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EDUCAUSE Library Items for Cost Analysis or Assessment
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Chicken or Egg: IT Services or IT Costs
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October 19, 2005
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2005 Annual Conference
How do you review operational services or activities to verify costs, value, technology, dependencies, and effectiveness? Ongoing operations account for the bulk of the IT budget. Several universit…
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Assessing and Communicating the Value of IT
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August 2, 2005
This research bulletin suggests methodologies for assessing, measuring, and communicating the value of information technology as a strategic asset in higher education. It covers approaches that c…
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Making the Case for TCO
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January 1, 2005
"Is Total Cost of Ownership a costing model worth considering? In a word: Yes." "Is Total Cost of Ownership a costing model worth consid…
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The Myth about Saving Money
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January 1, 2005
© 2005 Brian L. Hawkins and Diana G. Oblinger EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 40, no. 2 (March/April 2005): 12–13. The Myth about Saving Money "IT Investments Will Save the I…
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E10 Session Podcast: Challenging Conventional Wisdom About College Costs
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October 29, 2010
The Great Recession has brought new attention to the spending side of college finance. Jane Wellman , Executive Director of the Delta Cost Project, challenges the conventional wisdom that cost…
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Network Funding Models: Cornell University; University of California, San Diego; and University of Wisconsin–Madison
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February 7, 2005
This multi-part case study examines three different approaches to building a sustainable network funding model. The cases focus on three complex research universities that use strategies that may…
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IT Portfolio Management for Colleges and Universities: Balancing Risk/Return for Strategic Results
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February 1, 2005
This research bulletin explores how institutions optimize their portfolio of information technology investments. Drawing from recent research conducted at Northwestern University's Kellogg S…
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Management by Fact: Benchmarking University IT Services
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January 1, 2004
A joint Stanford/MIT team developed metrics, assessed costs, and unearthed best practices from each campus. An innovative "dashboard" for the Help Desk and broad balanced scorecard for IT…
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Comparing Delivery Costs: Online vs. Face-to-Face Courses
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October 21, 2004
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A session at the EDUCAUSE 2004 Annual Conference
For the past two years, the University of Texas TeleCampus has conducted a cost study comparing the costs of delivery of a "unit of education" between online and face-to-face courses acro…
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Counting the Costs: Strategic Application of IT to Understand University Costs
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January 1, 2003
The University of Newcastle in Australia has developed a sophisticated costing model to assist in making informed strategic decisions about program offerings, resourcing, pricing, and marketing. Th…

















