Oracle 101 at ASU

Arizona State University is down with Oracle, as the big company has announced ASU’s implementation of Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise Student Administration and PeopleSoft Enterprise Customer Relationship Management for Higher Education.

The implementation is the first stage of an extensive overall enterprise resource planning system initiative. ASU is in the early stages of a ten-year plan to expand in scope and size, while simultaneously raising academic quality. The ASU brain trust has a goal to make ASU “The New American University,” providing quality, accessible education, and producing a highly educated workforce to generate economic growth. In the next 15 years, the university hopes to increase enrollment by some 56 percent from its already fourth-largest status.

PeopleSoft Enterprise applications will be implemented throughout the next thirteen months in areas of student administration, human resources and financial management processes. With the massive project, the Sun Devils seek to improve service to students and more effectively manage the entire lifecycle. ASU is already using PeopleSoft Enterprise Recruiting and Admissions on campus, as the first part of the university’s Online Administration & Student Information System (a.k.a., naturally, OASIS). ASU currently takes in over 75,000 student applications per year.

ASU is outsourcing the implementation and hosting of the university’s PeopleSoft stuff to CedarCrestone.

In early 2007, ASU plans to complete the deployment of PeopleSoft Enterprise Student Administration with the launch of the modules for student records, registration and financial aid. In spring and summer of 2007, the university will further streamline business processes with the deployment of Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise Human Capital Management and PeopleSoft Enterprise Performance Management. ASU plans to complete the implementation of the full ERP system at the beginning of the fall 2007 school year.