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Some institutions implement exit interviews for departing faculty and staff in order to address employee satisfaction and reasons for turnover. This report highlights the exit interview process at mid-sized and large research...

Employee Engagement and Satisfaction human resources Administration and Finance

As institutions strive for increased transparency and reduced costs, administrators often consider different types of budget models. This report describes how four institutions plan, revise, and implement annual budgets....

Budgeting Administration and Finance Budget Models and Cost Allocations

This brief profiles various strategies that institutions, identified as the best places to work in higher education by the Chronicle of Higher Education, employ to improve employee satisfaction. The brief specifically highlights...

Employee Engagement and Satisfaction human resources Administration and Finance

As institutions recognize the limits of the typical incremental approach to budgeting, they are looking at new budget models designed to incentivize revenue growth, control costs, set performance targets, and invest in strategic...

Budget Models and Cost Allocations Budgeting Administration and Finance Responsibility Center Management

Academic libraries are faced with a daunting series of challenges brought on by the digital revolution. In an era when millions of books, articles, images, and videos available instantaneously via the web, libraries across all...

Academic Affairs Outsourcing Administrative Service Delivery Models Administration and Finance Space Utilization Facilities and Operations Leadership and Professional Development human resources Cost Cutting Student Experience Student Affairs Academic Support Programs Data Management information technology instructional technology Staffing Organizational Structures LIBRARY

Institutions continue to face increasing pressure from faculty, students, and other concerned constituents to divest endowment holdings from perceived social injustices. In this report, investment officers and advisory committee...

External Affairs Administration and Finance

An effective budget model can be a critical tool in ensuring budgetary predictability, while also allowing for the flexibility to respond to changing marketing conditions. Targeted at smaller, private institutions considering...

Budget Models and Cost Allocations Budgeting Administration and Finance

This report investigates innovative venture philanthropy projects and initiatives at institutions that support venture capital funds. The project explores how universities procure, finance, and maintain venture philanthropy...

Revenue Enhancement Administration and Finance Third Party Partnerships development

Moving Beyond Incremental Budgeting While most colleges and universities saw stable growth over the last several decades, many now face significant downward pressure on revenue. By one estimate, nearly one in ten institutions...

Academic Affairs Budgeting Administration and Finance Budget Models and Cost Allocations Debt Management Facilities and Operations Space Utilization Revenue Enhancement Tuition and Fees LIBRARY Research Enterprise Strategic planning

While colleges and universities increasingly draw upon the concept of Universal Design to create an ideal learning environment, it can be challenging to apply the concept practically in the classroom. This project explores...

Curriculum development Academic Planning Academic Affairs Space Utilization Facilities and Operations Administration and Finance