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Platinum members
Champion College Solutions
Economic Modeling Specialties Inc.
McGraw-Hill Education
Outsource Marketing
All Star Directories
Gold members
LeMaster Daniels
EdFund
Pearson Education
Plattform Advertising/Career College Central
Williams Kastner
Silver members
Vector Careers
Associate members
ClearPath
Educational Financial Services
Elsevier
Enrollment Resources
Max Knowledge, Inc.
Salmon, Sims, Thomas
TFC Credit Corporation
Venture Bank
Our platinum partners
Champion College Solutions
1201 S Alma School Road # 1500
Mesa, AZ 85210
800-761-7376 or 480-947-7375
www.championcollegesolutions.com
Champion College Solutions, established in 1989 as Hands On College Services, is a respected advocate for higher education. By leveraging strategic industry partnerships and integrated knowledge sources, Champion College Solutions delivers: unrivaled operating results to institutions; confidence to lenders; financial and life skills to students. Our portfolio of offerings includes default prevention, skip tracing, placement verification, and debt recovery.
Economic
Modeling Specialties Inc.
PO Box 9008
Moscow, ID 83843
866.999.3674
www.economicmodeling.com
Your college's enrollment has held steady for two years and you need a growth plan. Enter EMSI, showing that you're not serving two of the hottest area jobs: real estate agents and semi-trailer truck drivers. You invest in launching the new programs and a marketing campaign that informs students about the wages and opportunities these jobs offer. Soon you've got 200 new applicants knocking on the door - thanks to data-driven, agile planning.
Today's students and incumbent workers have many career advancement options. Various organizations from universities to community colleges to businesses compete for their attention and try to inform them about the right career track. How do career colleges stand out? With EMSI, you'll have hard facts on regional job growth and wages by industry and occupations, so you can inform them of high-paying, high-growth career opportunities. When your programs are aligned to your area's hottest jobs, such information is critical for marketing, retention, and placement.
You can explore EMSI's products and services by visiting
our website or by contacting
Joseph Schoolland, at 866-999-3674 or joseph@economicmodeling.com
Outsource Marketing
4122 Factoria Blvd SE Ste 202
Bellevue, WA 98006
425-283-1818
425-283-1801 fax
www.outsourcemarketing.com
A marketing department if you don't have one—more horsepower if you do.
You know you have opportunities—opportunities you should seize now. But you haven't been able to get your marketing done. You don't have the in-house expertise. Or you don't have enough people to make things happen. Or you're looking for a better way.
Whatever the case, Outsource Marketing was built for you.
We offer all the tools, all in one place: Research, strategy, planning, advertising, PR, direct marketing, sales promotion, internal communications, graphic design, Web and new media, and more. All carefully chosen to support your marketing strategy. All seamlessly integrated. So you have one point of contact and one invoice.
If you are interested, you can learn more about what marketing outsourcing is and isn't.
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McGraw-Hill Education
Western Regonal Office
21600 Oxnard St, 5th Floor
Woodland Hills, CA 91367
800-423-9534
www.mhhe.com
McGraw-Hill Education is a global leader in educational materials and professional information. With offices in more than 30 countries and publications in more than 40 languages, the McGraw-Hill Education develops products that influence people's lives, throughout their lives, from preschool through career. The scope of our operations, the quality of our editorial product, and the pace at which we are developing new media to fulfill our customers' information requirements are increasing. Wherever in the world you are, whatever in the world you need to know, The McGraw-Hill Companies is there, keeping the world up to speed.
McGraw-Hill is excited to support your goals through all of our disciplines: Allied Health, Business, Computer Education, Electronics, Engineering, and General Education. From traditional textbooks, to E-books to course cartridges for your course management system. McGraw-Hill delivers complete classroom solutions based on your needs.
Microsoft and McGraw-Hill have an exclusive partnership with Microsoft Learning and the Microsoft Internet Academy program offering educators a world class dimension in authoritative teaching and learning tools. McGraw-Hill is your provider of the Microsoft Official Academic Course materials.
We invite you to visit our online catalog at www.mhhe.com.
Thank you for your support—we look forward to contributing to your ongoing success!
Allstar Directories
2200 Alaskan Way Suite 220
Seattle, WA 98121
206-436-7500
707-667-1524 fax
888-404-8043 Sales
www.allstardirectories.com
Our gold partners
LeMaster
Daniels
3000 Northup Way, Suite 200
Bellevue, WA 98004
425-828-9420
www.apccpa.com
Lemaster Daniels offers a wide array of professional services. These include financial statements, tax planning and preparation, accounting systems consulting, business valuations and estate planning. We have provided financial statement audits, SFA attestations, and other services to the private school industry for 15 years. We continuously maintain our expertise on SFA related issues, and also on accounting and tax issues that are of particular relevance to our school clients. We emphasize that an effective system of international controls is a school's best insurance against compliance deficiencies. We work with our clients to help develop and maintain strong international control systems within their organizations.
EdFund
4833 Front Street, Unit B, #271
Castle Rock, CO 80104
303-663-8626
www.edfund.org
EdFund, a nonprofit public benefit corporation, is the nation’s second largest provider of student loan guarantee services under the FFEL Program. EdFund offers students a wide range of financial aid and debt management information while supporting schools with advanced loan processing solutions and default prevention techniques.
Pearson Education
1 Lake Street
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458
800-635-1579
www.pearsoned.com
Pearson Education is pleased to support your goals through the educational publishers we represent. As your partner, the Pearson Education family of companies represents the world_s leading career education content. We put our vast capabilities to work for you to deliver complete classroom solutions in the media and format that is appropriate for your institution and student population.
From Allied Health, to Computing and Information Technology, Electronics, Business, Automotive, Construction, Criminal Justice, and General Education, our products are supported by leading edge and easy to use technology that adds value to the classroom experience and is consistent and reliable.
You know us by our Pearson-branded imprints of Prentice Hall, Addison Wesley, Benjamin Cummings, Longman, and Pearson Custom Publishing. Each of these publishers offers proven content, trusted authors, expertise in customization, and unparalleled instructor support materials. We invite you to visit our online catalog at pearsoned.com. Thank you for your business and we look forward to contributing to your continued success.
Plattform Advertising/Career College Central
500 N Rogers Road
Olathe, KS 66062
913.254.6000
Bridget Duffy, Director of New Business Development
www.CareerCollegeCentral.org
PlattForm is a comprehensive marketing and public relations firm providing enrollment solutions for the career college sector. For nearly 20 years, PlattForm has delivered results with traditional media, such as television, radio, print and direct-mail. The agency was the first to produce all creative in-house, including TV and radio production as well as web design, newspaper ads, and inserts. PlattForm is also one of the top Interactive lead-generation and lead-management agencies in the sector and provides each client with their own Advertising Resource Management web site. Today, PlattForm continues to innovate, introducing specialized Contact Center solutions, geo-targeted Public Relations services and Admissions Rep Call Auditing.
Williams Kastner
601 Union ST, Ste 4100
Seattle, WA 98101
206-628-6600
www.williamskastner.com
With offices in Seattle, Tacoma and Portland, Williams Kastner has been serving clients in the Northwest since 1929. Their Education Law practice team has the experience, resources and knowledge to provide legal services in the areas of risk management, litigation, labor and employment, personnel policies, codes, domestic and international transactions, business planning, regulatory compliance, management of documents and electronically stored information and collections.
Our silver partners
Vector
Careers, Inc.
3800 SW Cedar Hills Blvd.
Suite 298
Beaverton, OR 97005
www.vector-careers.com
877-832-8672
At the heart of Vector Careers is the desire to facilitate and support education. We are a highly successful and respected national recruiting firm that specializes in placing high level executives such as Regional VP's and Campus Presidents along with Directors of Admissions, Finance, Career Services, etc., and the people that support these teams. Our proven team of experienced recruiters represents a level of expertise in the educational market that is recognized and utilized by many of the world's leading institutions. Vector Careers is dedicated to providing candidates and companies with the highest quality and most time-efficient recruiting services. We cultivate many successful partnerships with a sense of integrity, professionalism, individual pride and company spirit.
Our associate partners
ClearPath
815 Western Ave, Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98104
206.447.0316
www.clearpathusa.com
At ClearPath, we help leaders achieve breakthrough performance for their organizations by aligning their people, processes, and resources. ClearPath designs and implements strategic and operational frameworks. Focusing on Strategy Implementation, Master Process Design, Real Asset Optimization, and Human Resource Management, our team can offer the insight and experience necessary to deliver exceptional value.
We make strategic change work at every level of your organization. Throughout the implementation of change, we use visual tools to clarify what is needed and what is possible. We include you in the process to help you build a new vision of success, then work with you to make that vision an everyday reality for every member of your staff. With ClearPath, you'll be able to achieve: Faster Growth, Improved Financial Performance, Enhanced Customer Relationships, Greater Leadership and Team Capabilities, and Reduced Organizational Risk. Simply put, we are the "Clear Path" between your strategic vision and true success.
Educational Financial Services
PO Box 7031
18757 Burbank Blvd, Suite 330
Tarzana, CA 91357-7031
www.efs-nlsc.com
Educational Financial Services (EFS) provides financing for students attending colleges and schools throughout the U.S. …usually at no cost to the school. EFS financing offers easy-to-afford payment programs and may provide your school up-front money right away. Whether a student needs to make payments over the length of the course or needs extended pay, EFS provides the financing rather than the school carrying the account. Servicing-only programs are also available for your in-house accounts. EFS can provide the billing, collection, tracking and reporting to keep your student receivables a valuable, paying portfolio. EFS financing is available to both accredited and non-accredited schools.
Elsevier
1722 Porter St
Enumclaw, WA 98022
360.825.4456
www.elsevier.com
j.hiffman@elsevier.com
Elsevier is a global health sciences publisher that has been contributing to advances in the professions since 1880. Elsevier produces leading titles in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, and related health professions under such respected imprints as Mosby, Saunders, Churchill Livingstone, and Butterworth-Heinemann.
Enrollment Resources
1096 Goldstream Ave
Victoria, British Colombia, Canada V9B 2Y5
250-743-2886
250-743-8371 fax
admin@enrollmentresources.com
www.enrollmentresources.com
Enrollment Resources helps Career Colleges and Trade Schools increase enrollment without having to increase budgets by identifying the under performing areas in your marketing—typically advertising, admissions, and lead conversion—and reallocating resources to get better performance.
You may have heard of the 50/5 rule, where 50% of your effort gets 5% of your results. We can help you identify the underperforming 50% and reinvest it in strategies and activities that will get you significantly better return on your marketing dollar.
We offer four main services:
- Advertising and Admissions Optimization
- Lead conversion programs
- Lead generation
- Mystery shopping
- Tenant Representation—Local & National Representation
All our programs are based real-world strategies and best-practices of top schools and have been proven to deliver financial results for clients.
Gragg Advertising
450 – 4th Street, Suite 100
Kansas City, MO 64106
816-931-0050
816-931-2227 fax
www.graggadv.com
Contact Lisa Olmedo at lolmedo@graggadv.com
Max Knowledge, Inc
3943 Irvine Blvd #262
Irvine, CA 92602
888-626-2407
888-626-0367 fax
www.maxknowledge.com
Contact Amir Moghadam at amirm@maxknowledge.com
MaxKnowledge offers a wide variety of online and blended performance improvement training programs to enhance the quality, efficiency and profitability of career colleges. Subject areas include: Admissions, Education (Faculty Training and Development), eLearning, Financial Aid, Marketing, Operations, Placement and Retention. MaxKnowledge training courses are facilitated by leading career education experts and participants receive Continuing Education Units upon completion of training. MaxKnowledge also offers a large selection of free courses in soft skills areas such as communications skills, management, leadership, creativity and innovation.
Salmon
Sims Thomas
12720 Hillcrest Road
Dallas, TX 75230
972-.739-1268
888-311-2293
www.salmonbeach.com
www.schooldocsllc.com
Salmon Sims Thomas is a professional services firm with financial and information technology expertise headquartered in Dallas, Texas. With over 25 years of experience in the career school sector, we understand how schools operate and the challenges they face every day. Our mission is to enhance the financial well-being of our clients by offering solutions that will help them sustain a competitive advantage. One such solution is SchoolDocs is the only complete electronic document management system custom-designed for today’s career school. The software enables a school to achieve dramatic results in accountability, profitability and compliancy and reduce paper by as much as 90%. The firm’s motto “Focused on Your Success” is defined by service and a commitment to enhance the financial well-being of every client.
TFC Credit Corporation
2010 Crow Canyon Place, Suite 300
San Ramon, CA 94583
www.tfccredit.com
Ask for Stephen Breitbart at 800-832-5626
With more than 35 years of successful student tuition financing experience, TFC Credit Corporation thoroughly understands the needs and strategies of schools. We have managed the student tuition receivables of over 2500 schools and take pride in our industry-wide reputation for professional excellence.
TFC provides the professional servicing required to efficient and effectively manage your student loan receivables.
Our TFC Advanced Cash Program generates "Upfront Cash" to your school while professionally managing your accounts.
Venture Bank
Redmond Banking Center
15801 NE 85th St
Redmond, WA 98052
425-881-8111
www.venture-bank.com
Venture Bank offers a whole new way of banking that is purely Northwest, with an attitude that is as Independent as You. We are locally owned, and ready to help your business succeed. Our experienced professionals work with you one-on-one to ensure your banking operations are smooth, efficient, and reliable. Venture Bank has 17 offices in four western Washington counties and offers a full spectrum of financial services including commercial, construction, residential and consumer lending, deposit products and other banking services. The bank also provides a broad range of investment services through its subsidiary Venture Wealth Management, Inc.
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