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Academic Budgeting: Use Data to Make the Right Cuts-and the Right Investments
Watch this two-minute video with EAB expert, David Attis, on how COVID-19 is changing university spending trends and how to think about cost-cutting
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Before layoffs and salary reductions, analyze these drivers of instructional cost
A university’s faculty is clearly one of its greatest assets—but also one of its largest investments. Learn three ways to reduce instructional costs per attempted student credit hour without changing instructor salaries.
The Six Data Detractors Holding Your Campus Back – And How to Respond
Data has never been more vital to higher ed. Explore this infographic to better understand the data detractor personas that commonly hinder your efforts to create a data-informed culture—and discover how to respond.
Academic Performance Solutions COVID-19 Resource Center
The resources on this page provide leaders with a framework to approach cost optimization, platform demonstrations and step-by-step guides to apply analyses, and best practice strategies to consider.
Tiered Approach to Cost Optimization in Light of COVID-19
Although the financial impacts of COVID-19 on the fall 2020 term are uncertain, one thing for certain is institutions are planning for multiple scenarios of what their campus could look like in the future. In every scenario, budget shortfalls are expected. Use this four-tiered framework to help identify cost optimization opportunities.
APS COVID-19 Cost Optimization Playbook
This playbook will help you leverage Academic Performance Solutions (APS) data to uncover potential areas for cost optimization to inform your institution’s COVID-19 planning strategy.
Create a COVID-19 Financial Contingency Plan
The precise financial impact of the COVID-19 outbreak is still unclear, but higher education institutions are preparing for the worst. Explore this Roadmap for five steps to create a COVID-19 financial contingency plan.
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Strategies for Revitalizing (and Rightsizing) the Program Portfolio
Learn how to launch annual reviews, provide program leaders with guidance to support improvement or growth.
Assessing Optional and Non-Essential Academic Expenditures Pt. I
Learn analyses that every institution should consider to ensure their academic resources exclude non-essential academic expenditures.
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