NYU WEB

Introducing Albert

George Gilmore and David Ackerman

New York University's Division of Enrollment Services and University Computing Center are working on an electronic information service that will provide access to student information through NYU Web. The service is named Albert (after NYU founding father Albert Gallatin), and a pilot project is scheduled to begin sometime during the spring 1997 semester.

The functions Albert will offer will be much like the ones the NYU View kiosks offer now. Grading and transcripts, courses, financial aid, and other important student information will be available to students through an NYU Web page. Due to the confidential nature of these pages, they will be stored on a secure server, and the information will be encrypted while being transmitted over NYU NET. As on the NYU View kiosks, a proper student ID number and associated PIN must be typed in to gain access to Albert.

In the future, Albert could have even more functionality, allowing for an electronic application for admission and online course registration. In the spring 1997 semester, the College of Arts and Science freshman class will be the pilot group, testing Albert's abilities. They will not only use the new information service, but will also provide feedback that will help to improve Albert's service. [ C ]

George Gilmore is NYU's Registrar. David Ackerman is ACF Assistant Director for Distributed Computing and Information Services.
registrar@nyu.edu : : webmaster@nyu.edu

Posted 24 September 1996; revised 22 October 1996