This document discusses educational enterprise resource planning (EERP) systems and whether cloud-based EERP (CEERP) could help address challenges universities face in implementing traditional EERP systems. It introduces EERP and its benefits for managing student, faculty, and financial data. Common challenges in implementing EERP that lead to only 30% of implementations being successful are also discussed. The emergence of cloud computing and how it could provide EERP services is then covered. The document aims to compare EERP and CEERP to determine which is more suitable for universities based on challenges identified from interviews with universities that implemented EERP.