Financial Management

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Financial Management

Funding-Model Archetypes for Central Information Technology Functions

January 17, 2012

This CDS Spotlight ECAR research bulletin focuses on EDUCAUSE Core Data Service (CDS) survey results related to funding models for Information Technology (IT) functions. Most IT professionals…

A Study of Four Textbook Distribution Models

December 15, 2011

Key Takeaways In preparation for campus-wide e-text adoption , Daytona State College completed a two-year comparative study of four textbook distribution models : print purch…

Results of the 2011 Core Data Survey

October 19, 2011

The EDUCAUSE Core Data Service (CDS) is in its ninth year. It has been completely overhauled to expand beyond the original focus on higher education IT costs and staffing. The CDS will now provi…

Collaborative Development of Key Performance Indicators

September 27, 2011

Key Takeaways Budget cuts and increasing enrollments , coupled with legislative mandates that base funding allocations on student outcomes rather than headcount, are forcing the …

Gig.U: A Tale of Two Cities (Seattle and Cleveland)

September 13, 2011

On July 27, 2011, a broad-based group of 29 universities and communities across the country launched Gig.U: The University Community Next Generation Innovation Project. Drawing on America’…

Top Issues Facing Today's Business and Financial Officers

August 10, 2011

August 10, 2011, 1:00 p.m. (EDT/GMT-4) What are the biggest challenges currently confronting chief business and financial officers at colleges and universities? How has the current e…

Delivering the Dual Mission of University IT

July 28, 2011

Presentation at the 2011 ECAR Symposium, July 28, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. University IT departments have evolved organically, but the time has come to purposefully organize to support the du…

Demand Aggregation: The Higher Ed IT Chessboard

October 19, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference

This discussion will focus on buy-side concerns for higher education IT. As we (the buy-side) remain highly fragmented and the sell-side aggregates/consolidates, we will be subjected to capital own…

Expert Discussion Session: Unexpected Outcomes from the Cost-Cutting Era

October 20, 2011

Many of us have had to approach recent budget years with creative ways to do more with less. We have renegotiated contracts and perhaps reduced our workforce and cut services. Budget-cutting activi…

The Undereducated American

June 27, 2011

A new study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce confirms that over the past 30 years, the demand for college-educated workers has outpaced supply, resulting in eco…