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Powering what's next in today's world of higher education
At Ellucian, we help institutions modernise for the future with cloud solutions designed specifically for institutional transformation, student engagement, and student success. We partner with colleges and universities to build a more connected, efficient future in the cloud with architecture that is agile, resilient, and designed for an era of rapid change.

Ellucian Cloud:
Supporting exceptional student experiences—today and tomorrow
Every student is different and learning experiences can change overnight. Cloud technology empowers you to meet those changing needs at the most challenging times through continuous evolution. Discover how.
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Great Minds that think Ellucian Cloud
See how other leading higher education institutions are forging ahead with digital transformation and ensuring business continuity in the Ellucian Cloud.
Waukesha County Technical College prioritises strategic projects for IT staff
Hear why Waukesha County Technical College decided to move to the cloud to ensure business continuity, disaster recovery, and security without overburdening the IT staff. Learn how the Ellucian cloud is freeing Waukesha’s IT staff to focus more on improving the end user experience and less on maintenance.
“We want to get away from being just an IT camp to being more of a functional IT, where we can go into the business units and digitally transform them so they can do things more effectively, which also affects students and will make them more successful quicker.”
Imperial College London strengthens security and modernity
See how Imperial College London has become better able to focus on enhancing its student experience. Now that its security and feature updates are automatically assured by the Ellucian Cloud, they have more time to focus on their strategic objectives.
“Moving to a cloud-based solution means that you can remove some of the need for the customizations, but also the update cycle is in somebody else's hands. And we would rather that we weren't distracted by those kinds of processes.”
Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico accelerates disaster recovery with cloud
Learn why Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico moved to the cloud as part of its disaster recovery strategy. Hear how the Ellucian cloud helped them get back online in two days, re-open in 17 days, and keep current with payroll in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria.
“If another university reached out to me and asked me what to do in case of emergency, I will let them know that to be in the cloud is very important, because your system won't be interrupted by anything.”
California Institute of Integral Studies embraces cloud benefits
Learn how the California Institute of Integral Studies has been rewarded for taking bold action. As well as advanced functionality, they’ve reduced risk, and are enjoying a whole host of Ellucian Cloud benefits including security and cost savings.
“You get tremendous benefits from them. Number one: the security. They manage security for you. You can't hire those folks out of university. You can't afford them. But you also get back up benefit.”
Howard Community College reduces costs by $1.3m
Watch how Howard Community College has been able to reduce its hardware, headcount and maintenance hassle with Ellucian Cloud, while also increasing operational productivity.
“We've had some very positive impacts on the college community. They've calculated that they were able to handle 200 more registrations over their normal 900 that they were doing, so we have seen… about 1.3 million in cost savings.”
Aquinas College embraces change to deliver for its students
Hear how Aquinas College made difficult changes, moving their operations to Ellucian Cloud, to meet the changing needs of its students. Learn how they were able to lower the barriers to change and why, ultimately, those changes were worthwhile.
“Having expert partners who understand not just the technological part of it, but also the people part of it—which Ellucian does very well—I think is essential.”
Powering what's next for higher education
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Manage your operations with Ellucian Banner and Ellucian Colleague
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Simplify and improve your operations with Ellucian Ethos
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