Field guides, not brochures
The SIS migration field guide: 140 days, two rehearsals, one parallel term
A week-by-week account of how institutions move off a legacy student information system without losing a registration cycle — including the four decisions that cause most delays.
18 min read · August 2026
Which retention signals actually predict attrition
An analysis of first-term signals across 340 institutions: what predicts non-persistence, what merely correlates, and how quickly an intervention has to reach a student to matter.
12 min read · July 2026
The true cost of a legacy SIS: a 340-institution cost model
Licence fees are the smallest line. This report breaks down infrastructure, DBA time, upgrade projects, integration maintenance and the staff hours consumed by reconciliation.
22 min read · June 2026
FERPA and GDPR in a multi-tenant cloud: what auditors ask
The specific questions institutional counsel and auditors raise about shared-infrastructure SIS platforms, and the documentation that answers each one.
15 min read · May 2026
Building a yield model your enrollment committee will trust
A 45-minute session with two VPs of enrollment on moving from historical averages to institution-specific yield probability — and how to present it to a sceptical committee.
45 min watch · April 2026
The registrar’s first 90 days on a new SIS
A practical sequence for registrars inheriting an implementation: what to configure first, what to defer, and which legacy workarounds to retire deliberately.
14 min read · March 2026
Why advancement should migrate with students, not after them
Phasing the alumni database into a later project feels lower risk. It usually costs a year of segmentation quality and one annual fund cycle.
9 min read · February 2026
Financial aid for non-standard terms without the errors
Seven-week terms, rolling starts and competency-based programs make Title IV payment periods genuinely hard. Here is how to model them correctly.
16 min read · January 2026