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Higher Education Technology

Accelerate Enterprise-Wide Transformation

Our enterprise solutions team provides the spark for institutional transformation. With our extensive experience implementing technology and our deep knowledge of higher education, we help institutions realize value beyond simply changing technology solutions.

Higher Education Technology Implementation Solutions

  • Higher Education Technology Implementation Solutions
    • IT Strategy

      IT Strategy

      As higher education institutions look to align their information technology resources and investments to their strategic business, academic, and research mission and objectives, Huron provides:

      • IT strategic planning and IT governance services.
      • IT assessments, benchmarking, and best practice insights.
      • IT organization structure evaluations and enhancements.
      • IT service delivery maturity analysis and recommendations.
      • IT financial management reviews and guidance.
      • Program management expertise and IT strategy implementation services.

    • Cloud Planning

      Cloud Planning

      Huron provides a comprehensive approach that guides universities through their cloud transformation and helps them to develop:

      • Goals, objectives and governance for the project.
      • The financial plan and project roadmap.
      • A change management strategy.
      • Identification of data integration and migration needs.

    • Financials

      Financials

      As institutions look to move their financial management to the cloud and modernize their business processes, Huron offers:

      • Chart of Accounts Design.
      • Implementation services including planning, change management, business process design, configuration, testing, go-live readiness and support.
      • Prebuilt higher education financial business processes and reports.
      • Data preparation, integration, analytics and reporting.
      • Workday and Oracle implementation expertise.

    • Planning and Budgeting

      Planning and Budgeting

      Higher education institutions need the right tools and processes to support strategic resource alignment and visibility. Huron offers:

      • Strategic planning and assessments that integrate technology and best practice business processes.
      • Implementation of industry leading applications leveraging pre-built solutions that support all aspects and models of Higher Education planning and budgeting.
      • Oracle and Anaplan implementation expertise.

    • Human Capital Management

      Human Capital Management

      When deploying HCM platforms, institutions look to provide a full spectrum of solutions to support faculty, staff, union and student workers. Huron provides:

      • Prebuilt higher education HCM business process design and configuration.
      • Implementation services including planning, change management, business process design, configuration, testing, go-live readiness and support.
      • Data preparation, integration, analytics and reporting.
      • Workday and Oracle implementation expertise.

    • Business Intelligence

      Business Intelligence

      With so much change in higher education, using true, up-to-date analytics is more important than ever. Huron offers:

      • Assessment of the university’s current reporting environment and a roadmap for improvement.
      • Consolidation of information from multiple sources into one source of truth.
      • Implementation of industry leading business intelligence solutions on premise or in the cloud.
      • Delivered or custom reporting.

    • Student Systems

      Student Systems

      From applicant to alumni, make scalable strategic and technology decisions that will streamline the entire student lifecycle. Huron offers:

      • Student strategy design.
      • Workday, Salesforce and Oracle implementation expertise.

    • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

      Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

      Higher Education institutions use CRM to manage constituents including students, alumni, donors and corporate partners. Huron offers:

      • Implementation of solutions including student recruiting and admissions, student service, student success, advancement, corporate relations and athletics.
      • Custom development for legacy application replacement and other needs.
      • Experience with Salesforce CRM implementations including the Higher Education Data Architecture and industry-specific modules including Student Advisor Link.

    • Procurement

      Procurement

      Higher education institutions look to use procure-to-pay technologies to support their purchasing and payables processes. Huron’s procurement technology services include:

      • Evaluation of optimal technology.
      • Development of business cases.
      • Planning for technology implementations, including change leadership and process redesign.
      • Implementation of procurement technologies.
      • Optimization of existing procurement technologies.

    • Travel and Expense Management

      Travel and Expense Management

      Travel and expense management functions generate savings, improve process efficiency, support compliance and enhance the traveler’s experience. Huron’s travel and expense technology services include:

      • Evaluation of current travel and expense programs, including strategies, processes and culture.
      • Development of business cases for travel and/or expense technologies.
      • Planning for travel and/or expense technology implementations, including change leadership and process redesign.
      • Implementation and/or configuration of travel and expense technologies.
      • Optimization of existing travel and expense technologies and overall travel and expense programs.

    • Research

      Research

      In today’s fiercely competitive research environment, it is increasingly difficult to maintain a world-class research enterprise. To support this critical and vital function at institutions, Huron offers:

      • Flexible and scalable options for full configurability and back-office outsourcing.
      • Facilitated compliance for any-sized research organization.
      • Research services for evaluation, implementation and optimization of Huron Research Suite (formerly Click).

Past Performance

Huron has worked with more than 500 higher education and research institutions, including all of the top 100 comprehensive research universities, to establish a stronger foundation for transformative change.

University of Washington - HCM in the Cloud
Successful transformation of HR and payroll delivery model.

University of Wyoming - Student Internship
Innovative internship program introduces undergrads to cloud technology and real-world business skills.

University of North Dakota - Incentive-Based Budgeting
Budget processes shift from being tactical to strategic.

University of Wyoming - Student Reporting
Implementation of business intelligence to provide one-stop interface for all student reporting needs.

Resources

Our thought leadership helps institutions build a better future for their students, alumni, faculty, staff, employer partners and university stakeholders.

Cloud Migration Provides the Spark for Institutional Transformation - Ovum Huron Whitepaper

Cloud Migration Provides the Spark for Institutional Transformation

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Transforming Higher Ed with Cloud Technology

Transforming Higher Ed With Cloud Technology - Podcast Series

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Moving to the Cloud - Higher Education Technology Solutions Page

Moving to the Cloud? Critical Steps to A Successful Cloud Transformation

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Experts

  • Ryan McDaniel

    Ryan McDaniel

    Managing Director

    Industry:

    Higher Education | Healthcare

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  • Jason Moebius

    Jason Moebius

    Managing Director

    Industry:

    Higher Education | Healthcare

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  • Matt Jones

    Matt Jones

    Managing Director

    Industry:

    Higher Education | Logistics

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  • Gary Whitney

    Gary Whitney

    Managing Director

    Industry:

    Higher Education | Healthcare | Life Sciences | Manufacturing

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    David Klipa

    Managing Director

    Industry:

    Higher Education

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  • Joy Walton

    Joy Walton

    Managing Director

    Industry:

    Higher Education | Healthcare | Technology Media and Telecommunications

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