Ellucian Ethos

A unifying platform
for higher education
 Contents

3 Why higher education needs a

unifying platform

4 Ellucian Ethos: A platform for student

and institutional success

6 An extensive ecosystem

7 Core elements of Ellucian Ethos

8 Benefits of the Ellucian Ethos platform

9 Bringing it all together

10 Let’s talk!

11 About Ellucian
Why higher education needs
a unifying platform
Institutional success hinges on faculty and staff collaborating to drive
toward a shared mission. However, a lack of unified technology causes
roadblocks when critical data lives in silos, workers duplicate efforts,
and resources are applied inefficiently. A unifying platform can solve one
of higher education’s greatest challenges—unlocking data to improve
decision making, increase performance, and spur student success.

That’s why Ellucian has invested in a comprehensive platform

designed exclusively for higher education, Ellucian Ethos.
Powering the most complete portfolio of enterprise applications for higher
education available today, Ellucian Ethos provides institutions with a single,
open, extensible architecture for modernization and growth.

Hosted by Amazon Web Services and fully cloud enabled, Ellucian Ethos offers
greater scalability, mobility, ease-of-use, access to data, and rapid delivery
options. Systems can reside on premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid model
and all connect to the same unifying platform.

Create a modern,
connected campus

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Ellucian Ethos, a platform for
student and institutional success
A unifying platform fosters an open environment in which applications
can talk to each other and deliver a seamless user experience. Faculty and
staff no longer face roadblocks when they go to access information and work
together to reach their ultimate goal—serving students.

From constituent relationship management and student information systems

to analytics and administrative tools, the Ellucian Ethos Platform connects
our entire portfolio of higher education solutions. All software running on
Ellucian Ethos shares a common architecture and integrated data and
workflows. This creates a barrier-free environment in which students can
move seamlessly between each stage of the academic lifecycle and faculty
and staff can focus on strategic initiatives rather than time-consuming
administrative tasks.

Provide students with

anytime, anywhere access
to the resources they need
to succeed

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Three capabilities in particular—Ellucian Ethos Data Model, Ellucian
Ethos Integration, and Ellucian Ethos Data Lake—create a world where all
“We designed the Ethos platform
users have what they need to improve performance. to standardize and unify data from
The Ellucian Ethos Data Model culls data from a wide variety of Ellucian, partner, and
applications (from both Ellucian and third-party providers) and puts
it in a standard language and format so that systems and people can
third-party applications,
communicate. enabling institutions to create
The Ellucian Ethos Data Model captures and converts a wealth of data from an empowered campus.”
systems and domains across campus, including demographics, campus
life, academic history, curriculum management, registration, admissions, James Willey, Senior Vice President, Ellucian
attendance, student profiles, accounts receivables, and financial aid, among
many others.

Ellucian Ethos Integration ensures this data flows seamlessly between

systems, applications, and users. This results in deeper, more productive
collaboration at every level of the institution.

And finally, Ellucian Ethos Data Lake provides a consolidated source

of accurate, real-time data that makes it possible to conduct the kind of
sophisticated analytics institutions need to improve performance and inform
decision-making.

Ultimately, the Ellucian Ethos platform delivers a rich, connected ecosystem

of solutions, partners, services, choices, data, and insights—the engine you
need to run a modern campus.

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An extensive ecosystem
Support for third-party solutions from dozens of partners enables the Ellucian Ethos ecosystem
to provide seamless data sharing and communication across institutions and partners without
heavy lifting or costly integration.

Once you have applications supported by Ethos, they just work together, providing modern
campuses with the integrated capabilities required to remain competitive in our digitally
connected world.

A sampling of the ecosystem

TRAVEL &
BOOKSTORE
EXPENSE

Examples of
STUDENT Ellucian
INFORMATION FUNDRAISING
SYSTEMS Ethos
Integration

CAMPUS PAYMENT
CARD PROCESSING

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Core elements of Ellucian Ethos
»» Experience: Information available anytime, on any device

»» Analytics: Pre-built, role-based, guided analytics

customized for functional roles

»» Reporting: Configurable dashboards tailored to higher education

»» Workflow: Higher education workflows built in, integrated

»» Data Lake: Common source of data updated in real time

»» Extend: Data flows throughout the ecosystem without complex

customizations

»» Integration: Information flowing freely between

systems, people

»» Data Model: Institution-wide data standardized, integrated

»» Identity: Secure access, single sign-on

»» Infrastructure: Built on Amazon Web Services, secure, scalable

»» Global Services: Ellucian Global Services, largest group of

expert consultants supporting higher education

»» Choice: Option to deploy in the cloud, on premises, or

using a hybrid model

»» Comprehensive portfolio of solutions: Designed exclusively

for higher education

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Benefits of the Ellucian Ethos platform

Integration “I can tell which students are struggling and why
and connect them with the people and resources
»» Everyone has access to consistent information, updated in real time they need in time to make a difference.”
»» Data flows freely between people and applications, both internal and external
»» Workflows are streamlined across functions
»» Constituents enjoy a seamless experience

Extensibility “I don’t have to overhaul our systems every

time we need to add a new program or add
»» Applications expand easily to offer new functionality without complex coding functionality that improves the student
»» Programs can be scaled up or down with minimal cost or disruption experience. Instead, I’m continually increasing
»» Easily extend platform components to include institution-defined data without the value of our existing investments
complex customizations because the products and data integrate.”
»» Extended data flows available to all solutions using Ethos

Security “Our critical enterprise systems and data

are protected by Amazon Web Services, the
»» Identity is tightly managed gold standard in cloud hosting, and disaster
»» Single sign-on removes errors and frustrations prevention and recovery are in the hands
»» Student and institutional data is governed by industry best practices of Ellucian’s world-renowned experts.”

Discovery “Combining data and providing visualizations

from multiple sources, I can quickly get
»» Personalized, pre-built content answers to questions that had previously been
»» One data source powers the entire institution impossible to address allowing me to make
»» Accessible everywhere data informed decisions with confidence.”

Versatility “We are able to keep core enterprise systems on

»» Institutions take advantage of the cloud where it makes sense

premises, while implementing SaaS applications
where it makes sense for rapid growth and
»» A variety of hybrid models of on-premises and cloud hosting support individual needs innovation. Everything’s still integrated.”

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Bringing it all together
How a fully integrated technology environment eases the work of multiple constituents

Role Director, Admissions Director, Financial Aid Director, IT

Goal Improve accountability Boost efficiency and student success Increase innovation

Action To prepare for a meeting with the VP of Ellucian Workflow can route important Built-in tools and workflows free up the IT
Enrollment, she downloads a probability/ information, like notifications regarding director from routine IT administrative tasks.
desired matrix by territory about recruits financial aid to students and those She can focus on supporting the campus in
and pulls info for first-generation students, associated with the process. Workflow more meaningful ways through innovative
an institutional priority. Through the allows users to send and receive financial projects such as deploying beacons
analytics sharing function, she uncovers data from across disparate applications. for attendance tracking or exploring
best practices analysis from peers. She Today users can make important decisions technologies to further student success.
finds additional content and best practices and route processes appropriately solving Integrated reporting and analytics and user-
from peers at other institutions about any financial need. friendly dashboards support a campus-wide
improving outreach to that audience. culture of performance.

Impact “Not only can I find data, data comes “With accurate routing of my data to “Instead of putting out fires,
to me in a format that directly supports the right people at the right time, I I’m sparking innovation.”
the decisions I’m making each day.” can act faster, improve my processes
and improve our efficiency.”

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Let’s talk!
Discover all the ways that Ellucian Ethos
technology can help you transform
higher education.

Visit www.ellucian.com/ethos
or contact your Ellucian Account
Representative to learn more.

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transparency, and drive efficiencies. More than 2,500 institutions in 40 countries around the world
look to Ellucian for the ideas and insights that will move education forward, helping people everywhere
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