by Marqueita Sam
UHCLIDIAN STAFF

University of Houston-Clear Lake Enrollment Services has completed its conversion from the university's old registration system software to the PeopleSoft software system.

Beginning in November, students were able to register over the Internet as well as by telephone. The new registration system will allow students to view current schedules and grades. It will also provide extended registration periods, academic advising audit reports, and the ability to drop and withdraw from classes through the Web or by telephone.

Students have mixed feelings about the new registration system. Some expressed their dislike for the new system, stating that it took longer to register and was not user-friendly.

"I have tried the new online system and I really did not understand how to navigate through the system," said Tonya Archeneaux, an undergraduate business major. "I have also tried to register online , and I could not get a confirmation on the classes I enrolled in or how much I needed to pay. It kept sending me in circles. I had to call the Office of Enrollment to get help with the system." But many students also feel the new registration system is beneficial for UH-Clear Lake and its students. Maria Trahan, a student worker for Enrollment Services, said that her experience with the new registration system has been quite positive. She stated that it is better than the old system, and it has helped to make her registration a good experience.

Others observed no real change between the old system and the new. "I have not really noticed a difference between the old and the new," said Timika Tilford, an education major. "Previously, each semester I registered, I would always use the phone, and then I was told that I could register online.

If anything, I did notice that we are able to register online, but other than that I do not see where the improvement is."

More than 340 colleges and universities worldwide licensed or ordered the upgrade to PeopleSoft 8 Student Administration software within the first 60 days of its general availability. PeopleSoft 8 Student Administration is the only global, pure Internet software solution that connects the administrative, transactional and academic functions of higher education, according to Lisa Sion, media contact for PeopleSoft.

"PeopleSoft's pure Internet architecture means that the right data is available to the right person in the enterprise anytime," said Tanya Brown, media contact for PeopleSoft.

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