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   from the issue of November 8, 2007

     
 
Regents to review $16M universitywide student information system request

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will meet Nov. 9 at Varner Hall. Committee meetings begin at 8 a.m. and the board meeting begins at 1 p.m.

The Regents will be asked to approve submission of a $16 million budget deficit request to partially fund replacement of the universitywide Student Information Systems, a system that is critical to the daily operation and the institutional information of the university.

The SIS system impacts the more than 46,500 students who attend the university, and the more than 12,000 faculty and staff members who work there. Every aspect of a student's relationship with the university is supported by the system, including key academic and student-related administrative functions such as recruitment, admissions, registration, billing, degree audit, housing, institutional reporting and all financial aid activities.

The university's vendor has said that the current NU student information system is quickly becoming technologically obsolete and more difficult and costly to maintain and enhance. Further, vendor representatives have stated they will not support the university's SIS system past 2011. The $16 million would cover software, hardware and consulting costs needed immediately to begin the complex and lengthy replacement process of three to five years.

The Regents will also vote on a new 17,200-square-foot Ashfall Fossil Beds Excavation Building at Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, located near Royal. The new building - to be named the Hubbard Family Foundation Rhino Barn - would allow for decades of additional excavation work and protection of the fragile, unique fossil resources housed there.

For more information, go online to www.nebraska.edu.

Regents meetings are audio streamed live online at www.nebraska.edu.


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