"That alone was a major shift. It allowed us to be much more strategic in the way that we operate here. We no longer have to focus on our ability to deliver infrastructure and keep all these applications running—we do that in partnership now with our Ellucian Cloud Service delivery …

"The outbreak of the coronavirus and subsequent shut down of the campus would previously have meant learning would have ground to a halt. With the Banner system, we were ready. We had the software, infrastructure and technology to continue to deliver learning remotely."

"Searching for courses in a particular program and seeing the schedule in a calendar view gives students a much simpler way to proceed through the steps and register."

“The investment that Ellucian has made in application development tools and knowledge transfer of Banner implementation and maintenance processes to the University of Illinois means that we are able to perform regular upgrades on our own, without costly 3rd party systems integrators. This is a critical aspect to reducing total …

"Because the software is modular, we could prioritise the modules critical to launch while simultaneously developing a holistic, long-term strategy."

"The bi-directional feed between Ellucian CRM Recruit and Banner works well with verifications and distributions. No other CRMs did this they all did it with batching, and we initially looked at 25 of them."

“Students can’t afford to spend more semesters in the university because they messed up on their course requirements. Colleague® Student Planning will help students track their requirements more closely and graduate in a timely manner.”

“It gives me a chance to advise the students and make sure they are taking the required courses. I think we’re stronger as an institution now that we’re using the software.”

“Students really like the ability to create a four-year plan, and the visuals are great. They can see the impact of moving courses around or picking up a minor with the safety of knowing they aren’t locking in a change. It puts the students in the driver’s seat and empowers …

"It’s a very powerful tool and it’s been night and day. Something that might’ve taken my DBA an hour, took five minutes."

"The core driver behind all this is expanding access. We didn't want students limited by geography."

"The partnership with Ellucian surpassed my expectations. I've implemented numerous systems in my career, and Ellucian SIS was one of the smoothest. I attribute that to working through the challenges as a team. Seeing the student system come to life has been especially exciting—it's incredible to know that this implementation …

"We’re excited to look at our various recruitment initiatives and see where we're getting the biggest bang for our efforts."

"Ellucian Workflow has made it made it seamless. We've been able to approve about 4,500 exceptions from a backlog."

"Being able to leverage and adapt quickly is a big draw for us."