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GURU – AI Student Concierge for Higher Education

A 24/7 Conversational Front Door for Students

Give students one place to ask questions, understand what needs attention, and take action across money, classes, support, career, and degree planning.

GURU works with the campus systems you already use, including PeopleSoft and Ellucian Banner, to create a more proactive and connected student experience.

A One-Stop AI Assistant for Students
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Move From Fragmented Systems to Connected Support

Students should not need to know which system, portal, or menu holds the answer.

Traditional student systems are built to store and process information. GURU adds a conversational layer that helps students use that information more naturally.

Less Navigation
Connected Information
Fewer Missed Actions
Proactive Support
Less Navigation

Less Navigation

Students ask questions instead of searching through nested menus. 

Less Navigation
Connected Information

Connected Information

Bring academic, financial, support, and career information together.

Connected Information
Fewer Missed Actions

Fewer Missed Actions

Surface deadlines, waitlists, missing documents, and other items needing attention.

Fewer Missed Actions
Proactive Support

Proactive Support

Guide students toward the next step before an issue becomes a bigger problem.

Proactive Support

One Place to Ask, Understand, and Act

GURU brings key parts of the student journey into one experience.

Unified Dashboard

Bring money, classes, support, career, and degree planning into one student view.

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Natural Language Interface

Students can ask questions such as:

  • “Am I still on track?”
  • “Find tutoring that fits my schedule.”
  • “What should I do before Friday?”

GURU responds with relevant information and the next action.

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Proactive Intervention

Use student context and predictive insights to identify potential issues and provide timely nudges.

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Personalized Next Steps

Give each student a more relevant “What should I do next?” experience based on their academic, financial, and support needs.

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Go Beyond a Traditional Student Portal

GURU does more than display information. It uses context to help students understand what is happening and what they can do next.

Contextual Reasoning
Contextual Reasoning

Instead of simply showing a tuition balance, GURU can connect the balance with financial aid status and point the student toward the action needed to resolve it.

Agentic Execution
Agentic Execution

Students do not always have to leave the conversation and navigate another system. GURU can support actions and workflows directly from the experience, including class-related transactions.

Hyper-Personalization
Hyper-Personalization

Move beyond broad announcements with next-step guidance based on the individual student’s situation.

360-Degree Student View
360-Degree Student View

Bring together academic records, LMS engagement, advisor interactions, documents, and other student information to support more relevant actions.

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Help Advisors Act Earlie

GURU also supports advisors, student services teams, and campus leadership with a clearer view of student needs.

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Student Support Command Center

View retention, completion, and advisor capacity across the student population.

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AskData Chat & Student Success 360

Ask questions about institutional data using natural language to identify student barriers and groups that may need support.

Real-Time Interventions

Real-Time Interventions

Surface relevant student issues to advisors and recommend appropriate support actions.

Human-in-the-Loop Governance

Human-in-the-Loop Governance

Keep people involved where approval or judgment is required, supported by audit trails and FERPA-ready guardrails.

Keep Your SIS. Make It Smarter With AI.

Modernizing the student experience does not have to mean replacing PeopleSoft or Ellucian Banner.
GURU works with your existing systems and Oracle AI Data Platform to add a modern AI experience while keeping your core student data and business processes in place.

Native AI Integration
Native AI Integration
Unified Data
Unified Data
AI Refinement
AI Refinement
Secure & Governed
Secure & Governed
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Native AI Integration
Native AI Integration

Add AI capabilities around the systems you already use.

Unified Data
Unified Data

Bring structured and unstructured information into a connected data foundation.

AI Refinement
AI Refinement

Prepare and connect data to support insights such as retention and graduation trends.

Secure & Governed
Secure & Governed

Maintain human approvals, auditability, and FERPA-ready controls.

Connect Data Across the Student Journey

GURU brings information together from across the campus ecosystem.

  • SIS: PeopleSoft Campus Solutions and Ellucian Banner
  • LMS: Canvas and Blackboard
  • CRM: Salesforce and Slate
  • Support Systems: EAB Navigate
  • External Data: IPEDS and other institutional sources

This connected foundation supports a more complete student view for both students and staff.

Connect Data Across the Student Journey

Built for Higher Education

Built for Higher Education

Astute combines higher education domain experience with deep expertise across ERP, Oracle Cloud, data, and AI.

  • 20+ years in business
  • 80+ cloud projects
  • PeopleSoft and Ellucian Banner expertise
  • Oracle AI and OCI experience
  • AI use cases developed around institutional requirements

We help institutions add AI to the systems they already depend on without forcing a large, disruptive ERP replacement.

Make the Student Experience More Proactive

See how GURU can give students a 24/7 conversational experience while helping advisors and institutions act on the same connected student data.

Make the Student Experience More Proactive