Despite education-related budget cuts in 30 states, colleges and universities have been moving ahead with record licensings of space and event scheduling products. Automated room and event scheduling market leader CollegeNET, Inc. reports that since last year's 911 disaster, over 60 institutions have licensed its new R25 campus-wide scheduling software. R25 enables individual campus scheduling offices to optimize local scheduling of space and events while tying all offices together for streamlined reporting, workflow, and overall space utilization.

According to Paul Casey, CollegeNET's director of corporate communications, "Just as individuals and families are being forced to look more closely at protecting their resources, colleges and universities are clearly doing the same in this relatively weak economic climate. Given the skyrocketing cost of tuition, schools are under especially heavy pressure to use existing resources more efficiently. These pressures are translating into record licensings of our software."

Schools tapping CollegeNET's new R25 scheduling for campuswide optimization include: American University, Baltimore City Community Colleges, Berklee College of Music, Binghamton University, Biola University, Blue Ridge Community College, Bryant College, Burlington County College, College of the Holy Cross, Columbia College, Columbus State Community College, Community College of Morris, Delta College, Fashion Institute of Technology (SUNY), Fort Lewis College, Frederick Community College, George Washington University, Georgia Southern University, Georgia State University, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Howard Community College, Indiana State University, Kenyon College, Laramie County Community College, Lane Community College, Lehigh University, Lourdes College, Loyola University, Chicago, Macomb Community College, Mercer University, Midland Technical College, Montclair State University, Naropa University, North Harris Montgomery Community College, Quinnipiac University, Saginaw Valley State University, Seton Hall University, Shasta College, Simmons College, Sonoma State University, Southwest Tennessee State Community College, Suffolk University, SUNY Buffalo State College, SUNY University at Buffalo, Union College, University of Vermont, University of Memphis, University of Michigan, Flint, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, University of North Florida, University of North Texas, University of Northern Colorado, West Chester University, and Zayed University.

According to Terry Kelley-Wallace, associate university registrar at Binghamton University: "Binghamton University is very excited about our recent licensing of Resource 25. CollegeNet has developed a product that addresses all aspects of campus wide room scheduling. The product's functionality together with CollegeNet's excellent customer service is a winning combination!"

About R25
By allowing each user to completely configure his/her own interface, R25 cracks the riddle of providing a rich and powerful array of resource scheduling capabilities to the overall institution without overwhelming individual schedulers. This capability permits all schedulers on campus - despite differing individual needs - to comfortably use the same system. The new R25 also breaks new ground by becoming the first scheduling product to successfully integrate e-commerce web registration capability for enhanced management of campus events.

About CollegeNET, Inc.
CollegeNET, Inc. (corp.collegenet.com) is focused on providing technologies that save institutions money and improve educational access and affordability for our citizens. The company provides innovations in event and resource scheduling, admissions, web-based tuition processing, alumni development, and email management to colleges, universities, and nonprofits worldwide. CollegeNET e-solutions are now used by more than 1000 institutions including Virginia Tech, M.I.T., University of Washington, and University of Nebraska. The Company is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.