"It went from IT directing things to the departments pushing us more, which was a great change, Over time, it built a lot more buy in. We have a good culture around that."

"We were definitely lucky we rolled Recruit out when we did because it is so user-friendly, and it’s web-based. My team had to work from home—everything my recruiters needed was in the cloud. That was huge."

"Our technology partner, Ellucian, is helping us design our courses to make sure they’re attractive to our student population."

"I know that the systems Ellucian provides work and I also think they’re the best. Our students, faculty, staff, and community deserve the best."

“Most of our time is spent keeping the lights on. Moving Banner to SaaS would also open up bandwidth for IT so we can become consultants ourselves and be able to better assist the users.”

“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 …

"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 ability for any student, no matter what device they might happen to have, or what their home life or situation might be, in terms of getting to campus—it has really changed the game."

"Change is never easy, but it is necessary. By taking a deep look at our processes and capabilities, we are now in a much stronger position to build a truly streamlined and coherent system that better serves our students."

"The Ellucian platform is not just a system upgrade, but a transformational leap that empowers our staff and students with seamless, real-time solutions, ensuring that every dollar spent translates into measurable impact and the long-term sustainability of the campus."

"Having everything in one integrated ecosystem makes it easier for us to serve our students and support the work our teams do every day."

"The students like the self-service features. They like being able to look at things and move things around on their plan. They like that they have access to it at all times, and they like how they can control it."

"The registrar would spend days, maybe weeks, compiling spreadsheets, which now happens in less than a minute. The savings to the student has been immeasurable, too. The students are happier. The process to them is a lot less complicated."

"The direction Ellucian is going in and their commitment to cloud strategy—and higher education in general—is pretty spectacular."

“I see Ellucian as a partner with us, helping us to get the technology needs of the college met. They have served us very well. This service has lived up to our expectations.”