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Amarillo College today announced a partnership with GreenLight Credentials, a record-sharing platform that allows students throughout the Panhandle to share education records with anyone they choose by using an app on their phones.
GreenLight, by bypassing traditional bureaucracies, will give the more than 23,000 high school students served by Region 16 a tool that dramatically expedites the process of entering higher education.
Colleges and Universities can now receive instant access to verified documents from potential students, making it easier for colleges to connect with qualified candidates.
Amarillo College has made a two-year commitment to invest in covering access to technologies and tools to support this goal for all 59 of the school districts in Region 16.
These technologies, developed by GreenLight Credentials, include the flagship Store and Share product, which enables verified digital learner records to follow students from high school through college and into the workforce. It also supports the Enrollment Fast Pass, a new tool that simplifies the enrollment process for students entering colleges.
"The Texas Panhandle is unique because we understand our individual futures – personally and organizationally – are bound to our collective ones,” Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart, president of Amarillo College, said. “This partnership with GreenLight is an opportunity for Amarillo College to leverage federal funding to equip all our public schools and higher education partners with a record-sharing platform that streamlines access to higher education.”
The GreenLight Locker houses verified credentials securely uploaded by institutions, credentials that follow students from high school into the workforce. Built on blockchain technology, GreenLight Locker empowers students to upload records required for college – like vaccinations, residency and other documents – and then instantly send those records, plus their official transcript, to colleges.
“GreenLight Locker eliminates multiple copies of transcripts, vaccination records or other documents,” explained Manoj Kutty, CEO and founder of GreenLight Credentials. “There’s no more in-person visits or trips to the post office. With GreenLight Locker, it’s one and done. Students are empowered to upload and share their learning records and academic credentials to colleges, scholarship providers and employers. This provides a state-of-the-art pathway to position students for economic mobility.”
-Amarillo College