THE FIRST few days of the semester are always crazy, as students hurry to finalize their schedules, complete final registration and stock up on books and supplies. The gateway to all of a student's various schedule-related preparations is ISIS, the Integrated Student Information System. It's also one of the most frustrating parts of the experience; as is commonly known, the system can only handle 175 users at a time, and when a significant portion of a student bodyneeds to use it, the result is an incredible logjam.
The system, built on an antiquated mainframe computer platform, is resistant to change, which is perhaps the biggest part of the problem. The structure of the system makes it much harder to expand the maximum number of users, which would help everyone to get on more quickly.
The mainframe also has certain requirements, including nightly maintenance, which prevent ISIS from being available 24 hours a day -- another option that could help those in dire need access the system. University Registrar Carol Stanley said in an interview that whenever a change to ISIS is proposed, "there's always a lot more to it
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