{"id":95,"date":"2022-12-01T17:09:38","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T17:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hessconsortium.org\/new\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2026-05-05T23:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T23:44:38","slug":"collective","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hessconsortium.org\/new\/collective\/","title":{"rendered":"The HESS Collective Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What is the HESS Consortium Collective Program?<\/strong>
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A HESS Community using Oracle Cloud as a Common & Affordable Enterprise Software Platform
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Current Implementing and Implemented HESS Collective Institutions<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Why Collaborate on Enterprise Systems and Services?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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CONTACT US! <\/strong> If you are interested in finding out more about the HESS Consortium Collective Program, please contact HESS Executive Director, Keith Fowlkes at keith.fowlkes@hessconsortium.org<\/a>.
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Drivesteam CompleteCloud Program Now Available for 0% Project Financing<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Program partner, Drivestream<\/a> is now offering 0% interest financing plans for 5 and 10-year subscriptions for licensing, implementation and support of Oracle Cloud for our HESS Collective institutions. Now, small and mid-sized private colleges and universities have options to finance their migration to Oracle Cloud software and wrap in all of the associated costs in one program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For more information on the Drivestream CompleteCloud Program, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Solution and Partners Evaluated & Price, Terms & Conditions Negotiated
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Solution Platform Selection Criteria<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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After reviewing a number of the major cloud-native software solutions, the group made the choice to select Oracle Cloud for Higher Education<\/strong> based on<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Ability to partner with the HESS Collective Community<\/span> in the program’s vision to create a support and resource network among participating HESS Consortium member institutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Modern product design and functionality in finance, human resources, financial aid and student information systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Reporting, analytics and tools available out of the box for the software products<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Ease-of-use of the functional area systems and documentation available from their customer community<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Software licensing costs, length of terms of services and software implementation and support partner costs, plans and methodology<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Recommended implementation partner(s) and their ability to scale with a large number of schools<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Initial and long-term affordability for the member institutions as well as best-in-class terms and conditions for software and services<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Ability to allow member schools to share resources including reports, workflows, integrations and automations<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Ability to engage with partners and members to train, promote and enable the HESS Collective user community to be productive between peer institutions as a first line of support and cost savings<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Stability of the companies involved and their vision for the ongoing funding, product development, product support and operation of their companies<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Steps to joining the HESS Collective Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n
    <\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>What guarantee do we have in pricing?<\/span><\/div>
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    Our partners, Oracle and Drivestream, have given us a 15-year pricing path that includes a very affordable<\/span> 10-year pricing and escalation plan for both Oracle Cloud software licensing (FULL CATALOG) as well as Drivestream implementation and a 5 and 10-year total implementation and support subscription.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

    <\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>Do I need to do an RFP?<\/span><\/div>
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    NO, all program details and pricing are fully transparent and RFP and RFI processes were carried out by our initial 33 Collective institutions in HESS. We do have assessment partners that can help you assess your current campus’ capacity and capabilities and help you through what you need to know to get started. We encourage you to join then explore the program details and pricing FIRST before spending time and money on a full RFP process. All pricing is confidential between our members and HESS. Consultants are not allowed to review our pricing given it’s exclusivity to our members.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

    <\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>Why do you use only one implementation provider?<\/span><\/div>
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    The HESS Consortium Collective uses Drivestream<\/strong> as our single implementation provider. The reason is simple. Our institutions wish to have a common “collaborative model” for our implementations. This not only allows our institutions to share the best operational models and practices between our institutions but enables all of our institutions to have a common database schema required to share reports, workflows, integrations and automation saving hundreds of thousand of dollars per year in operational costs. Over the coming 15+ years, our institutions will find savings in working together in a common environment while still having the flexibility in configurations and processes unique to your institution. Having one, world-class implementation provider like Drivestream help us coordinate this “collaborative model” makes all this possible.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

    <\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>Does Drivestream have the capacity to scale with the expected number of Collective implementations?<\/span><\/div>
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    YES, Drivestream<\/a><\/strong> was chosen because of their efficient implementation methodology as well as their massive ability to quickly scale. Drivestream seems to be a mid-sized company on first review but they have a global partner in Wipro<\/strong><\/a>, one of the world’s largest Oracle Cloud consulting, implementation and support companies. Drivestream has the ability to scale with far greater capacity than nearly any other Oracle services partner in the U.S.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

    <\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>Is there a support plan after the initial years of implementation support?<\/span><\/div>
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    Yes, we have 5-year and 10-year support plans with Drivestream as our provider. Pooling support hour costs between our schools pushes per hour support costs down greatly and will benefit our schools greatly over the coming years. Also, first line support will be available from our peer privage institutions through the HESS Collective ASSIST site for shared resources and expertise.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

    <\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>We hear that the Oracle Cloud Student Management software isn’t ready. Why did you choose Oracle Cloud?<\/span><\/div>
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    Our initial 33 member institutions did a thorough evaluation and demos of the cloud-native companies, their architectures and development progress of their individual student information systems and felt that Oracle had a more stable development methodology and were more open about the practical readiness of their software. Our Collective members have quarterly meetings with Oracle’s student management product development teams.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

    <\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>What contracts are involved in the Collective Program?<\/span><\/div>
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    All formal contracts are between your institution and our partners. Software licensing for Oracle products is through Drivestream as is our implementation\/support agreement is through our strategic private institution partners, the Coalition for College Cost Savings. There is a 3% rebate for institutions who sign into the program in 2023 and a 2% rebate for schools signing in 2024 for implementation services only.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

    <\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>What do I have to buy to be part of the Collective?<\/span><\/div>
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    Being a part of the Collective Program is free and there is no commitment to buy in registering for the program<\/strong> (see below for registration form). When you are ready to purchase, you are required (at minimum) to purchase and implement the ERP (financials) and the HCM (human resources) products. All other components are optional: enterprise performance management (EPM), student financial planning (SFP), student management cloud (SMC) and customer experience CRM (CX)… among other software in the catalog. The full catalog of Oracle Cloud products are available through our program.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

    <\/i><\/span><\/i><\/span><\/div>How do we join?<\/span><\/div>
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    It’s easy to join but you must be a HESS Consortium member before joining the program. See how to join here!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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    What will you need for your HESS Collective Program Pricing Estimate Session?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Once you have registered as part of the HESS Collective Program and signed the non-discloser agreement (NDA), your institution will be able to go through a detailed pricing estimate session with HESS. This session will go through licensing and implementation costs that have been negotiated on behalf of the HESS institutions. The session will help your institution assess whether the costs of the program will be feasible for your institution. The following information will be necessary for you to do a pricing session. You will find these same questions on the HESS Collective membership registration form here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    HESS INSTITUTIONS PARTNERING IN ORACLE DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    One of the most important aspects of the HESS Consortium Collective Program is collaboration between our private, non-profit institutions and our business partners. With our Collective program partners Oracle and Drivestream, participating institutions will be working together to develop integration resources and implementation templates for Oracle CRM products that need customization for use in our institutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

    Building integrations with other campus systems<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    ALL integrations built by Drivestream for HESS Collective members during implementations will be shared at no cost to all other implementing members. This cuts thousands of dollars and months of time from the process of integrating other systems at your institution with the Oracle Cloud software platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

    Building CRM for Private Colleges and Universities<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Institutions will be working together with Drivestream on building customized installation and operational templates for the Oracle CX CRM and Eloqua marketing software for advancement, institutional marketing and admissions. The Oracle CX and Eloqua software is included in our negotiated pricing and Drivestream will be offering these templates at very low pricing to institutions partnering to build the new framework for our private, non-profit colleges and universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

    CONTACT US<\/strong>: If you are interested in finding out more about the HESS Consortium Collective Program, please contact our HESS Collective Cohort leadership at collective@hessconsortium.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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