For close to ten years the University of Northern Iowa has been considering how best to replace its aging Student Information System. This system supports the academic program by fulfilling core functional needs like course registration, grade reporting, student recordkeeping, application for enrollment processing, financial aid awarding, student billing, and degree auditing. Further, it stores data essential to academic advising, Regents reporting, international enrollment reporting, space scheduling, career services, alumni relations and other functions.

Our current system went on line in 1982. It's outdated and dying. In today's world, a desktop computer is outdated and needs upgrading or replacement when it's 2.6 years old -- compare that to UNI's student information system, which is 26 years old. It's like we're still using a rotary telephone. You can make a call with it, but you can't get parts to fix it and it doesn't interface with today's technology.

With the support of key personnel in all of the University's divisions, we have begun to plan in earnest for a new system. Our process will be open and engaging of those who, in the end, will use the system and those who will operate the system. We will seek to provide students with the best possible set of services, support faculty and academic units in their delivery of the academic program (our core mission), and meet institutional obligations in a cost-efficient manner.

Jan Hanish, Assistant Vice President for Administration and Finance, will serve as project leader. Let Jan or me know if you have questions about this effort.


Terry Hogan
Vice President for Educational and Student Services


Office of the Vice President for Educational and Student Services
10 Redeker Center | University of Northern Iowa | Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0010
Phone: (319) 273-2332 | Fax: (319) 273-5832 | E-Mail: vpess-web@uni.edu

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Last Modified: April 21, 2008