“We are the definition of a very small school. And, with very limited resources, sometimes we have to be creative. Ellucian has been very helpful in getting us on the right track.”

"We need to be where the students are, give them the tools they need to be successful, and that starts with enrollment and financial aid."

"What’s most difficult about the whole degree-planning process is associating a degree with a career. With Degree Works, I have everything planned out until I graduate, and I can better focus on what my degree is building toward."

"With Ethos, it'll allow us to have smoother and faster integrations from third-party applications."

“We were having our instructors do the grading within Canvas, and then they would have to take all of those grades within Canvas, go to Banner, and then copy those grades over. This caused a lot of issues.”

"Everyone is expecting to get information at their fingertips—and not just during office hours, and not just when they can speak to someone."

“All in all, the new system has run smoothly and the migration has been very successful. The consultancy we’ve received from Ellucian has been invaluable.”

"Ellucian Banner Cloud lets us get the important stuff done and get it done faster. We get immediate access to the latest functionality. Ellucian Banner Cloud simply gets us more.”

"Student Forms is aesthetically pleasing, it's very easy to use for the students and it made the financial aid process really work smoothly."

"Registration is more than an administrative process. You need to give students an integrated tool that allows them to search courses or faculty and the ability to see their schedule with visuals."

"If I could give any other institution advice about Banner 9, it would be this: Don’t put off implementation. It serves your students well."

"I think a lot of institutions should implement an IT governance model, and they will realize, as did Brookdale, how it was the one, important element that was missing."

"We wanted to clear away the clouds and identify the technology that was most important. The plan would help us map expectations to our strategic plan so that we could rank projects accordingly.”

"It’s essential to have a degree audit program like this. There’s just too much room for error without it."

“We wanted to create opportunities to mentor students, talk about their transition to graduate school or careers, and discover ways that we could tailor a program that moves them in that direction.”