Welcome to HERC
We at the Higher Education Resource Center (HERC) are experts in higher education consulting, delivering innovative solutions for college success. We license and equip accredited institutions of higher learning with our state-of-the-art systems, including our degree exploration and planning system, Degree Quest®, and our student support system, SOCRATES® to enhance success within their student bodies. Our technology is also in use by Mission: Degree!, a 501c3 nonprofit organization serving military and veterans, as well as corporations across the nation and around the world.
Our goal is the success of the students you serve. To date, more than 190,000 adult learners pursuing degrees have been served by our systems and services, as well as thousands of others at the colleges and universities using our incredible technology.
About HERC
Founded by the former Service Chief of Vol. Education for the entire U.S. Coast Guard, our team brings decades of experience focused on enhancing the success of students, streamlining processing of students (including even the most complex adult learners), curbing attrition, increasing retention, and empowering our clients to grow (including colleges & universities, branches of the military, and corporations or gov't agencies).
With 34 patented processes, acquisitions are able to declare us sole source providers of our systems and services. In fact, we have equipped our clients to use our awesome systems and support for more than two decades. Best of all, our systems are available at a fraction of the cost of similar systems, (often less than 1/4th the cost of others) while our systems are much more technologically advanced than the others.
Our Services
Degree Quest
With Degree Quest®, degree planning has never been easier, even with the most complex students: Legacy data includes every military & gov't agency training evaluated by ACE, millions of college courses & more.
SOCRATES
On SOCRATES® , there are thousands of links to student success resources, including 500+ semester hours of tuition-free courses (students augment instruction or earn credit by exam), grant matching & more.
Consulting
We are expert higher education consultants & provide in-depth training to clients in person & online. Our informative seminar is the ultimate educational counselor's course - overcome the ed. staff learning curve.
Testimonials
Hannah G., Horse Ranch Owner and Operator in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: "With 60 sem. hrs. already earned to transfer to a baccalaureate degree program, my advisor was the light in the darkness, the person with the map and compass called Degree Quest, my guide to completion. I found the right degree to pursue, spoke with a real person at the college, enrolled and applied all two years of credit. I had my degree in hand before my 21st birthday." Right after she graduated, she sent an email saying, "I can’t thank you enough for helping me out with this personally; it means a lot. You are the best advisor ever." Degree Quest and SOCRATES meant the world to her.
Jack H., IA Dept. of Veterans Affairs VR&E Director (ret.), "I never saw a greater commitment to earning degrees than with those veterans who received Degree Quest degree plans and SOCRATES access."
Contact Us
E-mail:
Admin@HERCdegrees.com
Phone & Fax
Phone: 865-686-8348
(From 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Eastern)
Toll-Free Fax: 866-848-4940
Higher Ed Resource Ctr
5401 Kingston Pike
Suite 400
Knoxville, TN 37919.