Degree Quest® + SOCRATES® = Maximum Student Success
The Added Value of SOCRATES® ... Retention Tools That Enhance Success
SOCRATES® = Students' Online Connections, Resources, & Academics To Enhance Success. It is our secure student support website dedicated to helping students succeed and is provided 100% free of charge to colleges and universities subscribing to Degree Quest.® We replicate it and place it on a server only the subscribing university has access to as gatekeeper to access the site, as students need a password to use the resources. As such, if a student discontinues studying at the university, access to SOCRATES® is terminated.
SOCRATES has links to thousands of resources to help students succeed, including more than 350 semester hours of tuition-free courses from many of the best universities in the nation, including Hollywood-style courses that bring the subjects to life on the screen for visual learners and cameras in the classrooms of past academic terms for auditory learners - students can use these to augment the instruction they receive from their university or earn credit by exam (such as when their tuition benefits have been depleted for the fiscal year and are waiting for the next FY to kick in); Links to dozens of sources for textbooks for those using these courses to earn credit by examination; Links to dozens of sites that match student profiles to sources of scholarships and grants; Free remedial English and Math courses for those who need to sharpen their basic academic skills; introspective self-assessment tools, and much more!
When you combine the power of Degree Quest® with the myriad of resources on SOCRATES,® growth in the student body is a natural result. Students with access to SOCRATES® resoundingly praise the resources that help them succeed in earning the degrees they desire. Students can be guided by your academic advisors in the use of the resources on SOCRATES® easily with the degree plans created by Degree Quest.® Our goal is the success of the students you serve!