Ellucian Banner consulting
Senior-led Banner and Ellucian Student delivery — upgrades, SaaS moves and process redesign.
Altioras Global is an independent Ellucian Banner consultancy. We advise and deliver on the work institutions actually get stuck on: Banner 9 and Self-Service conversions, the move from Banner on-premises to Ellucian Student on SaaS, Ethos-led integration, and the registration, financial aid and billing processes that run on top of the student record.
What we do
Banner 9 and Self-Service upgrades
Admin Pages adoption, Self-Service 9 conversion, extensibility strategy and regression testing that leaves you upgrade-ready rather than more customized than before.
Banner to Ellucian Student on SaaS
Readiness assessment, sequencing, data conversion, dress rehearsals and senior-led cutover command aligned to your academic calendar.
Ethos and integration modernization
Retire direct database reads and point-to-point interfaces in favour of Ethos and REST patterns that survive the next platform decision.
Student lifecycle process redesign
Admissions, registration, advising, financial aid and billing re-engineered against live Banner configuration, security classes and workflow.
Reporting and regulatory submissions
Operational dashboards plus IPEDS, Title IV and state reporting built on a reconcilable data layer rather than a pile of one-off extracts.
Managed Banner support
Tier 2/3 functional and technical support, patch cadence and release readiness on retainer, with escalation to senior architects.
Case study
All case studiesWhen institutions call us
- A Banner 9 or Self-Service upgrade has stalled, or keeps slipping a term
- You have signed for Ellucian SaaS and need a credible plan rather than a vendor checklist
- Customizations and direct database integrations block every upgrade
- Registration or financial aid cycles depend on manual workarounds
- Nobody trusts the numbers coming out of Banner reporting
- Institutional knowledge left with the people who built the configuration
Ways to start
Banner readiness assessment
A fixed-scope review of configuration, customizations, integrations, data and operating model, ending in a risk-rated plan you own.
Second-opinion review
An independent read on a vendor or system-integrator plan, estimate or go/no-go decision before you commit.
Advisory retainer
Ongoing access to a principal for architecture calls, escalations and steering-committee support.
Related reading
All insightsA strategy for migrating Ellucian Banner and Ellucian Student to SaaS
A phased playbook for readiness, sequencing, cutover and stabilization.
ReadFive mistakes universities make before moving from Banner on-premises to Ellucian Student on SaaS
Process, data, integration, reporting and governance issues to resolve first.
ReadIntegrating Ellucian Banner and Ellucian Student with modern APIs: lessons from an Ethos-led program
Field report on where Ethos APIs shine — and where throughput and data availability stall.
ReadCommon questions
What does an Ellucian Banner consultant actually do?
In our engagements: assess the current Banner estate, design the target state (upgrade, SaaS move, integration or process change), then deliver the configuration, conversion, integration and testing work alongside your staff — through cutover and stabilization, not just to a recommendation deck.
Are you an Ellucian reseller?
No. Altioras Global is an independent consultancy. We do not build or sell software of our own, and our engagements are scoped and priced the same way regardless of which platform an institution selects.
Do you work on Banner on-premises as well as Ellucian SaaS?
Yes. Much of our work is precisely the bridge between the two — running an on-premises estate reliably while preparing it for a SaaS move.
How large are your teams?
Small on purpose: a principal plus two to four practitioners per engagement. The person who scopes the work runs it, and specialists join for a defined scope when depth is needed.
Talk with a principal about your Banner estate
Bring the specific problem — a slipping upgrade, a SaaS date you do not believe, an integration that will not scale. You will speak with the person who would lead the work.
Goes straight to our Banner and Ellucian Student principal. You will hear back within one business day — no call centre, no junior screening call.
Prefer email? hello@altiorasglobal.com