Case Study: Cornell University achieves deeper HR insight and faster, more accurate reporting with Workday Adaptive Planning

Cornell gains deeper HR insight and more accurate reporting

Cornell University, a private Ivy League institution with 24,000 students and 10,000 faculty and staff, faced fragmented HR technology across its colleges that produced inconsistent processes, poor data quality, manual workflows, and limited reporting—making it hard for HR and leadership to get reliable, timely insight.

By moving HR, payroll, time and absence, talent acquisition, and data into a single Workday system, Cornell consolidated four systems into one, improved security and spend controls, and automated processes. The change delivered faster, consolidated reporting and dashboards, cut recruiting costs by 20% and time-tracking costs by 46%, reduced audit times from weeks to hours, and enabled 31 IT staff to manage 200 integrations while freeing HR to focus on higher-value work.

Cornell University