Case Study: Brookdale Community College achieves 90% online registrations and simplifies enrollment with Ellucian Colleague Student Planning

Brookdale Community College saw its online registrations skyrocket after implementing Ellucian Colleague Student Planning

Brookdale Community College, a 2‑year public institution serving 3,000–9,000 students, needed to boost online registrations and eliminate the cumbersome workarounds that had grown up around its long‑running Colleague system. To simplify the student experience and improve enrollment processes, Brookdale selected Ellucian and implemented Ellucian Colleague Student Planning.

Ellucian delivered Colleague Student Planning along with consultant support to streamline workflows, remove manual workarounds, and enable mobile self‑service. As a result, online registration rose from 50% to 90%, registration business processes were improved, and students can now manage course loads via mobile — with Ellucian’s consultants helping to manage the transition.

Brookdale Community College

Maureen Lawrence

Vice President of Finance and Operations