Student Information Systems

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Student Information Systems

Web-Based Grade Submission

January 1, 1998

This paper describes the University of Saskatchewan's process of automating the grade submission process. The project has reduced the elapse time of grade submission from four days to less th…

Making PeopleSoft Administrative Systems Work: The Case for Business Process Redesign

January 1, 1998

Cleveland State University invested in Business Process Reengineering (BPR) to facilitate an enterprise implementation of PeopleSoft applications in Student Services, Human Resources and Finance. …

We Built the House Around Us: Simultaneous Process Reengineering and System Replacement at Rice University

January 1, 1998

In late 1996, Rice University launched a plan to replace its aging student information system with a more up-to-date and flexible model. Simultaneously, Rice undertook an ambitious project to restr…

Administrative Systems in the Virtual University: Best Practices

January 1, 1997

The virtual campus--where students, faculty, and staff learn, instruct, and administer in a virtual space rather than in brick and mortar buildings--requires support capabilities that the existing …

Doing It Quickly: Use of a Generic Web Application Platform for Rapid Deployment of New Services

January 1, 1997

With the Web sweeping through every aspect of campus services, how do you quickly deliver complex services without reinventing the wheel each time? This paper describes a simple application deliver…

Student Transactions Via the Web

January 1, 1996

Stanford students now register, apply for housing, see course and grades, file study lists, update addresses, and take care of many other administrative tasks via the World Wide Web. This new appl…

University of Maryland College Park's Experience in Putting Student Services on the Web

January 1, 1996

As the University of Maryland at College Park looked for an efficient way of getting services out to students instead of making students come to us, the Web grew in popularity on campus, and made i…

SPEEDE/ExPRESS Electronic Exchange of Student Records (Transcripts) ... and more!

January 1, 1994

With increasing student demands for improved service and reduced institutional resources, this exciting new technology is one answer. The national project by the National Center for Education Stati…

SIS 2000 - The University of Arizona's Team Approach to Client/Server Migration: Strengthening Old Partnerships and Forging New Ones

January 1, 1994

The University of Arizona, like many other institutions, knows that it has reached an impasse with its administrative systems. The mainframe is overloaded, the files are getting bigger, the enhance…

University-Wide Client/Server Applications: A Case Study

January 1, 1993

This presentation will describe and demonstrate a client-server application, developed and implemented at University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM), for the management of students' records.We sh…