Oct 23, 2017   SOURCE: BusinessWire

XAP Corporation Awarded Contract for College and Career Planning System for the Department of Defense Education Activity

XAP Corporation announced it has won a five-year contract from the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) to develop a Virtual College and Career Planning Readiness System that will provide postsecondary-planning resources for secondary students, grades 7 to 12, attending schools operated by the DoDEA.

The Choices360 education-planning system was selected for its student-focused features and in-depth resources, which fully support the DoDEA’s goal to implement systemic college advising and increase college and career readiness for its diverse student population.

The Choices360 system has a comprehensive suite of tools and interactive self-assessment activities suitable to guide students as they focus on their education and career plans. The system’s key features include:

  • Career Planning—students are able to discover personal interests and skills through assessment activities, explore and compare careers, and make the connection between setting postsecondary goals and achieving their dream career.
  • High School Planning—a wide range of information is available to assist and advise students on how to succeed in high school, and students can follow their school’s plan of study to ensure they stay on track for graduation.
  • College Planning—students can create a personal plan for college, explore postsecondary schools, programs and majors that best suit their career goals, submit applications to colleges nationwide, and utilize free test-preparation resources for the ACT and SAT.
  • Financial Aid Planning—comprehensive information for a wide range of financial-aid topics is available to students and parents, in addition to financial-aid tools for calculating expected family contributions, and projected savings and payment amounts; a robust scholarships feature lets students research scholarships and other financial aid, via a national database.
  • Your Portfolio—students can store their postsecondary planning activities, career plans, standardized test scores, scholarship and financial-aid information, and more in an online portfolio.

“We are honored to be selected by the Department of Defense’s Education Activity to provide a college and career advising and planning solution to serve the needs of grade 6-12 dependents of military and civilian employees throughout the world,” said Eddie Monnier, Chief Executive Officer of XAP Corporation. “We believe there is a pathway for every student, and we devise solutions to help them find, plan for, and achieve theirs. Choices360 will play an important role in helping the DoDEA to assist their students with a successful pathway to college and career.”

The DoDEA operates 166 primary and secondary-level schools in the U.S. and abroad and serves more than 73,000 students.

About XAP Corporation

XAP is the industry leader in providing students and adults with online tools to explore careers and discover, plan, and apply to colleges and universities. XAP’s products are used by thousands of K-12 institutions, colleges, universities. There is a pathway for every student. Let XAP help them find, plan for, and achieve theirs.