| | August 20166EditorialToday, the discussion around student success is centered on a holistic update of student performance, for which the new cadre of education proponents, increasingly seek a structured information exchange between students, parents, administrators and the teaching fraternity. In sync with the aphorism, "Know thyself", Student Information System (SIS) satiates the dire necessity of educational institutions to consolidate and maintain student records. Deemed as an ERP platform for the education sector, SIS weaves across the entire education network, to provide an integrated view of the student, right from the school-level to a district level or across a chain of establishments anchoring a robust foundation for enhanced decision-making. As a data management system, SIS predominantly facilitates interconnectivity and ease of communication among departments, ensuring comprehensive student data collection, organization, and tracking across all the touch points of the student lifecycle.The voluminous magnitude of information captured in an SIS can be analyzed to derive various metrics to bring forth effective decision making across recruitment, course curriculum and student performance. With its core mandate of enhancing student excellence, the actionable analytics derived from SIS can predict student success and proactively identify students who need guidance, and implement measures to mentor and monitor their academic progress, while improving retention rates. However, one needs to take into consideration the ensuing integration challenges and data transfer from existing systems when a new SIS is implemented and ascertain its scalability to accommodate the growth of the institution. The SIS's web interface is also of prime importance as user experience and ease of use take precedence in the adoption of the SIS system by the varied stakeholders in the education ecosystem. Contenders in the SIS market are increasingly attuned to the higher education demands for streamlined data, access from anywhere, and reduced operating costs, with the shift over favoring a cloud-based SIS. From its predictable cost of ownership to the enhanced analytics, the multitude of advantages that SaaS offers, arguably defines the exodus of institutions to board the SaaS bandwagon.On this note, we present to you the special edition featuring the Top 10 Student Information System Providers, who can help educational institutions formulate a student-centered engagement strategy to ensure student success.Fostering Academic Excellence Copyright © 2016 ValleyMedia Inc., All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.AUGUST - 2016Mailing AddressValleyMedia Inc44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 AUGUST - 2016, Vol 02 - 06 Published by ValleyMedia IncEditor-in-Chief Tina RosenEditorial StaffSalesChithra VijayakumarRichard Taylor Steven ThomasEzra SamuelsJohn SmithRosalind JacobsVisualizersStephen ThomasStudent Information SystemChris Martinchris@educationtechnologyinsights.comT:510.694.0136Tina RosenEditor-in-Chieftina@educationtechnologyinsights.com
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