Proposal

Name:

PrepSTEP for Colleges and Universities

FiscalYear:

2021

Audience:

University Libraries

Submitter:

Moro, Crystal

Budget Manager:

Lynch, Beth

Project Manager:

Frankel, Kenneth M

Proposal Approvers

Dept. Chair:

Kornblau, Amy I

Local IT:

N/A

Dean:

Kornblau, Amy I

Facilities:

N/A

OIT:

Bagdonas, Joseph A.

Proposal Funding

Year 1:

$ 7,500.00

Year 2:

$ 7,800.00

Year 3:

$ 8,112.00

Total:

$ 23,412.00

Proposal Funding versus Average

Questionnaire

Narrative
PrepSTEP for Colleges and Universities is a component of EBSCO’s LearningExpress Library. PrepSTEP provides a wealth of benefits for FAU students. It includes targeted learning centers that contain practice tests, tutorials, e-books, articles, and flashcards, on subjects including basic computer skills, career preparation, and workplace skills, core English, math, and science skills, and college success skills. The heart of PrepSTEP is test preparation materials for a wide range of exams. These include placement tests such as ACCUPLACER, CLEP, and TOEFL. Civil service, law enforcement, nursing, military, real estate, social work, and teaching exams are covered. Preparation materials for graduate school admission exams including GMAT, GRE, LSAT, and MCAT (among others) is included, as is the ability to search for graduate schools, programs, and scholarships. PrepSTEP would be of benefit to students across virtually all of the majors taught at FAU, as it would assist them in successfully achieving their academic and career goals. Improving student success outcomes also supports the University in reaching and surpassing its goals for state performance metrics and key performance indicators, such as those related to recent graduates’ employment status and income. Note: Our student count is calculated based on 2019-2020 annual e-book (73,920) and e-journal (759,680) usage giving us a total of 833,600.
Facilities
None Required
Hardware Requirements
None Required
Software Requirements
None Required
Personnel Costs
None Required
Other Costs
First year $7,500.00 + Second year $7,800.00 + Third year $8112.00 = $23,412.00
Timeline
We anticipate providing access to the Learning Express Library as soon as funds are available.
Sustainability
The requested amount will cover the costs to purchase for user access and renew as necessary with Tech Fee funding or library funds.
Resource Matching
None
Implementing Organization
FAU Libraries Collection Management Department

Proposal Budget

Fiscal Year 1 Fiscal Year 2 Fiscal Year 3 Total
Hardware One-Time $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Hardware Recurring $ 7,500.00 $ 7,800.00 $ 8,112.00 $ 23,412.00
Software One-time $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Software Recurring $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Personnel One-time $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Personnel Recurring $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Other One-time $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Other Recurring $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00 $ 0.00
Totals $ 7,500.00 $ 7,800.00 $ 8,112.00 $ 23,412.00

Supporting Documentation

Filename Size Description
07. FLA Atlantic Univ Prepstep 3 year 6-30-25.pdf 12,926b Quote