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

“We wanted a twist. We needed something to differentiate the program from all the others available.”

“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 …

“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 …

"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."

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

"Giving students and advisors the ability to quickly audit for the pathways is invaluable."

"The live data eliminates frustration and wait times for the students while saving our staff time by helping them work smarter."

"Ellucian’s guidance has gone beyond customer support and they feel more like an additional team member."

"We chose CRM Advance because we were looking for technology that was built today but had a future for tomorrow."

"We had the challenge of figuring out how to bring student data from Banner into Jobspeaker. We have tens of thousands of students who would possibly be using this. Any current student might want to use it, but also alumni of the college would be eligible to use the platform."

“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.”

"The community in Banner is one of the most important pieces and I think the strongest piece of the product."

"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."