"Administrative staff appreciates that the Ethos connection allows our student course evaluation software, SmartEvals, to be virtually hands-off. The Ethos upload automatically keeps the rosters, sections, and faculty information up-to-date. All that's left is for the system to send out the evaluations to the correct students on the preset days."

"Elevate is not only opening us up to a new market, but also the incredible efficiencies we’ve gained have made this such a good move."

“Now we don’t have to spread Excel sheets around and have long lines of students looking for an answer about their programmes of study. Every student can now go into the system to see and analyse his or her degree evaluation and get a clear view where they stand and …

“Up to that point, most of our departments had been asking for more staff to keep up with the manual workload of the previous system. Now, with Colleague, a staff of 11 people could get down to 9, for example. That was a big selling point for the university’s CFO, …

"I think this is something a lot of institutions will eventually adopt. The benefits are just too great."

"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."

"Before we had Elevate, we didn’t know what our total enrollment was on a year-by-year basis and now our goal is to offer more classes, and with Elevate we can. I know we’ve already seen a significant uptick in enrollment because it’s so easy for students to enroll and pay."

"A big plus for Lee University is ease of use, and CRM Advise is device-agnostic. Prior to this, we didn’t have anything, and what we did use wasn’t mobile-friendly. So with CRM Advise being mobile-friendly and the student portal being mobile-friendly."

“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 …

“Technology will never stop changing, nor will the expectations of our end users—especially students. There aren’t many universities with the resources needed to support constant, rapid change without sacrificing cost-effectiveness or strategic focus. We are making sure that technology will enable, not limit, us wherever we need to go long …

“Ellucian takes responsibility for every phase and aspect of deploying Banner in the cloud, providing a single point of contact, backed by a broad base of experts. I can’t overstate the value of having higher education-specific functional and technical experts that understand our systems, business processes, and unique IT requirements …

"The previous platform is a legacy platform that has not kept up with the developments that would facilitate the teaching and learning needs of the organization. We have a system that has been really stagnant for the last 20 years. We recently came up with a technology plan that aspires …

"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."