With 2.5 million students and 75,000 faculty, the California Community College system has considerable shopping clout with vendors. Using those numbers to its advantage, the CCC has created an immense and cost-effective state-wide Web conferencing system for its 109 member colleges. The conferencing system, originally set up in 2001 and moved to a new vendor in 2007, allows administrators, faculty, and students at any member college to use the system’s toll-free number for meetings, classes, and other events. That adds up to tremendous savings for the state’s community colleges, which are spread up and down the state across 72 community college districts.
by Linda L. Briggs
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