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Business Officer Archive - 2007
December
- Toss Out the Manual
Using workflow technology, the University of Connecticut freed staff from labor-intensive tasks and simplified student financial services.
- Straight Talk About Data Security
If you accept payment cards on campus, you need to comply with a standard designed for safe handling of sensitive consumer information. Indiana University’s compliance plans offer some guidance.
- On Your Best Behavior
Executive coach Marshall Goldsmith explains how interpersonal skills trump technical savvy and why business officers should care.
- A Realistic Approach to Management
What are the key financial, human resource, and institutional factors that keep colleges and universities viable? Read on.
November
- Leadership for the Long Haul
Find your leaders and get them ready for the future.
- Get Your E -information House in Order
Make sure you’re in compliance with new rules that include electronic communication in the legal discovery process.
- Growth Spurt
To celebrate its centennial, Abilene Christian University set an ambitious endowment goal—and exceeded it.
- The Air We Share
At Williams College, the goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions led to even larger sustainability commitments.
October
- The Holistic Endowment
Managing your institution’s endowment as a balance sheet can open doors to a full set of strategic choices, tools, and investment solutions—and to better risk management.
- New Orleans and All That Jazz
Business officers gathered for the NACUBO 2007 Annual Meeting to learn from colleagues, share insights, and support a city.
- Catching a Curveball
From unexpected enrollment jumps to extraordinary data errors, it’s how you field what you don’t see coming that makes a lasting impact.
September
- Make Way for Manning
Having worked her way up the professional ladder, Gaye Manning, NACUBO’s board chair for 2007–08, says the experience has made her tenacious, respectful of other opinions, and mindful of the big picture.
- Out With IT
To accelerate the overhaul of an aging information technology system, Muskegon Community College turned to an outsourcing provider.
- Kids on Campus
Stock up on healthy snacks, provide on-site child care, and boost your recruitment results.
July/August
- Mitigating the Risks of Big Systems
Consider the Community Source model as a way to blend the economies of off-the-shelf software with the customization advantages of owning the system.
- Greater Expectations
Every year, students want more stuff, parents want more say. While you address their rising demands, help both parties understand the value of your institution’s most important asset: education.
- Integrated Process, Celebrated Results
Be clear about what role faculty and staff can play in your stretch to new levels of campuswide performance. And, when they help make it happen, let them take a bow.
- No Debt About It
Well-crafted policies—and a touch of toughness—prompt students to pay now, not later.
- Trends at Work
Industry leaders who see the big picture discuss ways to capitalize on campus developments.
- All Hands on the Plan
One question keeps Regent University focused on its mission: Are we who we say we are?
- The Power of P3
NACUBO’s Public-Private Partnerships program showcased construction projects that are big on collaboration.
- Partners With Purpose
Public-private initiatives allow institutions and their communities to share the rewards of enriched educational and economic opportunities—if deals are structured appropriately.
- Document This, Control That
Higher education leaders are challenged to rethink financial processes. More deliberate steps and sharper vigilance are part of the new mind-set.
June
- Everywhere a Cell Phone
As landlines lose favor, coordinate cellular services to reduce costs and connect students to all things on campus.
- Pillars of Trust
Despite their different vantage points, chief academic and chief financial officers hold an institution’s vision in healthy balance. That’s reason enough to create common ground.
- Expanding Within Your Urban Boundaries
If you’re bursting through your urban confines, here’s a space-acquisition plan to keep you within city limits.
- Lessons From Out of This World
Space-program star Eileen Collins provides a snapshot of insights she’ll share next month at NACUBO’s annual meeting.
May
- Stand Out
What's branding about? Uncovering your institution’s unique qualities and presenting them in ways that grab attention.
- Expand Your Space
Surge strategies make old facilities new and bring new spaces online quickly to accommodate growing pains and evolving program demands.
- No-Stop Service
NACUBO'S new book, Student-Centered Financial Services: Innovations That Succeed, edited by Nancy Sinsabaugh, includes case studies from leaders of 18 institutions. In this excerpt, one author explains the synergy created by integrating virtual and actual student service centers.
- Taking Service to the Cutting Edge
The message at NACUBO’s Student Financial Services Conference: Tap technology to create student-centric processes but disconnect from your own gadgets now and then.
April
- SAS 112: New Requirements for Control Deficiencies
- Student-Led Sustainability
Given the green light, students eagerly work with staff and faculty to manage the business of eco-initiatives.
- Up to Speed on UPMIFA
Adoption of the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act would bring changes to institutional financial reporting. Also involved would be new prudence standards for charitable funds management and investment and for endowment spending.
- Begin Anew in New Orleans
Convene with NACUBO in the Crescent City where you’ll thrive in the spirit of learning, networking, and giving back. Here’s a preview of what’s in store for the annual meeting, July 28–31.
- Keeping Programs and Resources in Sync
Drake University was long on programs and short on budgets—a mismatch corrected by a comprehensive review.
- The Alpha Edge
When traditional investment methods prove unsatisfactory, a portable alpha strategy offers endowments one way to outperform a benchmark index.
March
- Growing Online
As more institutions explore offering online degrees, those with some history say that you must know and serve your niche.
- Retooling a Region's Economy
Harrisburg University is breaking ground on more than its academic center. This workforce-focused start-up is setting new standards for preparing students and partnering with employers.
- Waste Not
The greenest trash is no trash at all. So says environmental procurement specialist Kevin Lyons. Here, he explains how infusing purchasing practices with sustainability goals can eliminate excess waste and cost.
- Prep Your New President
Help your incoming boss hit the ground knowing.
February
- Recipe for Strong Returns
The 2006 NACUBO Endowment Study results confirm that a deliberate mix of sound allocation strategies and steady yearly adjustments benefits big and small endowments alike.
- Smoother Spending
Institution endowments are adopting new spending policies designed to make revenue streams more predictable and stable.
- Education Crisscrosses the Globe
As the study-abroad marketplace becomes more competitive, U.S. institutions are finding ways to attract the cream of the international student crop while operating satellite campuses overseas.
- Solving the Process Puzzle
The University of West Georgia applied a continuous improvement model that has netted real results in efficiency, teamwork, and approach to change.
- Leading the Way at Warp 7
The dizzying pace of campus life is daunting, say several NACUBO 2006 award recipients. Not to mention the shift away from top-down dynamics to a collaborative environment.
January
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