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    University & Higher-Ed ERP Migration and Modernization

    Move higher education off aging ERP and student systems — Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, Ellucian Banner and Colleague, Jenzabar — to modern cloud ERP and Oracle Fusion, or archive them for FERPA and Title IV retention. Student, financial-aid, finance, HR and admissions data migrated with record-level reconciliation, or retired to a searchable, read-only archive.

    Student · Finance · HR · Aid
    Full scope
    FERPA + Title IV
    Retention-ready
    Record-level
    Reconciled
    Banner·Colleague·PeopleSoft
    Sources

    Why universities are modernizing

    Campus technology is under pressure: on-premise ERP and SIS platforms are aging, customization debt has piled up over decades, and roadmaps for legacy suites are uncertain — all while budgets tighten and compliance demands grow. Whether the plan is to move to a modern cloud ERP or to consolidate after a merger, the legacy student, finance and HR data has to go somewhere it can still be used and audited.

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    Cost & aging infrastructure

    On-prem PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, Banner and Colleague carry rising licensing, hosting and specialist-staffing costs for platforms built decades ago.

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    Customization debt

    Years of custom code and integrations make legacy systems fragile and expensive to change — a barrier to modernizing student and financial services.

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    Consolidation & M&A

    Mergers, system-office standardization and multi-campus consolidation leave several legacy ERPs/SIS behind, each with its own retention clock.

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    FERPA & Title IV retention

    Student and financial-aid records must be retained and protected — so a retiring SIS can’t simply be switched off.

    What we migrate — or archive

    Every domain a college or university runs, mapped to a modern target or a compliant archive:

    Student / SIS

    • Admissions & recruiting
    • Enrollment & registration
    • Academic records & transcripts
    • Degrees & awards
    • Advising & holds

    Financial aid & finance

    • Title IV financial aid & awards
    • Disbursements & refunds
    • GL, AP, AR & grants
    • Endowment & advancement

    HR & payroll

    • Employee & position data
    • Payroll & benefits
    • Faculty & adjunct records
    • Time & labor

    Two paths — migrate or archive

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    Migrate to cloud ERP

    Move live student, finance, HR and aid data into Oracle Fusion (or your chosen cloud ERP/SIS) — automated extraction, source-to-target mapping and record-level reconciliation, proven across two-plus mock runs before cutover.

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    Archive & decommission

    Retire the legacy SIS/ERP but keep every record queryable — a secure, read-only archive with self-service reporting for FERPA/Title IV retention, audits and transcript requests, without the legacy license.

    See how it played out on a real HCM move: PeopleSoft → Oracle Fusion HCM case study →

    Built for campus compliance

    Student and financial-aid records carry specific obligations. Migration and archival are designed around FERPA privacy, Title IV retention and transcript rules from the start.

    FERPA privacy
    Education records stay access-controlled and audit-logged, in migration and in the archive.
    Title IV retention
    Financial-aid records retained for the required window — see the retention & archival guide.
    Transcripts
    Permanent academic records preserved and retrievable long after the SIS is retired.

    Frequently asked questions

    What does university ERP migration cover?

    The full higher-ed estate — student/SIS (admissions, enrollment, transcripts), financial aid (Title IV), finance (GL/AP/AR/grants), and HR/payroll — migrated to a modern cloud ERP like Oracle Fusion, or archived when a legacy system is retired.

    Which higher-ed systems do you support?

    Oracle PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, Ellucian Banner, Ellucian Colleague (Datatel), Jenzabar and Workday Student, plus other campus finance and HR systems. Each has its own detailed page.

    Do we have to migrate everything, or can we archive?

    Both. Migrate the data your new cloud ERP/SIS needs, and archive the rest to a read-only store so you can decommission the legacy system while still meeting FERPA and Title IV retention.

    How is student and financial-aid data kept compliant?

    Records stay access-controlled and audit-logged, retained for the applicable FERPA/Title IV windows, with transcripts preserved permanently. See the student data retention & archival guide (general guidance, not legal advice).

    What are the alternatives to PeopleSoft for universities?

    Modern options include Oracle Fusion (with a student system), Workday Student, and Ellucian cloud — chosen on fit, cost and roadmap. See the alternatives-to-PeopleSoft-for-universities guide.

    Modernizing your campus ERP or SIS?

    Tell us your source systems — PeopleSoft Campus Solutions, Ellucian Banner or Colleague, Jenzabar — and whether you’re migrating to cloud or archiving for FERPA/Title IV. We’ll scope it.