Professional Development

NACUBO's Professional Development Department is dedicated to sustaining excellence and supporting innovation in higher education business management and administration. NACUBO covers seven broad categories for administrators at the basic, intermediate, and advanced levels.

Below, you will find everything you need to support your professional development. From live programs to convenient distance learning programs to the annual meeting, NACUBO has a learning format that's sure to meet your needs. if you work at a NACUBO member institution, you qualify for discounts of up to 25% off the basic registration fee!

Looking for registration form, CPE requests or NACUBO policies for travel and cancellations? Visit the Forms & Policies Page.

Live Programs

Upcoming Programs  

• Integrated Planning and Budgeting (May 18-20)
• New Business Officers Program (July 11-12)
• Taking the Next Step--Career Advancement in Higher Education (July 11-12)
• Future Trends Impacting Community Colleges (July 12)
• Annual Meeting (July 12-15)
• The CAO/CFO Collaboration: Building an Effective Partnership (August 13-15)

Registration is open for all NACUBO workshops.  For a complete list of future programs, please visit the program calendar.

Annual Meeting

Visit the NACUBO 2008 Annual Meeting site for detailed information.

Distance Learning

Visit the NACUBO Distance Learning Page  to choose from a variety of interactive web-based professional development opportunities, including live and on-demand webinars and self-study courses.

Self-Study Programs

• Essentials of College & University Accounting - This self-study Webcast presents the fundamental accounting concepts, terminology and definitions used by higher education institutions.  Participants move at their own pace through approximately 5 hours of instruction, exercises and assessment questions to enhance understanding of fund accounting, resource restrictions, financial statements and more.
• Facilities & Administrative Rate Short Form Online - This program provides an overview of Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-21, Section H - the simplified method.  Cost accounting standards and facilities and administrative (F&A) rate cost pools are reviewed.

Upcoming Webcasts

• Moving to the Federal Direct Loan Program (May 20, 2008)

ON-DEMAND Programs

• Tapping Your Leadership Potential 
• Enterprise Risk Management 101: Where to start?  
• The New Form 990 – Get Started Now
• Creating a Greenhouse Gas Inventory – What Does it Take?
• International Travel—A Primer for Effective Risk Management 
• Managing Emergency Notification Systems
• Understanding the Risk Assessment Audit Standards
• UPMIFA and Endowment Reporting 
• Commit to Change: Leading Your Campus Towards Climate Neutrality

more ON-DEMAND programs

PREP

Professional Resources and Events Planner (PREP) organizes and displays programs, products, and services developed and delivered primarily by the five higher education business officers associations.  It also includes articles, books and products created by other higher education associations and corporate partners.

The site is designed to be useful for those seeking specific continuing education opportunities and for those who wish to create a plan for ongoing personal professional development.  For supervisors, it provides guidance by offering a model of effective competencies.

PREP can be searched five ways:

• Type of resource: articles, books, book chapters, CDRoms, listservs, subscriptions services, effective practices, research, Webcasts, and websites.
• Events: by location, by sponsor, by topic, and by calendar.
• Topic: competency categories - organizational, personal, and technical. 
• Role: chief business officer and staff in the business office. 
• Key words: any term can be entered to identify all the products or services associated with a concept.

For More Information

For additional information, please call 800.462.4916 or contact us at pdreg@nacubo.org.