World-Class Catholic University to Replace Legacy Systems as Part of "Renovare," a Three-Year IT Renovation Project

NOTRE DAME, Ind. and MALVERN, Pa. May 20, 2003 One of the nation's most prominent institutions, the University of Notre Dame, today announced it would replace its legacy campus software systems with new technologies from SCT (Nasdaq: SCTC). This agreement between Notre Dame and SCT represents a major partnership between the leading Catholic institution of higher learning with the industry-leading provider of software and services supporting higher education. The agreement was signed during SCT's second fiscal quarter.

"We completed an extensive, 17-month evaluation of well-known vendors and took our time to understand every aspect of this project," said Notre Dame CIO Gordon Wishon. "It is reassuring to know that we chose a company that is dedicated to higher education and committed to an enduring partnership. SCT understands our very unique culture, our functional and financial requirements; it is the kind of partner we want in the long term," Wishon added.

As a part of its IT renovation program called Renovare, Latin for "renewal," Notre Dame will replace its core administrative systems, which include finance, student/faculty, human resources, and payroll, with the suite of SCT Banner products. SCT Banner is an integrated Internet-native system designed to fuse administrative and academic functions and deliver education enterprise services to faculty, advisors, employees, alumni, prospects and students.

In addition, Notre Dame licensed other SCT products that build on these core enterprise applications, including the SCT Luminis Premier Package. SCT Luminis delivers platform, portal, content management, and integration technologies that help deliver highly personalized information, Web services and community interaction to campus constituents. Notre Dame also licensed SCT Banner Strategic Enrollment Management, which summarizes information in the Banner database and enables trend identification, key business relationship modeling, outcome forecasting, and option evaluation.

"We look forward to helping Notre Dame realize its vision for a new and fully integrated solution," said Bob Moul, president, field operations at SCT. "Our vast experience with higher education and our close relationships with clients allow us to deliver solutions unmatched in the industry."

Implementation of the new SCT technologies is scheduled to begin immediately, and will continue in planned phases, according to Notre Dame's Craig Brummell, manager of the Renovare program.

About the University of Notre Dame
Founded in 1842 by Rev. Edward Sorin, a French priest of the Congregation of the Holy Cross, the University of Notre Dame is a Catholic institution rated among the top 20 undergraduate universities in the nation. The student body numbers some 8,000 undergraduates and 2,500 graduate and professional students. The University's 1,250-acre tree-lined campus is located adjacent to South Bend, Indiana, and includes the golden-domed Main Building, considered the world's most recognized college landmark. For more information on the University of Notre Dame, visit www.nd.edu on the Web.

About SCT
SCT is the leading global provider of e-education technology solutions for institutions of all sizes and complexity. The Company supports more than 1,300 client institutions worldwide with administrative and academic solutions, portal and community solutions, content management and workflow solutions, information access and integration solutions, and professional services. SCT works collaboratively with clients and partners to provide the e-Education Infrastructure that enables institutions to fulfill their unique missions. For more information visit www.sct.com/.