When choosing a student information system (SIS), institutions usually focus on functionality, integration, and support. But in today’s volatile landscape, another question demands your attention:
Who really owns the system you’re trusting with your institution’s future?
And more importantly—what happens when their priorities shift overnight?
In the last few years, a wave of venture capital and private equity money has flooded the SIS space. Legacy vendors—some of them household names—have been absorbed, restructured, or redirected under investor control.
That’s not just a business move. It’s a risk to your institutional stability.
Private equity and VC-backed vendors are built for speed and scale, not for stability. That often means:
If your current vendor feels less responsive, more chaotic, or slower to adapt—you’re not imagining it.
For many institutions, the cracks are already showing. As legacy vendors become harder to depend on, the cost of waiting grows heavier. The longer you stay in a system you don’t control, the harder it becomes to serve students with confidence.
At Student First, we offer something legacy vendors can’t: stability that’s built in.
We’re mission-driven, not investor-driven. Funded privately by people who believe in the future of higher education—not short-term returns. That means:
Just a secure, adaptable, cloud-native SIS designed to serve non-traditional institutions—today and for the long haul.
A growing number of institutions are making the shift. Not out of panic, but out of strategy. When legacy vendors leave you in limbo, Student First steps in to put you back on solid ground.
If you're questioning your current SIS—or wondering how long you can wait—now is the time to explore your options. We'll walk you through what a safer, smoother transition could look like, and what it means to have a partner who's truly in your corner.
Your future shouldn't be left to investor strategy. Let's talk about what real security looks like.
