Case Study: Anne Arundel Community College achieves long-term ERP sustainability with Ellucian

A Mindset Shift Through SaaS Modernization

Anne Arundel Community College (AACC), a Maryland community college serving about 30,000 students, needed a better way to support growth as years of customizations and aging infrastructure made its legacy ERP environment increasingly hard to change. The college wanted to move beyond simply maintaining on-prem Colleague and create a more sustainable, flexible foundation for future needs.

AACC worked with Ellucian to migrate Colleague to the SaaS-based Ellucian Platform, prioritizing continuity while modernizing its infrastructure. The change helped build stronger confidence in large-scale change, improved cross-functional collaboration, shifted IT from maintenance-focused work to strategic enablement, and created a clearer path for continued digital transformation and long-term sustainability.

Anne Arundel Community College

Lisa Kraus

Director, Enterprise Application Services