campuses totaling 20 different colleges to manage the schools’ financial aid disbursement services utilizing Heartland’s Acceluraid electronic disbursement product.

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Heartland Smart Ops helps career school administrators streamline operations