Key Highlights:

• Ellucian is the only higher ed student information system (SIS) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) provider to earn the EDUCAUSE Higher Ed Ready™ designation.
• The recognition follows an independent assessment by higher education CIOs and academic technology leaders across six areas of organizational readiness.
• The designation reinforces Ellucian's singular focus on higher education and mission to power higher education so institutions can empower student success.

RESTON, Va., Sept. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ellucian, the leading higher education technology solutions provider, today announced it has earned the EDUCAUSE Higher Ed Ready™ designation, becoming the only higher education SIS and ERP provider to receive the recognition. The EDUCAUSE Higher Ed Ready™ Program provides a trusted, third-party assessment recognizing companies that demonstrate strong commitment, transparency, and service to the higher education community.

Independent Validation of Higher Education Readiness

Higher education relies on solutions providers that understand its mission, constraints, and responsibility to students, faculty, and staff. Organizations earning the EDUCAUSE Higher Ed Ready™ designation are evaluated by a panel of higher education CIOs and academic technology leaders across six areas: transparency and communication; innovation; customer success; shared goals and values; standards and compliance; and collaboration and community engagement. For institutions, the designation signals credibility, alignment with higher education's unique needs and priorities, and long-term partnership potential.

"We're honored to earn the EDUCAUSE Higher Ed Ready™ designation," said Laura Ipsen, President and CEO, Ellucian. "For 60 years, higher education has been our singular focus. That deep domain expertise gives us a unique understanding of the complexities, responsibilities, and opportunities institutions navigate every day and enables us to translate that insight into technology and partnership that help them thrive. This recognition reinforces what has always been fundamental to our mission: powering higher education so institutions can empower student success."

Purpose-Built Innovation for Higher Education

Ellucian's unmatched higher education expertise is embedded in the Ellucian Platform and Ellucian Student, higher education's complete SaaS-native solution powering the end-to-end student lifecycle. This continued innovation helps institutions navigate complexity, improve outcomes, and prepare for what comes next.

• Higher education intelligence: Ellucian AI is powered by the Ellucian Higher Education Knowledge Graph, a living catalog of approximately 10,000 unique higher education processes informed by more than 50 years of expertise and continuously evolving alongside colleges and universities.
  
  
• AI that understands institutional context: Purpose-built AI applies higher education-specific business logic, policies, regulations, and workflows to deliver actionable intelligence while maintaining institutional governance and control.
  
  
• A unified foundation for student success: Ellucian Student brings student, HCM (Human Capital Management), and Finance together on the Ellucian Platform, aligning people, resources, and decisions around a single vision: to unlock learning for all.

To see the full EDUCAUSE Higher Ed Ready™ directory, visit: https://educause.secure-platform.com/higher-ed-ready/gallery?roundId=85001 

To learn more about Ellucian, visit: https://www.ellucian.com/ 

WHAT IS ELLUCIAN

Ellucian powers innovation for higher education, partnering with approximately 3,000 customers across 50 countries, serving more than 21 million students. Ellucian's AI-powered platform, trained on the richest dataset available in higher education, drives efficiency, personalized experiences, and strengthened engagement for all students, faculty and staff. Fueled by decades of experience with a singular focus on the unique needs of learning institutions, the Ellucian platform features best-in-class SaaS capabilities and delivers insights needed now and into the future. These solutions and services span the entire student lifecycle, including data-rich tools for student recruitment, enrolment, and retention to workforce analytics, fundraising, and alumni engagement. Ellucian's innovative solutions, vast ecosystem of partners and user community of more than 45,000 provides best practices leading to greater institutional success and achieving better student outcomes.

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