Campus Information System (CIS) is a transaction processing system that serves at the operational level of the colleges and universities. It performs and records the routine transactions necessary to conduct its business (Peng, 2003). CIS also matches the structure, management tasks, instructional processes and special needs of the institution, like the traditional MIS, CIS integrates data from multiple sources to provide information people need to make important management decisions.
Traditionally CIS were mainly mainframe applications, since the late 1990’s it has been changing and are fast adopted through the presence of a web medium as channel for accessing CIS without any hassle upon viewing relevant information (Ethridge, 2000). Higher education institutions have made and continue to make substantial investments in these systems which have helped them run increasingly complex business processes handle growth in key areas and offer services to end users (Dodds, 2007). These systems are required to support the broadest possible range of users and activities across a wide range of institutions and make it as simple as possible to support new activities and initiatives.