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2004
December
- Balancing Access, Aid, and the Bottom Line
Pressures to competitively package student aid, the push to improve quality of students and academic programming, and efforts to increase access and affordability have business officers assessing the impacts of these activities on the institution's bottom line.
- Neighborly Negotiations
Extending a hand to the local community has given the University of Cincinnati the space—and the support—it needs to expand.
- West Side Story
New Jersey City University is taking steps to expand its urban campus and, in the process, is defying stereotypes.
- NACUBO 2004 Financial Statements
November
- Rooms with a Multipurpose View
Colleges and universities of all scopes and sizes are venturing into the hospitality business with the development of campus hotels and conference centers. The rationale for these multipurpose spaces goes beyond the potential for long-term revenue.
- Planner in Chief
NACUBO's 2004-05 board chair, Dick Spies, sets his sights on bringing the best thinking to the table for a year of progress.
- A Clean Bill of Health
The health care crunch prompted the California Institute of Technology to take matters into its own hands. Now faculty and staff have a less bitter pill to swallow when it comes to benefits costs.
October
- No Easy Answers
Campuses with modest endowments face ongoing challenges. In a tough market, business officers describe some key issues that top the list.
- Threat or Opportunity?
Faced with a real-estate dilemma, Linfield College looked for the opportunity within and realized enormous gains.
- Funding Students Instead of Institutions
State budget shortfalls are fueling the debate about shifting appropriations away from institutional operating expenses and toward direct student funding.
- Seeking Financial Harmony
Senior business officers embark on a quest to answer the classic conundrum: how to balance budget priorities.
September
August
- An Open Mind on Open Source
As hundreds of colleges and universities gear up to replace outdated administrative systems software, more are contemplating open source as an option. Yet many business officers remain uncertain about the possible risks and unaware of the potential benefits of this new phenomenon.
- Budgets By Design
Tailoring a framework to specific needs aligns budgetary decision making with institutional strategy. This customized approach keeps Pace University on track.
- Planning and Budgeting: A Dovetailing Duo
Like salt and pepper, planning and budgeting go together. A NACUBO workshop explored the companion processes.
July
- Extreme Building Makeovers
Before-and-after photographs reveal how four institutions revitalized sagging structures, turning some into architectural beauties and enhancing the functionality of others.
- Revamping Business Processes
Cutting red tape is a key component of the University of Missouri–Kansas City’s process of achieving financial excellence.
- Involving Top Leaders in IT Investment
How do you make technology investments that please everyone? Northeastern University addressed that challenge by developing a process involving senior leadership in the toughest decisions.
- Financial About-Face
The multifaceted turnaround approach of Nichols College included “friend raising,” faculty right-sizing, and a “college success course.”
- Steps to Financial Stewardship
Speakers at NACUBO’s Higher Education Accounting Forum suggested methods to improve management, transparency, and communication.
June
- What Price Profit?
A conversation with former Harvard University president Derek Bok about evaluating entrepreneurial ideas in light of their impact on academic values.
- Blending Buildings & Books
Where program priorities are meshed with infrastructure needs, project planning assumes a holistic overtone. Two universities tell of tools they created that put a programmatic face on facilities maintenance.
- Committed to Collective Leadership
Business officers in the Boston area are adopting collective leadership practices within their own universities and reaching out to one another to collaborate.
- Alleviating the Housing Headache
Not enough beds, not enough time. Some institutions are finding relief through public-private partnerships.
May
- Portal Power
To improve student services, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte built connections instead of a building.
- A Transforming Effect
West Virginia University embraced the tenets of transformational leadership to reinvent student affairs business operations.
- Stepping Up Service
NACUBO’s recent Student Financial Services conference highlighted access, affordability, and customer service as institutional goals that ultimately benefit students.
April
- Meet Me in Milwaukee
- Put the Right People on the Bus
...and other ways to help your institution pull ahead of the pack. Jim Collins gives a preview of his upcoming NACUBO presentation.
- The Dr. Phil of Election '04
Political analyst Larry Sabato is the color commentator of American politics. Catch his unique blend of history and the headlines when he speaks at NACUBO's meeting.
- Trading Dollars for Independence
St. Mary's College of Maryland—recognized as the nation's first charter college—reveals the pros and cons of forgoing funding support for greater autonomy.
- Paying With Plastic
Acceptance of credit cards for tuition payments is widespread among colleges and universities, NACUBO's recent survey shows.
March
February
- Old Principles, New Rules
Results of the 2003 NACUBO Endowment Study suggest the importance of applying established principles in a new environment.
- Charting a Business Course
Bentley College is sailing into a bright future as a business university. Its success has much to do with bringing the faculty on board to work with administration.
- Setting Standards
Outgoing Accounting Principles Council member Kathleen McNeely explains how recent legislation affects accounting standards at higher education institutions.
January
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