HIGHER EDUCATION
TRANSFORM YOUR INSTITUTION WITH YOUR TRUSTED ADVISOR
Sierra-Cedar has more than 20 years of experience helping colleges and universities of all sizes deploy mission-critical technologies and service models, strategically driving success in on-premise, cloud, and hosted technology environments. We serve large state systems, research institutions, community and technical colleges, private liberal arts colleges, for-profit colleges, and online educational institutions. Our experienced and knowledgeable consultants help you deploy the latest technologies, so that your faculty, administrators, and students have the right tools to meet mission-critical objectives.
Count on us to be your trusted advisor and to provide services that will help transform your institution. We will work closely with your team to understand your processes, culture, and vision to help you achieve your objectives.
370 Clients
100+ Consultants
2,500+ Projects
Practice Launched in 1997
How We Can Help
Oracle & PeopleSoft Services
Higher Education Specialists in Campus Solutions, Human Capital Management & Financial Management
Capitalize on our expertise as our dedicated higher education consultants assist your organization with Oracle Cloud and PeopleSoft on-premise applications. Leverage our collective knowledge to apply an integrated process approach to each project.
With an average of 13 years of higher education experience and 12 years of experience with Oracle and PeopleSoft, our consultants understand higher education business needs and cycles—from the creation and maintenance of academic programs, degree plans, catalogs and schedules, to student admissions, financial aid, enrollment, billing, grading, recruiting, hiring, supporting faculty and staff, managing finances, and fundraising.
Services and Tools
Our project methodology is a deliverables-based approach that combines our Interactive Design and Prototype (IDP) process, knowledge transfer, and change management activities. We have a toolkit of planning documents and templates, activities, and techniques to help you with your project and a team of experienced consultants to share knowledge along the way.
- Sierra-Cedar’s Propel Project Methodology
- Interactive Design and Prototype (IDP)
- Implementations: Campus Solutions, HCM, and Financials
- 9.2 Upgrades: Campus Solutions, HCM, and Financials
- Strategic Planning and Assessments: Fluid, User Experience
- Oracle Cloud
We have served 350 Oracle PeopleSoft clients, supporting more than 1,500 implementation, upgrade, managed services, hosting, and enhancement projects. Our project approach puts our clients at the forefront with a primary focus on empowering their teams with the skills needed to manage their technology.
Business Process Review, Assessment & Alignment
Analyze Your Business Processes. Identify Opportunities. Get Ready to Deploy.
Build a solid foundation for technology projects with Sierra-Cedar’s Business Process Review, Assessment, and Alignment services. These services will help your organization understand its business practices and how to align them with leading practices that can drive success. Our team will work side-by-side with your organization to understand your business processes and help you accomplish your near-term and future goals.
Organizational Change Management & Training Services
Improve Organizational Performance. Enhance Employee Satisfaction. Improve the Quality of Service.
Sierra-Cedar has been delivering organizational change management, knowledge transfer, and training services for more than 30 years. Our consultants have deep experience helping higher education organizations successfully adopt new systems. They understand higher education business practices and the wide range of management, leadership, and cultural variables which organizations must balance to manage organizational change successfully. This knowledge will help expedite the transformation of your business processes into an efficient and valuable system with greater user adoption.
Post-Production Support Services
Flexible, On-Demand Support
Empower your organization to get value from its technology investment with cost-effective, on-demand access to Sierra-Cedar’s most experienced functional and technical consultants. Our consultants can help with troubleshooting, new tools and technology, and other post-implementation needs.
Hosting & Managed Services
Public and Private Cloud Hosting, Infrastructure, Disaster Recovery, Application Fixes
Sierra-Cedar has offered PeopleSoft managed services since 1999, and we are now one of the largest independent providers of PeopleSoft managed services focused on higher education. Sierra-Cedar’s Managed Services practice includes 325 seasoned employees who collectively support approximately 600 PeopleSoft environments that are used by more than 70 clients for hosting and remote managed services, and we have delivered more than 1,500 PeopleSoft consulting projects.
Our Clients
Sierra-Cedar was instrumental in assisting K-State with restoring our production HR System and migrating the system to AWS, allowing us to meet our immediate payroll deadline. They have also assisted us in staging other ERP systems for DR/BC capability in the future.
Higher Education Sample Client List
| Alfred University Anderson University Apollo Group, The (University of Phoenix) Public Research University in the Southwest Azusa Pacific University Private University in the Northeast Benedictine University State University Boston College Boston University Bowling Green State University Brandeis University Brigham Young University Hawaii Brigham Young University Provo Bryn Mawr College Butler University Cameron University Case Western Reserve University Catholic University of America Central Washington University Cerritos College Chaminade University of Honolulu Chapman University City Colleges of Chicago Clarkson University Cleveland State University College of DuPage College of Lake County College of New Jersey College of the Holy Cross Colorado School of Mines Columbia College Chicago Columbia College of Philadelphia Ivy League University Community College of Philadelphia Connecticut College Academic & Health Care System in the Southeast E-Army U Eckerd College Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Emory University Florida A & M University Florida International University Florida State University Fordham University Fox Valley Technical College Frederick Community College Gallaudet University Gavilan Community College District Gemological Institute of America George Fox University Georgia Institute of Technology Gettysburg College Grand Rapids Community College Granite State College Hackensack University Medical Center Ivy League University Humboldt State University Illinois Central College Illinois State University Indiana University Iona College James Madison University Jamestown Community College Jones International University Kansas State University Public Research University in the Midwest Kentucky Community and Technical College System Lake Michigan College Lakeshore Technical College Laureate Education Loma Linda University and Medical Center Lone Star College System Long Beach Community College District Lorain County Community College Los Rios Community College District Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges Lourdes University Loyola Marymount University Madison College Maricopa Community College District Marquette University Marygrove College Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) Massachusetts Bay Community College Massachusetts Institute of Technology Metropolitan Community Colleges Miami Dade College Miami University of Ohio – Oxford Michigan State University Mid-State Technical College State Community College District Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority Moody Bible Institute National Park Community College National University Private Research University in the Northeast NSHE College of Southern Nevada NSHE Desert Research Institute NSHE Great Basin College NSHE Nevada State College NSHE Nevada System of Higher Education NSHE Truckee Meadows Community College NSHE University of Nevada, Las Vegas NSHE University of Nevada, Reno NSHE Western Nevada College New Jersey City University North Carolina State University North Dakota State University North Dakota University System Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Northeastern University Northern Alberta Institute of Technology Northern Arizona University Northern Michigan University Northwestern University Oregon Health and Science University Palomar Community College District Pepperdine University |
Public Research University in the Northeast Regis University Rochester Institute of Technology Rose State College Public Research University in the Northeast Saint Petersburg College Salem State University Santa Clara University Skidmore College Soka University of America Southern Methodist University Southwestern Illinois College Private Research University State University of New York at Albany State University of New York at Buffalo State University of New York at Stony Brook University Private University Syracuse University Technical College System of Georgia Texas Christian University Texas Woman’s University Thomas Jefferson University Trinity College Private Research University University of Akron University of Arizona Large State Research University System University of Central Florida University of Chicago University of Cincinnati University of Colorado System University of Connecticut University of Delaware University of Florida Large State Research University in the Southeast University of Houston System University of Kansas University of Louisville University of Maine System University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Boston University of Massachusetts Dartmouth University of Massachusetts Lowell University of Massachusetts Medical School University of Massachusetts System Private Research University in the Southeast University of Michigan University of Michigan, Dearborn University of Minnesota University of Missouri System University of Missouri System – Columbia University of Missouri System – Kansas City University of Missouri System – Missouri University of Science and Technology University of Missouri System – St. Louis Public University System in the Midwest University of New Orleans University of New South Wales University of Newcastle University of North Dakota University of North Florida University of North Texas University of Northern Colorado University of Northern Iowa University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center University of Pennsylvania University of Queensland University of Rochester University of South Wales University of Southern California University of Southern Mississippi Public University Medical Centers in the South University of Utah University of Virginia Large State Research University in the West University of Wisconsin – Madison University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh University of Wisconsin – Parkside University of Wisconsin – Superior University of Wisconsin – Whitewater University of Wisconsin Colleges University of Wisconsin System University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire University of Wisconsin, Green Bay University of Wisconsin, Platteville University of Wisconsin, Stout University of Wyoming USM Bowie State University USM College Park USM Coppin State University USM Frostburg State University USM Salisbury University USM Towson University USM University of Baltimore USM University of Maryland Baltimore County USM University of Maryland Baltimore USM University of Maryland Eastern Shore USM University of Maryland Global College USM University System of Maryland Office Vanderbilt University VCCS New River Community College VCCS Northern Virginia Community College VCCS Piedmont Virginia Community College VCCS Virginia Community College System VCCS Central Virginia Community College System VCCS Patrick Henry Community College VCCS Tidewater Community College Walla Walla University Washington State University Washtenaw Community College Wesleyan University Westchester Community College Western Technical College Widener University Williams College WILM Technical College Consortium of Wisconsin Xavier University Yavapai College |