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'''CollegeNET, Inc.''' is an American developer of web technologies used for higher education. The company is based in | '''CollegeNET, Inc.''' is an American developer of web technologies used for higher education. The company is based in Portland, Oregon.<ref>{{cite news |first=Christopher |last=Dawson |title=CollegeNET ends the thick/thin letter game |date=July 22, 2009 |url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/collegenet-ends-the-thickthin-letter-game/2837 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021122147/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/education/collegenet-ends-the-thickthin-letter-game/2837 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |work=[[ZDNet]] |access-date=May 18, 2011}}</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The company was founded by Jim Wolfston in 1977 as Universal Algorithms, Inc.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hoover |first=Eric |title=How Admissions Competition Brought New Rivalries, Strange Bedfellows, and 'An Us-Versus-Us Lawsuit' |website=[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]] |date=June 3, 2018 |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-admissions-competition-brought-new-rivalries-strange-bedfellows-and-an-us-versus-us-lawsuit/ |access-date=January 2, 2026}}</ref><ref name="Bloomberg" /> The company introduced an automated classroom scheduling program for [[Tertiary education|higher education]] in 1979.<ref name="About">{{Cite web |title=Learn About CollegeNET |publisher=CollegeNET |url=https://collegenet.com/company |access-date=January 2, 2026}}</ref> | The company was founded by Jim Wolfston in 1977 as Universal Algorithms, Inc.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hoover |first=Eric |title=How Admissions Competition Brought New Rivalries, Strange Bedfellows, and 'An Us-Versus-Us Lawsuit' |website=[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]] |date=June 3, 2018 |url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-admissions-competition-brought-new-rivalries-strange-bedfellows-and-an-us-versus-us-lawsuit/ |access-date=January 2, 2026}}</ref><ref name="Bloomberg" /> The company introduced an automated classroom scheduling program for [[Tertiary education|higher education]] in 1979.<ref name="About">{{Cite web |title=Learn About CollegeNET |publisher=CollegeNET |url=https://collegenet.com/company |access-date=January 2, 2026}}</ref> | ||
Universal Algorithms launched CollegeNET in 1995, a website allowing students to search for and apply to colleges online.<ref>{{cite news |last=Marklein |first=Mary Beth |title=Applying to college electronically |newspaper=[[Courier-Post]] |agency=[[Gannett News Service]] |date=September 25, 1997 |page=3E |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/183904822/ |url-access=subscription |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In 1996, Fran Gardner of ''[[The Oregonian]]'' described the website as Universal Algorithms's "most visible service".<ref>{{cite news |last=Gardner |first=Fran |title=Making a good match: Universal Algorithms' CollegeNet is now the most visible service of the Portland scheduling firm |newspaper= | Universal Algorithms launched CollegeNET in 1995, a website allowing students to search for and apply to colleges online.<ref>{{cite news |last=Marklein |first=Mary Beth |title=Applying to college electronically |newspaper=[[Courier-Post]] |agency=[[Gannett News Service]] |date=September 25, 1997 |page=3E |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/183904822/ |url-access=subscription |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In 1996, Fran Gardner of ''[[The Oregonian]]'' described the website as Universal Algorithms's "most visible service".<ref>{{cite news |last=Gardner |first=Fran |title=Making a good match: Universal Algorithms' CollegeNet is now the most visible service of the Portland scheduling firm |newspaper=The Oregonian |date=October 8, 1996 |page=B16 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/1092754381/ |url-access=subscription |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> By 1997, CollegeNET received 3 million hits per month according to [[CNET]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Web college service expanded |publisher=CNET |date=July 29, 1997 |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/web-college-service-expanded/ |access-date=January 2, 2026}}</ref> | ||
Universal Algorithms changed its name to CollegeNET in May 1999.<ref name="Bloomberg">{{Cite web |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1181092 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621233651/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1181092 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 21, 2010 |title=CollegeNET, Inc.: Private Company Information |website=Investing.BusinessWeek.com |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]] |access-date=January 9, 2018}}</ref> | Universal Algorithms changed its name to CollegeNET in May 1999.<ref name="Bloomberg">{{Cite web |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1181092 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621233651/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1181092 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 21, 2010 |title=CollegeNET, Inc.: Private Company Information |website=Investing.BusinessWeek.com |publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]] |access-date=January 9, 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| Founder 👔 | Jim Wolfston |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , U.S. |
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| 🌐 Website | collegenet |
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CollegeNET, Inc. is an American developer of web technologies used for higher education. The company is based in Portland, Oregon.[1]
History
The company was founded by Jim Wolfston in 1977 as Universal Algorithms, Inc.[2][3] The company introduced an automated classroom scheduling program for higher education in 1979.[4]
Universal Algorithms launched CollegeNET in 1995, a website allowing students to search for and apply to colleges online.[5] In 1996, Fran Gardner of The Oregonian described the website as Universal Algorithms's "most visible service".[6] By 1997, CollegeNET received 3 million hits per month according to CNET.[7]
Universal Algorithms changed its name to CollegeNET in May 1999.[3]
In 2014, CollegeNET filed an antitrust lawsuit against college application platform Common Application.[8] The two companies reached an undisclosed settlement agreement in 2019.[9]
In March 2025, CollegeNET was acquired by investment firm Rubicon Technology Partners. In November 2025, CollegeNET's founder sued the investment company, "alleging the private equity firm misled him before the sale and then fired him less than six months later when he objected to the way the new owner ran the company".[10]
Universities using CollegeNET
Stanford University, Yale University, University of Michigan, Elon University, University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Berkeley, University of Washington, Oregon State University, and approximately 1,000 other colleges and universities use CollegeNET's services.[11]
Social Mobility Index
CollegeNET produces the Social Mobility Index (SMI) which measures the degree to which individual colleges and universities contribute to social mobility.[12] As of 2021[update], the SMI "ranks nearly 1,400 four-year institutions on the degree to which they contribute to social mobility based on five variables: tuition, economic background, graduation rate, early career salary, and endowment".[13]
See also
References
- ↑ Dawson, Christopher (July 22, 2009). "CollegeNET ends the thick/thin letter game". ZDNet. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved May 18, 2011. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Hoover, Eric (June 3, 2018). "How Admissions Competition Brought New Rivalries, Strange Bedfellows, and 'An Us-Versus-Us Lawsuit'". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "CollegeNET, Inc.: Private Company Information". Investing.BusinessWeek.com. Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on June 21, 2010. Retrieved January 9, 2018. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Learn About CollegeNET". CollegeNET. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
- ↑ Marklein, Mary Beth (September 25, 1997). "Applying to college electronically". Courier-Post. Gannett News Service. p. 3E – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Gardner, Fran (October 8, 1996). "Making a good match: Universal Algorithms' CollegeNet is now the most visible service of the Portland scheduling firm". The Oregonian. p. B16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Web college service expanded". CNET. July 29, 1997. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
- ↑ Button, Keith (May 12, 2014). "Suit accuses Common Application of antitrust violations". Higher Ed Dive. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
- ↑ Hoover, Eric (February 8, 2019). "Admissions Confidential: Antitrust Lawsuit Ends in Secret Settlement". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
- ↑ Rogoway, Mike (November 11, 2025). "Portland software entrepreneur sues for $350M, says private equity firm bought his company and then fired him". OregonLive. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
- ↑ Mitra, Sramana (February 2, 2009). "Deal Radar 2009: CollegeNET". Sramana Mitra. Retrieved May 18, 2011.
- ↑ "2025 Social Mobility Index". SocialMobilityIndex.org. Retrieved January 2, 2026.
- ↑ Georgianna L. Martin; Sonja Ardoin, eds. (2021). Social Class Supports: Programs and Practices to Serve and Sustain Poor and Working-Class Students Through Higher Education. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-00-344699-6 – via Google Books. Search this book on
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