2023 Ellucian Impact Award Winners
The annual Ellucian Impact Award recognizes higher education institutions that use technology to solve challenges, operate more efficiently, and create better student experiences.
Student Success
Recognizing higher education institutions using technology to attract, enroll, and retain right-fit students, as well as deliver high-value educational experiences throughout the student journey.
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL
Jacksonville State University, a public university, leveraged a comprehensive portfolio of Ellucian solutions–including CampusLogic products–to improve recruitment and admissions processes, boost net price calculator completions rates, simplify financial aid processes, and enhance student support around degree requirements and student transfer processes.
Compton College
Compton, CA
Compton College, a community college serving more than 6,600 students, can better support academic and basic needs using Ellucian’s CRM Advise early alert program. Real-time reports and centralized data, paired with recently implemented cross-campus collaboration and training, led to greater student support with 70 faculty members submitting more than 1,000 early alerts each semester.
Institutional Resilience
Recognizing higher education institutions using technology to mitigate risk, eliminate downtime, withstand disruption, and achieve greater productivity.
Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education (PASSHE)
California, PA and Bloomsburg, PA
PASSHE's OneSIS project provides institutions access to 28 Ellucian modules in the cloud on Ellucian's Shared Technology Platform. PASSHE is now live with OneSIS at PennWest University and Commonwealth University (representing six campuses), ensuring all students, faculty, and staff can benefit from modern toolsets and enhanced security.
Empowering Staff
Recognizing higher education institutions leveraging technology to alleviate and reduce administrative burdens, retain and grow top talent, and enable staff and faculty to succeed with best-in-class tools and insights.
Gwinnett Technical College
Lawrenceville, GA
To empower staff and support institution-wide goals, Gwinnett Technical College reorganized its Student Affairs Division, increased staff training and access to data, and expanded its efforts to leverage technology. As a result, admissions applications for fall 2022 increased by 9% and students admitted increased by 6% compared to the prior fall term.
Manhattanville College
Purchase, NY
Manhattanville College's use of Ellucian Colleague expanded to include the Self-Service Finance Management Budget Development Module, facilitating streamlined processes for budget requests through a central location. Colleague's Budget Development Module empowered Manhattanville to uncover over $2M in cost savings while developing and reviewing its fiscal year 2023 budget.
Innovation
Recognize higher education institutions implementing flexible, scalable technology with which they can evolve ahead of changing learner needs and workforce demands.
Rush University
Chicago, IL
Rush University’s implementation of Ellucian Colleague’s Student Planning module significantly improved the tracking of student data and enhanced the quality of interactions with students. By eliminating tuition revenue losses related to variable credit errors, Rush University increased revenue from approximately $12,000 to $24,000 per year.
Transformative Leadership
Recognize institutional leaders who drive ambitious initiatives, demonstrating skills and expertise to successfully manage change towards clear, common goals across multiple stakeholder groups.
Instituto Profesional AIEP
Providencia, Region Metropolitana, Chile
Instituto Profesional AIEP is a technical and professional higher education institution that serves 100,000 students across 25 campuses. Leveraging Ellucian Banner, Instituto Profesional AIEP launched a comprehensive transformation with over 97 initiatives. The result has been an increase in total enrollment, improved student satisfaction and retention, and an expansion in new career paths for students.
