The Interactive Plan of Study (iPOS) has successfully launched
The Graduate College is pleased to announce that the Interactive Plan of Study (iPOS) has successfully launched, and is now available to all ASU Graduate students pursuing degrees or certificates. This project is the culmination of nearly 2 years of effort by the Graduate College, University Technology Office and multiple student, staff and faculty focus groups and testers.
The ASU Graduate College was recently recognized as a PeopleSoft innovator for its work with the iPOS at the Oracle World Conference held in San Francisco.
Please take a moment to learn more about the capabilities of this unique graduate progress tracking tool here.
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