This site has various resources to keep you up-to-date on the current status of the SIS enhancement project and opportunities for getting involved in the project. The content on this site will be regularly updated throughout the project, so make sure you come back periodically to see what’s new.
On 5/11/23 we shared an update that included a summary of the Huron SIS Assessment Report, recordings of an all-campus presentation about the report, and calls for feedback. The email was formatted as a newsletter to make the information as digestible as possible.
At the beginning of the Academic Year, Vassar undertook a project to conduct a “Readiness and Requirements” review of our Student Information System. The project was steered by a committee, whose membership is made up of multiple faculty members and representatives from the major units across campus that depend most directly on the SIS. This review was designed to include all processes related to the student records life cycle, from admittance to graduation.
The Readiness and Requirements review of our Student Information System (i.e. Banner, AskBanner, Preregistration) has been underway for a few weeks now.
As we have stated before, one goal of the review is to solicit broad input from throughout the college regarding how processes related to the student records life cycle work today, how they will need to work going forward, and what is most important to individuals in managing potential system or process changes that we may undertake in the future.
This is a reminder that as part of the Readiness and Requirements review of our Student Information System we will be holding 3 more feedback sessions this Friday, November 4th.
You may remember receiving an email from Carlos Garcia and Dean Hoynes at the beginning of September describing a project to conduct a Readiness and Requirements review of our Student Information System.
To summarize, this review includes all processes related to the student records life cycle, from admittance to graduation. One goal of the review is to solicit broad input from throughout the college regarding how processes related to that life cycle work today, how they will need to work going forward, and what is most important to individuals in managing potential system or process changes that we may undertake in the future.
As the Fall Semester gets underway, we are writing to inform you about a project that will take place throughout this semester. No action is required at this time.
CIS and the Dean of Faculty Office are collaborating on a project to conduct a Readiness and Requirements review of Vassar’s Student Information System (“SIS”). We most commonly refer to our SIS as Banner, but it also includes other systems (e.g. Slate, PowerFAIDS, and Residence). Our SIS supports all aspects of a student’s educational experience–from registration to graduation–and includes demographic data and information related to scheduling, conduct, health, billing, grades, and academic programs.