PLEASANTON, Calif., Apr 22, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- PeopleSoft Inc. (Nasdaq:PSFT) today announced that several leading higher education institutions have rapidly deployed PeopleSoft 8 pure internet applications including, Student Administration, Contributor Relations, Human Resource Management, and the Campus Portal. The PeopleSoft solutions will enable faculty, students, staff, and alumni to create a collaborative campus by providing access to academic, administrative, fundraising, and human resource information in real time.

"The PeopleSoft solutions will significantly improve our student administration and human resource operations," said Tom Sawyer, assistant vice president for information technology at the University of Louisville. "By delivering financial aid applications, course registration materials, benefit information and employee paychecks online, we will be able to provide better service to our students, faculty, and staff. The University could save at least $90,000 a year."

The University of Louisville, University of Maryland, Grand Rapids Community College and Soka University of America have implemented the full suite of PeopleSoft 8 solutions for higher education including Student Administration, Contributor Relations, Human Resource Management and the Campus Portal. Three California State University campuses (Sonoma State, CSU Fresno and California Maritime Academy) have deployed PeopleSoft 8 Human Resources applications and select Student Administration modules. These three CSU campuses expect to complete implementation of the Student Administration and portal solutions by September 2002.

"Higher education institutions have recognized the power of the internet to connect and service their staff members, faculty, students and suppliers in real time," said Peter Stokes, executive vice president, Eduventures. "By implementing PeopleSoft 8 solutions, these leading institutions are helping to establish a new benchmark in technology adoption in the field of higher education."

All members of the campus community will benefit from PeopleSoft's pure internet solutions. PeopleSoft 8 Student Administration empowers students by enabling them to register for courses, manage self-paced learning, apply for financial aid, and pay tuition -- all through a standard web browser. Prospective students can instantly access information on how course credits from a current university will transfer to a proposed program of study at another college or university. Faculty and staff will have the capability to manage their teaching curricula and administrative activities in real time, increasing job satisfaction and providing more time for one-on-one student interaction.

PeopleSoft 8 Contributor Relations enables higher education institutions to more effectively manage their fundraising activities and maintain longer-lasting relationships with alumni, volunteers, and other donors. In addition, supporters will have access to their donation histories and can instantly respond to current fundraising campaigns.

"PeopleSoft and leaders in higher education have a shared vision for the collaborative campus," said Kevin Horigan, PeopleSoft managing director for education and government. "Our pure internet solutions for higher education remove the physical boundaries between academic, administrative and external communities, allowing our customers to provide better services to the entire campus community."

About PeopleSoft

PeopleSoft (Nasdaq:PSFT) is the world's leading provider of application software for the real-time enterprise. PeopleSoft pure Internet software enables organizations to reduce costs and increase productivity by directly connecting customers, suppliers, partners and employees to business processes on-line, in real time. PeopleSoft's integrated, best-in-class applications include Customer Relationship Management, Supply Chain Management, Human Capital Management and Financial Management. More than 4,700 organizations in 107 countries run on PeopleSoft software. For more information, visit us at www.peoplesoft.com.

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