Case Study: Nevada System of Higher Education achieves system-wide efficiency and standardization with Workday Adaptive Planning

NSHE gains efficiency with a single finance and HR system

Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE), which serves 107,600 students across two universities, a state college, four community colleges, and a research institute, struggled with disparate systems, inconsistent processes and data models, and limited integration across its eight institutions. Multiple point solutions and separate employee records created security and reporting challenges and slowed administrative work.

By adopting a single Workday finance and HR system, NSHE standardized processes and data, consolidated systems, and expanded shared services. The rollout removed 20+ point-solution contracts, cut employee systems of record from eight to one, created a single chart of accounts, halved expense reimbursement time, eliminated PII silos, and reduced provisioning from weeks to hours—improving auditability, self-service access, and overall efficiency.

Nevada System of Higher Education