Your systems should work together. When they don't, we're already on it.
CentrEdu connects the SIS, CRM, ERP, LMS, and HR platforms your campus already runs — then stays on as an extension of your IT team for the moments that can't wait: add/drop, aid disbursement, the first day of class.
CentrEdu connects the systems your campus runs and stays on as an extension of your IT team.
One connective layer between the systems every campus runs
Each system keeps doing its job. CentrEdu is the layer that keeps them talking to each other, so a change made in one place shows up correctly everywhere else.
The five systems every campus runs — and the platforms we already know
Most institutions run some combination of these, often from different eras and different vendors. We've built integrations for all of the platforms below, plus the smaller, campus-specific tools that sit alongside them.
Student Information Systems
The SIS is usually the oldest, most heavily customized system on campus — and the one everything else has to sync against for enrollment, grades, and registration to stay accurate.
PlatformsCRM & Recruitment
Prospect and applicant data lives in the CRM long before it becomes a student record. We build the handoff so a completed application creates — not duplicates — a record in the SIS.
PlatformsFinance & ERP
Tuition, financial aid, and payroll all pass through the ERP. We connect it to the SIS and HR systems so charges, aid disbursements, and salary data reconcile without manual journal entries.
PlatformsLearning Management
Course rosters need to match the registrar's records the moment a student adds or drops a class. We keep enrollment, grading, and course shells synchronized all term.
PlatformsHR & Payroll
Faculty appointments, adjunct contracts, and staff onboarding all need to flow into the systems that grant building, email, and LMS access on day one — not two weeks later.
PlatformsEverything around them
The five core systems rarely stand alone. We also connect the identity, billing, and reporting tools that depend on clean data flowing between them.
PlatformsAI & Automation
AI tools are only as good as the data they can see. We connect chatbots, predictive analytics, and advising tools to your actual SIS, CRM, and LMS data — not an isolated demo.
PlatformsBehind every integration is a better student experience
A broken sync between two back-office systems doesn't stay a back-office problem for long. It shows up as a student staring at a blank financial aid portal, or a roster that doesn't match the class they're sitting in.
Financial aid that's ready before move-in
Aid disbursement syncs between the ERP and SIS automatically, so awards are accurate before the semester starts — not chased down during it.
Course rosters that match reality on day one
Add/drop changes in the SIS reach the LMS the same day, so instructors and students see the same, correct class list from the first lecture.
Campus access that works the moment they're enrolled
Identity and access data flows from admissions through onboarding, so email, housing, and building access are live when a student expects them to be.
We don't disappear after go-live — especially when it's a pinch
Integrations don't break on a convenient schedule. They break during add/drop, during aid disbursement, during the first week of class — the exact moments your IT team has the least room to lose. That's when we're built to show up.
On call for the moments that can't wait
Add/drop week, aid disbursement, semester start — we know your institution's calendar and staff up around it, not around ours.
A direct line, not a ticket queue
You reach the people who actually built your integration. No first-tier support script, no waiting for an escalation.
Documentation your team owns
Every project ends with a runbook your IT staff can read, maintain, and hand off — not a system only we understand.
Sometimes you just need hours, not a new project
Not everything is a full integration project. Sometimes it's a small fix, a new field mapped, a one-off report, or an urgent problem in the middle of finals week that can't wait for a proposal and a signature. For that, we sell blocks of hours your team can draw on for anything — no new statement of work required each time you need us.
Ask about an hours block- Small fixes and one-off requests
- Emergency response outside a formal project
- Ad hoc questions and technical consulting
- Extra hands during peak periods
- Anything that doesn't fit neatly into a scoped project
Five steps, in order, every time
Skipping ahead is how campuses end up with integrations that break at the first add/drop period. We don't skip ahead.
Audit
We map every system currently in use, how data moves between them today (API, flat file, or a staff member re-typing it), and where records disagree.
Map
We define which system owns each field — student ID, enrollment status, employment type — so there's one source of truth instead of five copies drifting apart.
Build
We build the integration using your existing middleware where you have it — Ethos, MuleSoft, Workato — or stand up a lightweight layer where you don't.
Test
We run a full term cycle against test data — add/drop, aid disbursement, a new hire — before anything touches production records.
Handoff
Your IT team gets documentation, monitoring, and a runbook — and CentrEdu stays reachable long after, especially when it's a pinch.
We build on the middleware your campus already owns
Most institutions already have some form of integration platform licensed, often underused. We work inside it rather than adding another vendor to manage.
Find out exactly where your data breaks down
A systems audit takes two to three weeks. You'll get a map of every integration currently running, every one that's missing, and a prioritized list of what to fix first.