Title :
Lowering the cost of interactions: the Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation
Author :
Kimbrough, Steven O.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Decision Sci., Pennsylvania Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
The Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation is a private, nonprofit organization located in Madison, Wisconsin. Great Lakes´ main businesses are to guarantee loans under the Federal Guaranteed Student Loan program (GSLP) and to provide various servicing functions for lenders making loans under this program-e.g. monitoring attendance, Federal billings, deferments, and repayment activities. Great Lakes´ activities are described and analyzed. Several theoretical hypotheses in information systems and strategy are discussed in the context of the Great Lakes example
Keywords :
educational administrative data processing; financial data processing; Federal Guaranteed Student Loan program; Federal billings; Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation; educational ADP; financial DP; information systems; servicing functions; Business; Costs; Educational programs; Information systems; Lakes; Law; Legal factors; Management information systems; Monitoring; Monopoly;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1989. Vol.IV: Emerging Technologies and Applications Track, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kailua-Kona, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1914-7
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1989.48123
