Financial Management

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Financial Management

Big Research Support from a Small IT Organization: Montana State University Billings

February 1, 2013

For the typical, small central IT organization with limited funding, finding the adequate resources to provide requisite infrastructure, equipment, software, and technical support can be ch…

2012 CDS Executive Summary Report

January 24, 2013

This report summarizes results from the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service (CDS) survey. Using a matched set of 616 CDS 2011 and CDS 2012 participating institutions, this year’s report is a detaile…

The Costs of Online Learning

January 1, 2012

It’s impossible to put a single price tag on “online learning” because, like cars, colleges, and cottages, it comes in widely varying levels of quality and efficiency. Instead, this paper…

Encouraging Social Innovation through Capital: Using Technology to Address Barriers

November 1, 2011

This report, co-authored by Bryan Hassel for Bellwether Education Partners, examines how technology can optimize the flow of investment capital to drive innovation in public education. As descr…

Moving from Inputs to Outputs to Outcomes: The Future of Education Policy

June 1, 2012

The fast-growing field of online learning, in which over 4 million K–12 students and over 75 percent of school districts nationwide are utilizing some form of online learning, has the potenti…

Using BI to Identify Revenue and Resource Reallocation

March 18, 2013 | A session at the Midwest Regional Conference

Like most institutions of higher education, Miami University is facing increasing financial pressures and demands. Miami University has decided to develop a new budget model that will result in the…

Generation Schools Network: West Generation Academy

November 28, 2012

This Denver public 6-12 school operated by Generation Schools Network, which opened in Fall 2012, redesigned the academic model to a rotational blended model for greater personalization, more t…

Five Guidelines for Instituting IT Value Measurement

November 13, 2012

Factors including budget cutbacks, rigorous regulatory requirements, rising demands for IT services, and IT’s contribution to transformative change fuel the need for IT leaders to communicate I…

University E-Commerce: A Balancing Act

February 13, 2013 | A session at the West/Southwest Regional Conference

What do you find as your biggest challenge regarding e-commerce solutions? This session will provide a perspective on one university's identification of its challenges and the surprisingly sim…

EDUCAUSE Core Data Service 2012 Almanacs

October 29, 2012

These two-page, easy-to-scan summaries distill CDS data in a variety of categories that include IT Financing, IT Staffing, Support Services, and many other service areas. All Non-Speciali…