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Core Enterprise Systems

Higher Education is more than just classrooms.  Long before students arrive, they must be recruited, admitted, and registered for classes.  Financial aid, annual bills, and payroll need to be processed, endowments need to be managed, and gifts need to be accepted to keep the university operating. 

Core Enterprise Systems manages the systems that make Drexel work behind the scenes.  Michael McCabe is Associate Vice President for CES. This group is charged with the maintenance, enhancement, integrity, and security of all centralized, mission critical business applications required to manage the University's assets including finance, human resources, and students. The group must work closely with the owners of the various information systems to provide required support as well as extend and enhance functionality.

The role of the AVP is to provide supervision, management and technical expertise in order to create an environment where transactions can be easily and efficiently processed with resultant management and decision support information provided for departmental and senior University officers. The AVP is also responsible to ensure that cross system integration processes are in place and that technical problems associated with applications are quickly resolved.

Activities of the CES Group Include:

Financial Information Systems

The goal of this Group is to work closely with the owner of core Financial Information applications (the Senior Vice President for Finance and Treasurer) to achieve the overall financial information goals of the University. The Financial system includes the following applications:

  • General Ledger
  • Budget
  • Accounts Payable
  • Accounts Receivable including Student Accounts
  • Purchasing
  • Fixed Assets
  • Investment Management
  • Grant Management
  • Research Accounting
  • Cash Receipts

Human Resources Information Systems

The goal of this group is to work with the owners of the core Human Resources Information (including Payroll) applications (the Senior Vice President for Human Resources ) to achieve the overall human resource information goals of the University. The Human Resource/Payroll system includes the following areas:

  • Employment (Applicant Tracking, Biographical Data, Affirmative Action and EEO reporting)
  • Compensation (Training, Compensation Management, Performance Appraisal)
  • Position Control
  • Payroll (Tax Reporting, Payroll Processing, Time and Attendance, Wage Attachment)
  • Employee Benefits (Benefit Administration and Leave Accrual)
  • Human Resource Information Processing (OSHA, Health and Safety Tracking)
  • Communications Management

Student Information Systems

The goal of this group is to work closely with the owners of the core Student Information applications (the Provost, Director of SRC and the Dean of Enrollment Management) to achieve the overall goals of the University. Applications supported by this group include:

  • Course Catalog
  • Class Scheduling/Term Master Schedule
  • People Demographics/Biographics
  • Registration
  • Student advising
  • Academic Records
  • Transfer Articulations
  • Academic History
  • Degree Tracking
  • Faculty Load
  • Residential Living Housing System
  • Recruiting/Prospect Management
  • Admissions
  • Financial Aid
  • Career Management
  • Co-Opertive education

Database Information and Warehousing

The goal of this group is to maintain the integrity and structure of the core administrative databases, to design and implement new database structures associated with new or extended functionality, to ensure the security of the administrative database structures, to design and implement various data warehouses and to work closely with the other functional groups to achieve the overall goals of the University.