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Yes, you should have annual departmental reviews. Here's why.
Academic program and departmental reviews take many different shapes—from pure, qualitative descriptions of accomplishments and goals to detailed reports on contributions to the discipline. But what do most have in common? They are time-consuming. They are arduous. And despite all of the effort required, they often fail to connect the dots between how the program…
2 long-term planning exercises to prepare for future revenue threats
Today, headlines about the higher education industry are rarely positive. Enrollment pipelines are shrinking. Institutions are closing. Scandals are unfolding. While some of these headlines are certainly sensationalized in the media, it’s hard to deny that we’re living in turbulent times. Higher education institutions’ futures are increasingly uncertain. But higher education leaders are not powerless…
Campus 2025
Facilities leaders are always thinking ahead when making design and construction decisions. But as demands for campuses evolve, Facilities executives increasingly face the challenge of differentiating between trending fads and projects that can provide long-term ROI. Our infographic breaks down the seven key trends that will have the biggest impact on campuses in the next…
Build Management Dashboards to Monitor Administrative Unit Performance
A major challenge to effectively leveraging data to drive change is picking the handful of core metrics that best measure unit performance. Given the countless ways to measure performance, unit leaders often struggle to choose the metrics that truly evaluate operational effectiveness. The first step to building effective management dashboards is choosing which performance metrics…
Capturing Alternative Revenues
Executive Summary No Silver Bullets for Increasing Revenue Growing non-tuition revenue is a perennial focus for business leaders. Now, as some colleges and universities face slowing or flattening tuition revenue, and all institutions seek ways to better fund ambitious strategic priorities, capturing nontraditional revenue has become an even greater priority. Unfortunately, despite increased effort, alternative…
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How to Improve F&A Recovery and Refine Your Research Investment Strategy
About the Webconference Universities need to recover facilities and administrative (F&A) costs in order to sustain their research enterprises. Yet most schools are still leaving dollars on the table and not fully leveraging research support funds to advance their research goals. In this webconference, the second in a two-part series, attendees will learn how to…
The Finance Function of the Future, Part 1
About the Webconference In this session, we’ll introduce the five characteristics, or hallmarks, of effective future finance functions–and we’ll preview the organizational, staffing, and technological changes leaders are making to achieve those hallmarks. We’ll also explore the market pressures driving finance teams to expand their roles to perform more strategic budget planning and financial analysis.