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| Business Officer | 6 |
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| Dawson, Bradley L. | 1 |
| DeWitt, Robby | 1 |
| Gaither, Gerald | 1 |
| Klinger, Donna | 1 |
| Lewis, Phyllis H. | 1 |
| Vance, Carl B. | 1 |
| Zekan, Donald L. | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 6 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
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| Administrators | 6 |
| Practitioners | 6 |
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Klinger, Donna – Business Officer, 1994
At the 1994 annual meeting of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), presentations and discussions indicated that college business officers are responding to their institutions' financial difficulties with innovative ways to reorganize, save money, and generate revenue. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Administration, Conferences, Efficiency
Dawson, Bradley L. – Business Officer, 1991
Most colleges and universities need to reduce expenditures and downsize. Such a project is difficult and emotionally charged. Many immediate remedies can ba applied to reduce and better control expenditures, but a more thorough analysis of the institution's organizational structure, operating procedures, automated systems, strategic planning, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, College Administration, Educational Economics
Lewis, Phyllis H. – Business Officer, 1994
When college budget problems lead to difficult decisions, the inherent differences between the business and academic areas may become exaggerated. Business affairs administrators are wise to make the effort to establish and maintain good communication with faculty. The rewards are trust and more effective administration. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, College Faculty, Employer Employee Relationship
Gaither, Gerald; DeWitt, Robby – Business Officer, 1991
Prairie View A&M University's (Texas) experiences are offered as lessons in how to establish institutional priorities and procedures for retrenchment. Thirty-one specific cost-reduction strategies and policy changes are presented, and the evolution of a formal, institutionalized budget process, nonexistent until fiscal year 1991, is described.…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration
Vance, Carl B. – Business Officer, 1991
Voluntary severance plans for college employees offer a possible solution to the problem of limiting labor costs in an inflationary economy, particularly when mandatory retirement is eliminated. The severance package must be carefully budgeted, constructed, and communicated to the employees, and the institution must be disciplined in carrying it…
Descriptors: College Administration, Costs, Employer Attitudes, Employment Practices
Zekan, Donald L. – Business Officer, 1995
The events and decisions following a declaration of financial exigency at Saint Bonaventure University (New York) in 1994, which resulted in a substantial reduction in the number of tenured faculty members and a decrease in pay and benefits for remaining employees, are chronicled. The roles of the business officer, faculty, and others in decision…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Budgets, Case Studies, Church Related Colleges
