With the Student 2000 Project, which is scheduled for completion in June 2000, the University of Minnesota replaced and redesigned its student processes. The old systems, though efficient, where tailored to outmoded and bureaucratic procedures that frequently frustrated students and staff alike with endless running and waiting in lines.

The new system is now more student-focused, and once the performance issues are settled, it will be more user-friendly. The new Web registration system and the One Stop have put a level of customer service at the fingertips of students, staff, and faculty that would have been impossible with the old, fragmented systems.

The goals of the Student 2000 Project are to provide high quality seamless service; to simplify and streamline outmoded processes and procedures; to create a comprehensive, integrated information management system that is user friendly, flexible and accessible; and to position the U for future opportunities.

The Scope of the Student 2000 Project

Systems included in this project include the following:

• Recruitment
• Admissions
• Course systems (room scheduling/usage)
• Registration (day and University College)
• Student records (transcript, certification)
• Advising support (academic progress audit)
• Scholarships and student financial aid
• Student access system, including web and IVR
• Data warehouse/reporting
• Critical interfaces to other systems

Coordinate campus, Graduate School, and professional school requirements are also included in the project scope.

The Need for Policy Change

Building a new system is the perfect opportunity to rethink or eliminate outmoded policies or procedures – the decisions made in past for good reasons that don't make sense anymore: policies that require unnecessary steps, like multiple approval signatures, or purchasing procedures that cost more in staff time than the item's cost.

Please see the Policy Change FAQ and Policy Changes affecting the Student System for more information.

Information is also available at the University-wide Policy and Procedures Web site. (http://www.fpd.finop.umn.edu/)

For more in depth information on the Student 2000 Project, please see the Archive.