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Oberlin, John L. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1996
A much misunderstood aspect of managing information technology is its economics. Rate of technological advancement is accelerating, demand is intensifying, standards and architectures are changing daily, prices are falling, but total costs are growing. Understanding the economics of information technology is a necessary first step in developing…
Descriptors: College Administration, Costs, Economic Change, Educational Economics
Ward, Daniel A. – 1986
Designed to clarify issues related to the definition and implementation of strategic planning, this paper presents an an examination of several themes that are central to the practical side of planning and budget development. Introductory material considers the utility of the strategic planning approach and points to three areas of higher…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Planning, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness
Peer reviewedWood, R. Craig – Planning and Changing, 1981
Assesses the common practice of allowing retiring employees to continue receiving group insurance benefits and suggests that before agreeing to this arrangement, administrators should consider the situation carefully and plan for the potential long-range consequences. (Author/WD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Collective Bargaining, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education
Knopf, Winfield G. – Business Officer, 1994
A number of economic and social factors suggest that this is an appropriate time for colleges and universities to review employee retirement plans. Information that employees should have for retirement planning is reviewed, and basic principles for institutions to use in selecting a pension company are outlined. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Competition, Costs
Heterick, Robert C., Jr. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1991
The speech notes the linear growth of resources versus the exponential growth of costs in higher education. It identifies opportunities arising from information technology to transform teaching and learning through creation of a new scholarly information delivery system. An integrated triad of communications, computing, and library organizations…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Delivery Systems, Educational Economics
Download full textWashington State Higher Education Coordinating Board, Olympia. – 1990
This report proposes a Washington state long-term higher education goal of achieving upper division and graduate enrollment equal to the 70th percentile of national participation rates by the year 2010 (from a current 16th percentile in upper division enrollment and 24th percentile in graduate enrollment). The study details how enrollment…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Costs, Degrees (Academic), Educational Administration
Peer reviewedBulger, Roger J. – Journal of Dental Education, 1996
An administrator of an academic health center discusses effects of increased competition for funds including the necessity of segregating the three funding streams (service, education, and research) and the short-term increased costs of implementing educational technology solutions. He urges a broader health science vision and greater…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Change Strategies, Competition, Costs
