UAB Student Information System

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UAB Student Information System

• IT Committee for the UA System BOT
• December 10, 2004

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Common Student Information System

• Resolution passed at the June 2002 BOT
  designating SCT Banner as the common Student
  Information System for the three campuses
• UA and UAH Student System Projects are currently
  underway
• Given the successful implementation of the Oracle
  HR and Finance systems, UAB is now ready to begin
  the Student Information System Project

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Technical Considerations

• SCT Banner runs on the Oracle database which is
  the UAB standard
• Both Oracle and Banner use Oracle Forms as the
  development tool of choice and UAB has expertise
  in this area
• The Banner product utilizes a Unix platform
• UAB has developed considerable talent with the
  Oracle project
• This will complete the transition from the
  mainframe technology
• Gartner Group was consulted and advised an Oracle
  Student System would be high risk and cost due to
  potential customizations while a Banner
  implementation is more stable and predicable

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Functional Considerations

• Our students and faculty will have access to
  information through
• an easy to use web interface anytime and
  anywhere
• The system will incorporate university, school
  and department academic policy rules and
  automatically notify students of academic
  warnings, probations and suspensions
• The Banner system will provide a consolidated
  comprehensive student record from the earliest
  stages of recruitment through graduation to
  alumni i.e. cradle to grave tracking
• The Portal technology will give each user a
  personalized entry into the UAB digital community
• Use of a student identifier instead of the social
  security number will address FERPA requirements
• The system will provide flexibility for
  responding to mandated changes in state and
  federal reporting and professional accreditation
  requirements

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Financial Considerations

• UA System had previously negotiated deep
  discounts in an agreement known as Consortium for
  Higher Education Technology Agreement (CHETA)
• SCT was purchased by SunGard earlier this year
  and their last independent fiscal year ends this
  month
• UAB negotiated an offer which will provide an
  additional 24 savings off software list price
  with further maintenance and implementation fee
  discounts totaling 3.7 million savings for the
  project and recurring fees

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December 2004 Price Comparison
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Project Budget
Software 1,240,914 Hardware/Storage
866,000 SCT Support Training,
Functional and technical 6,008,652 Other
technical 845,000 Contingency
500,000 Total Project
Budget 9,460,566
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Action

• Request BOT approval of the University of Alabama
  at Birmingham Student Information System
  Replacement Project and the Project Budget
• University of Alabama at Birmingham is authorized
  to enter into an agreement with SunGard SCT for
  the software and services

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SCT Banner Project Timeline
UAB 12/01/2004