The Future of Higher Education: A View from CHEMA

This 2006 study, from the Council of Higher Education Management Associations (CHEMA), identifies the forces of change that are building for higher education and seeks to understand their potential implications. 

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An Introduction to Managerial Analysis and Decision Support

This e-paper reviews the history of managerial reporting, covers the characteristics of managerial analysis and decision support, and outlines analytical tools that provide information for making informed business decisions.

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Budgeting

This e-paper, originally published as a chapter in College and University Business Administration, 6th edition, is a guide to developing and managing college and university budgets through the eyes of a budget officer from a research university perspective. The chapter covers what budgets are and why they are important, academic planning, the building blocks of budget development, capital budgeting and the integration of capital budgets with operating budgets, various budgeting models, the role of governing boards, and best practices.

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Decentralized Budgeting at the University of New Hampshire: A Case Study

After implementing Responsibility Center Management (RCM), the University of New Hampshire is better equipped to respond to the changing landscape of higher education. The authors share the university's decision process, the 13 major challenges that administrators faced, and the keys for success. Among the critical factors in the successful implementation of RCM were senior management support, local financial managers, sufficient lead time to analyze the model, continuous communication, and institutional autonomy.

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Three Brief Cases on Debt Management

The author offers three short cases that provide examples of managerial analysis and decision support in the context of debt management and capital planning.

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Endowment Funds

The vice president for investments at Wake Forest University provides a primer on endowment funds, covering the roles of an endowment, endowment types, gifts and similar funds, investment theories, asset allocation, alternative assets, endowment spending, and stewardship.

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Prospecting Among the Inquiries: An Enrollment Forecasting Model

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Activity-Based Costing Approach to IT Decision Making: A Case Study

The University of Virginia used its cost of services model (COSM), based on activity-based costing methodology, to build a financial case for discontinuing free dial-in computer service to the university community. In addition to utilization of the COSM tool, effective communication was critical in obtaining university community commitment to elimination of a service that had been in place since the early 1980s.

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Cost of Space: A Case Study

This case study provides an understanding of the methodologies required to calculate cost of space by focusing on the rate structures and principles that Duke University uses to charge units for space.

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Performance Management

The purpose of measurement is to enable an organization to perform better. As such, performance measurement can be a powerful tool for institutions to set strategic direction and make operational decisions by providing information to answer these questions: What are the results in our institution? Are we improving? Are we allocating resources to where the results are?

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Case Study: Key Success Factors Track Health of the University of Miami

The University of Miami’s key success factor report, developed in 1988 and still in use today, is designed to monitor the “health” of the university throughout the year by identifying at an early stage any unexpected variation from the prior year or from budget expectations. Such reporting is increasingly important as higher education faces a period of limited revenue streams and rising expenses.

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Why Performance-Based Funding Has Not Succeeded in South Carolina: A Case Study

The authors dissect the mortally wounded but not yet dead performance-based funding system introduced in South Carolina in 1996.

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Development of a Data Warehouse

A good data warehouse should be the Holy Grail of an institution, particularly one struggling with data access or using preformatted green-bar reports off the mainframe. John Rome advises how to plan a successful data warehouse, outlines steps to implementation, examines reporting tool selection, discusses end-user training, and offers lessons from a successful data warehouse implementation. This e-paper includes a useful glossary.

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Working Effectively with the President

Based on interviews with presidents and business officers, as well as the literature, this e-paper takes a close look at the important relationship between a campus’s chief executive officer and chief business officer. Advice on how to build a strong, successful relationship is featured.

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Process Guide to 1098-T Reporting, Third Edition

The only reference you'll need to ensure your institution is in compliance with the Hope and Lifetime Learning tax credits under the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997. This bestselling guidebook, which incorporates changes brought about by the final regulations issued in December 2002, provides a detailed explanation of the reporting requirements as well as a list of references relating to the Hope and Lifetime Learning tax credits, a process for complying with the reporting requirements, answers to frequently asked questions, sample documents that you can modify for your institution’s use, and copies or links, for your handy reference, of Form 1098-T, Form W-9S, IRS notices and publications, Internal Revenue Code citations, and other documents.