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Ellucian, the leading higher education technology solutions provider, today announced that Quinnipiac University will transform operations with Ellucian Student powered by Colleague as its next-generation Student Information System (SIS). Purpose-built for higher education, this SaaS-native and AI-enabled solution supports the end-to-end student lifecycle, from admissions to…
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