Beyond Academics

Whether you're looking to optimize your current SIS, or embark on the journey of replacing it, there is no better firm in the country to guide you from start to finish than Beyond. Staffed with the best and brightest minds who left firms like Deloitte, Accenture, Gartner, and Huron, Beyond is made up of entrepreneurially-minded change agents with deep industry roots. Higher ed is all we do, and we know it better than anyone else. That's because we've sat in various staff and leadership roles in community colleges and Ivy League schools. Our approach to your Student System optimization or replacement is radically different than other firms. We don't just rip-and-replace, or lift-and-shift. We don't start with requirement gathering and rush to RFP to find you a vendor. Our work starts months (often years) in advance, to optimize business process, remove friction, design a System-of-Systems architecture that leverages AI and other modern technology, and prep data, governance, and people for the change ahead. Only once we have modernized your institution - to make it future-ready, do we embark on finding you the optimal vendor(s) to do the technology change. Our best outcomes are tied to schools who decided to take our system of systems architecture and keep their current SIS. For pennies on the dollar, they were able to drive automation, greater efficiency, reduce friction in the student experience, and yes - even implement AI. If you're tasked to modernize or replace your SIS, talk to us. Got a question for us? email team@beyondacademics.com