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Ellucian

Ellucian supplies Banner, Colleague and Ellucian Student to institutions under a signed software license, services and maintenance agreement whose terms are not public, publishes no price list or counting metric such as FTE, offers its products as SaaS or on-premises, and states that AI is included in the Ellucian Student core subscription, counted as AI Requests rather than tokens or credits.

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Overview articleEllucian licensingEllucian supplies Banner, Colleague and Ellucian Student to institutions under a signed software license, services and maintenance agreement whose terms are not public, publishes no price list or counting metric such as FTE, offers its products as SaaS or on-premises, and states that AI is included in the Ellucian Student core subscription, counted as AI Requests rather than tokens or credits.Cited · Edited 2026-10-08 · 12 references

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Licensing Data

From the Ellucian catalog: how usage is counted, the rules that apply, the programs licences are bought through and the SKUs. Backed by 48 verbatim excerpts from 19 Ellucian documents.

Products

All 15 Products

Education Software 11

Anthology SIS and ERP, Banner, Banner; Colleague, Colleague, Customer Center, Ellucian Experience, Ellucian Platform, Ellucian Student, and 3 more

Generative AI Software 1

Ellucian AI

Data Integration Tools 1

Ellucian Ethos

Accounting & Finance Software 1

Ellucian Finance

Core HR Software 1

Ellucian HCM

Product History

All acquisitions
  1. Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners acquired EllucianAnnounced 2021-06-14 · Closed 2021-09-15

    Funds managed by Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners acquired Ellucian, a higher education ERP software provider, from TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners.

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    • On 14 June 2021 Blackstone and Vista announced that funds they manage had agreed to acquire Ellucian from TPG Capital and Leonard Green & Partners, investing through long-term private equity strategies that hold investments for longer than traditional private equity.[1]
    • Ellucian's CEO said the new owners shared a vision of growth focused on accelerating digital transformation, its open SaaS platform and international expansion.[2]
    • Ellucian announced completion of the acquisition on 15 September 2021.[2]
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  2. Ellucian acquired Anthology SIS and ERP businessAnnounced 2025-09-30 · Closed 2025-12-31

    Ellucian acquired Anthology's student information system and enterprise resource planning business through Anthology's Chapter 11 bankruptcy process, and said it would continue to deliver and maintain the existing systems.

    Legacy productBecame
    Anthology StudentKept Anthology Student (Ellucian) · Sold as part of Anthology's Enterprise Operations business; Ellucian said it would continue to deliver and maintain the existing SIS and ERP systems
    Anthology Finance & HCMKept Anthology Finance & HCM (Ellucian)
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    • On 30 September 2025 Ellucian said it had signed an agreement to act as the stalking horse bidder for Anthology's SIS and ERP business in Anthology's Chapter 11 process, and on 17 November 2025 that it had been named the successful bidder.[1][2]
    • Ellucian said the deal closed on 31 December 2025, that more than 260 Anthology SIS and ERP customers joined Ellucian, and that it would continue to deliver and maintain Anthology's existing SIS and ERP systems.[3]
    • Anthology described the sold Enterprise Operations business as comprising Anthology Student, Finance & HCM, Student Verification and Enterprise Ops Legacy.[4]
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