The present work is concerned with private teaching institutions and their business processes. The impact on the cultural and operational scenario of such institutions has been analyzed based on an integrated process encompassing the administrative, personnel and academic areas. Aiming at improving processes, reducing costs and fetching a competitive differential, some of these institutions adopted an integrated management system called ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning. A survey was performed on: information systems typology, vertical applications versus horizontal applications, ERP definition, business processes, suppliers, market, historic and ERP focused on teaching activities. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to interview key people from some institutions. The analyses and conclusions presented in the present work aim to broad the knowledge of resources management and processes at the teaching institutions.