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Technology needs are different in every part of education—
so is the path forward

Unicon works across higher education, K-12, edtech, nonprofits, foundations, statewide initiatives, and workforce-focused organizations. The systems vary. The stakeholders vary. The pressure points vary.

A technology partner for 30+ years

Unicon has spent more than 30 years partnering with education-focused organizations to design, build, and run technology that supports learning, identity, data, and workforce outcomes.

Unicon works across the full education landscape, but the work does not look the same in every environment. The systems are different. The decision-makers are different. The funding models, risks, and measures of success are different too.

Organizations bring Unicon in to solve technology problems that are shaped by their sector, whether that means modernizing systems in higher education, improving data and interoperability in K-12, building stronger products in edtech, supporting mission-driven platforms for nonprofits and foundations, or connecting learning systems to workforce outcomes.

Over 400 clients and counting

    • Arizona State University

    • California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

    • California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

    • Columbia University

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

    • North Carolina State University

    • Oakland University

    • Stanford University

    • Texas A&M University

    • University of California, San Diego

    • University of Notre Dame

    • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    • California Community College Colleges System

    • Boston College

    • Brooklyn College - CUNY

    • California College of the Arts

    • College of Lake County

    • Foothill - De Anza Community College District

    • Marist College

    • Merced College

    • Onondaga Community College

    • Portland Community College

    • Sinclair Community College

    • Tacoma Community College

    • Success Academy Charter Schools

    • Chandler Unified School District

    • Los Angeles County

    • Texas Education Agency

    • Texas Education Exchange

    • Region 4 Education Service Center

    • School District of Philadelphia

    • Dallas Independent School District

    • Cabell County Schools

    • South Dakota Department of Education

    • 2U Inc.

    • Acadeum

    • Accelerate Learning

    • Apogee / Campus Televideo

    • Ascend Learning

    • Barnes & Noble College

    • Cambridge University Press

    • Carnegie Learning

    • Carolina Biologic

    • Cengage

    • Chegg

    • Core Higher Education Group

    • Coursera

    • D2L

    • Dreamscape Learn

    • Echo360

    • F.A. Davis

    • Goodheart - Wilcox

    • iCEV

    • Innovators Educators

    • Instructure

    • K12 Coalition

    • Larson Texts

    • Lumen Learning

    • Macmillan

    • Mainstay

    • McGraw-Hill

    • Paritii

    • Pearson

    • Richardson Sales Performance

    • Scholastic

    • SirsiDynix

    • Stride

    • VitalSource

    • W.W. Norton

    • Wiley

    • Gates Foundation

    • Michael and Susan Dell Foundation / Ed-Fi Alliance

    • Education Analytics

    • Education Design Lab

    • Internet2

    • Axim Collaborative

    • 1EdTech

    • CBEN

    • CISCO Foundation

    • Opportunity@Work

Impact and expertise across several industries

Higher Education

Universities operate some of the most complex environments in education. Identity spans students, faculty, staff, alumni, and affiliates. Systems range from SIS and LMS to research platforms and custom applications. Each institution has its own architecture, governance model, and pace of change.

Work often slows when systems don’t connect cleanly, data definitions drift across departments, or initiatives depend on too many manual processes. Projects that look straightforward on paper become harder when they need to operate across schools, programs, and stakeholders.

Unicon works with institutions to align identity, data, and applications across campus systems. That includes IAM, integration, data strategy, and application development designed to hold up across real institutional environments.

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Foundations and Funding Organizations

Foundations fund platforms and initiatives intended to operate across institutions and communities. Many of these efforts launch successfully but struggle to sustain adoption and impact over time.

The challenge shows up in governance, ownership, and measurement. Programs depend on multiple partners, and without shared data and clear operational models, it becomes difficult to maintain momentum.

Unicon works with foundations to design, build, and sustain initiatives beyond initial funding. That includes delivery planning, governance, data strategy, and platforms built for long-term operation.

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State Agencies

State agencies coordinate initiatives across districts, institutions, and partners that they do not directly control. Each participant brings different systems, vendors, and levels of readiness.

Programs often slow when data definitions are inconsistent, integrations are fragile, or governance is unclear across stakeholders. Scaling beyond a pilot requires more than funding. It requires infrastructure that works across partners.

Unicon works with state agencies to design and implement shared data and integration layers. That includes interoperability, governance models, and program delivery structures that support statewide initiatives.

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K-12, K-20

School districts operate under tight constraints with a wide range of systems supporting students, educators, and administrators. Data flows between SIS, LMS, assessment platforms, and state systems, often with limited standardization.

Challenges show up in reporting, data quality, and system integration. Districts need to meet compliance requirements, support instruction, and provide visibility into outcomes, all while working with limited technical resources.

Unicon works with districts and K-12 organizations to improve data interoperability, reporting, and system integration. That includes Ed-Fi implementations, data governance, and infrastructure that supports both operational needs and state reporting.

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Education Technology Companies

EdTech products need to operate inside institutional environments with existing identity systems, data models, and integration requirements. A product that works in a demo still has to pass procurement, integrate with campus systems, and support real workflows.

Teams run into friction when identity does not align, integrations become one-off work, or reporting lacks clarity. These issues surface quickly during enterprise sales and implementation.

Unicon works with EdTech companies to design and build products that integrate cleanly with institutional systems. That includes identity, data, integration, and application architecture built for real deployments.

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Non-Profits

Nonprofits and platform stewards often run critical systems with small teams. These platforms support large communities and require ongoing maintenance, upgrades, and support.

Over time, operational load increases. Integrations become fragile, security backlogs grow, and reporting becomes harder to maintain. Expanding the platform adds more pressure without increasing capacity.

Unicon works with nonprofits to support and strengthen mission-critical platforms. That includes operations support, modernization, integration, and data infrastructure that supports both program delivery and accountability.

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Employers and Workforce Development

Employers, education providers, and public agencies are working to build pathways into high-demand roles. Programs exist, but connecting them into a system that can scale across partners is difficult.

Training, credentials, and hiring systems operate separately. Each partner brings different tools and data. Without a shared structure, it is hard to track outcomes or expand beyond individual programs.

Unicon works with organizations to connect education and workforce systems. That includes skills alignment, data integration, and infrastructure that supports tracking learners from training into employment.

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Why work with Unicon?

Deep experience in education technology

We work across K-12, higher education, and workforce systems, including identity, LMS, SIS, and data platforms.

Proven delivery across complex environments

Over 400 institutions and organizations have turned to Unicon for partnership in complex technology solutions, including major universities and statewide systems. 

End-to-end capability

While we are well-known for our ability to handle any aspect of complex technology projects, we work best when we manage the entirety of an effort: strategy, architecture, implementation, and ongoing support delivered as a single engagement.

Vendor-neutral approach

We provide guidance based on what fits your environment, not tied to a specific platform or product. We are not biased toward any particular solution or vendor. Rather, we prioritize the needs of our customers so their concerns are brought to the forefront of every project.

400+ clients and counting

Since 1993, Unicon has supported universities, colleges, school systems, edtech companies, nonprofits, and other education-focused organizations.

20+ states

Ed-Fi data integrations supported across statewide networks, multi-district programs, and education data exchanges.

K-12 through workforce

Unicon works across the full education-to-employment pipeline, bringing continuity across sectors that are often treated separately.

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