college & univerities
Current Participating InstitutionsHelping Private, Non-profit Colleges and Universities find affordable and sustainable technology operations through collaboration and community.
Modern, Affordable, Cloud-native Enterprise Systems & Services for private institutions
The Higher Education Collective Program is a growing group of private, non-profit colleges and universities interested in 1.) moving to a common, modern and affordable cloud-native enterprise solution, 2.) moving to world-class, multi-institutional contracts for software and services, 3.) developing a shared archive to ease migration and implementation costs, and 4.) create a network of Collective member schools to share both staff resources and expertise to lower operational overhead costs and increase efficiencies.
Our Higher Education Collective Software, Implementation and Support Partners
Best-in-Class Contracts for software & services for administrative licensing, support and other negotiated group contracts
Modern, affordable, software for finance, human resources, student management, financial aid, and analytics
Community-driven implementation and operations collaboration, support, and resource sharing across many private, non-profit institutions
the higher education collective
WHAT IS OFFERED?
The Collective Program’s common enterprise platform and partners – Oracle (for Oracle Cloud and Drivestream – were evaluated by 33 private, non-profit institutions over the course of 18 months as a strong, modern, cloud-native platform that is affordable (15-year pricing) for small to mid-sized private colleges and universities.
Evaluated by private Institutions
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Collaborating in community nowWhat our members say
“ERP, SIS and other major administrative system migrations may happen once every few decades, and can stretch small private colleges’ ability to execute on change of this magnitude. Working collaboratively and sharing knowledge with peers through the Collective completely changes how we can approach and succeed at these projects.”
—Kevin Davis, Chief Information Officer
– Davidson College Technology & Innovation
“Flagler College is excited to be a member of the Collective Program. The benefits of a group of like-minded, similarly-organized institutions, working together to through a student information system replacement, cannot be overstated. The ability to learn from each other, share expertise and adjust to the cloud environment may be the most valuable aspect of the Collective, which also includes world-class SAAS of Oracle Cloud and the strong and committed partner in Drivestream.”
—Gwen Pechan, Chief Information Officer – Flagler College
“The thought of changing the enterprise system at the entire University level is an overwhelming concept in terms of both cost and institutional disruption. The cohort-based model provided by Oracle through Drivestream and the Collective provides reassurances in each of these areas. With the 10-year fixed price model, the anxiety of receiving the annual software increase letter is eliminated, and the fact that the implementation is occurring simultaneously with other institutions in the cohort provides instant access to support at all levels of the institution. Despite the understandable workload that is in front of us with the remaining implementation, all departments remain extremely enthusiastic about this significant step-change and upgrade in our institutional infrastructure.”
— Mark Reed, Vice President for Finance & Administration – Moravian University