Student Information Systems
Does the Educause Exhibitor’s Floor Plan Reflect Market Trends in HigherEd IT? The 2022 Update
This week, it’s Educause annual conference with its second in-person participation after the online-only pandemic year. After the 2021 conference, we wrote about the floor plan possibly reflecting the market trend. Will this year’s floor plan show the same results? Research Methodology I first retrieved all floor plans and exhibitors’ lists since 2012 (except for ... Does the Educause Exhibitor’s Floor Plan Reflect Market Trends in HigherEd IT? The 2022 Update Read More
An Update On The K-12 SIS Historical Implementations
We think it’s time for another update on the student information systems used in the K-12 submarket. We published our initial post on K-12 student information system historical implementations in April 2020 and did an update in July 2021. Let’s dig once again into the SIS used in K-12 to ensure you, subscribers, clients and ... An Update On The K-12 SIS Historical Implementations Read More
Historical Evolution of the HigherEd SIS Market Share: September 2022 Update
It’s the time of year when we present our update on the evolution of the SIS market share for the U.S. and Canada. Since the pandemic hit, there have been no major differences. However, we would like to give you additional information on specific data. Over the years, we have amassed data on more than ... Historical Evolution of the HigherEd SIS Market Share: September 2022 Update Read More
Workday: Focus on Student Success
Workday entered the education world about a decade ago. The offering of its HR Management and Financial Management solutions went without saying, but Workday positioned itself in the education world when it launched Workday Student in 2016. Ex-PeopleSoft Employees Founded a New Company Workday was founded in March 2005 following the acquisition of PeopleSoft by Oracle. ... Workday: Focus on Student Success Read More
SIS Investments Doubled in 2021: Our Numbers
On June 14, 2022, at least three HigherEd-oriented websites (Inside HigherEd; Higher Ed Dive; EdScoop) published articles stating that investments in the SIS product group doubled in 2021. The authors referenced a report by the Tambellini Group. In this post, we want to add some data insights on SIS implementations available in our database. For ... SIS Investments Doubled in 2021: Our Numbers Read More
Jenzabar: From a Class Enrollment Portal to a Multi-Product Platform
The story behind Jenzabar is strongly linked to its CEO and Founder Chai Ling. Chai, a Chinese native came to the US in 1990 to study public affairs. She then worked at Bain & Co. where she met her future husband Robert A. Maginn Jr. By the end of the decade, she received an M.B.A. ... Jenzabar: From a Class Enrollment Portal to a Multi-Product Platform Read More
SIS Product Niches Emerge from New Enrollment Grouping
Last Thursday, we talked about Populi in one of our company profiles. As mentioned in this post, Populi is mostly implemented in smaller religious-oriented institutions. With this update on a post, we wanted to drill down further into the student information system product category. Instead of presenting the enrollment bands with the regular grouping (1-2,499; ... SIS Product Niches Emerge from New Enrollment Grouping Read More
Populi: Designed for Smaller Institutions
Populi is fundamentally different in its business approach. Instead of proposing one solution in one product category and building their company from there, the company chose to target one specific client type: smaller colleges. And from there, they offered them an all-in-one software suite. At first, we had doubts about this company. How can they ... Populi: Designed for Smaller Institutions Read More
PowerSchool: The Path to Dominate the K-12 Market
Like many IT stories in the 1980s and 1990s, the creation of PowerSchool initiated from one specific need: getting attendance tracking (as well as other information) to be sent through the school district’s network. From this initial class project, Greg Porter (founder of PowerSchool) worked on his project to build the first version of PowerSchool ... PowerSchool: The Path to Dominate the K-12 Market Read More
Ellucian Acquires CampusLogic to Enhance its Portfolio
What can push a company renowned for its SIS and ERP solutions to purchase a company in the financial aid category? This is probably what people asked when they read about the most recent acquisition made by Ellucian. The main reason for such purchases is mainly linked to potential growth in the client base or ... Ellucian Acquires CampusLogic to Enhance its Portfolio Read More![Some Data Context on "[SIS] Difficulties Frustrate Universities" - LISTedTECH](https://listedtech.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Average-Age-of-Active-Systems-by-Enrollment-Size.png)
Some Data Context on “[SIS] Difficulties Frustrate Universities”
On January 11, we came across an excellent article written by Suzanne Smalley on Inside Higher Ed titled “Student Information System Difficulties Frustrate Universities” regarding the struggles universities face when it comes to implementing new student information systems. We would like to offer some data context on this article. We encourage you to read the ... Some Data Context on “[SIS] Difficulties Frustrate Universities” Read More
