Each school operates as a profit center. As such, they operate independently with separate calendars, academic policies, graduations, and, in some cases, different grading systems. Until recently, some of the schools were on semesters, some on quarters, and the medical school was on an academic year schedule.
Some schools have separate admissions, registrar, financial aid, and bursar operations.
All the data is in one system allowing students to migrate easily from one school to another. Paul Schnepf, University Registrar, agreed. The system is working and it s getting done what we want. That s really an accomplishment when you consider the magnitude of the complexity of our student records. Our team really did a superb job.