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Institutional Character:

Academic and Administrative Policies, Procedures and Practices

The Environmental Factors

3 Factors

  • Increases or Decreases resulting from Inflation or Deflation
  • Increases or decreases related to workload
  • Improvements in or deterioration of the quality of a program or activity

Shaping the Policy Environment for Budgeting

Budget Flexibility

  • Enrollment Fluctuations
  • Revenue Fluctuations
  • Expense Fluctuations
  • Emergencies
  • Unforeseen Opportunities

Key Planning Components that Influence the Budget Process

  • Academic Plan
  • Allocation of Faculty Positions
  • Enrollment Plan

Chapter 4: Allocating Resources and Increasing Flexibility.

Strategies for Allocating Resources and Increasing Flexibility

The Regulated Environment: Constraints and Opportunities

  • Accounting Policies and Procedures
  • Human Resource Policies and Procedures
  • Procurement Policies and Procedures
  • Financial Aid and Budgeting reporting
  • Collective Bargaining

Public Institutions

Hidden Costs That Limit Flexibility

New Facilities

  • Construction
  • Acquisition

New Academic Programs

  • Salary and benefits
  • Dependent upon enrollment
  • Formula Allocation Procedures
  • Enrollment Ceilings
  • Appropriations Bill Language
  • State Agency Staff
  • Position Control
  • Year End Balances
  • Salary Savings Targets
  • Relationship Between State Policy Makers and Higher Ed. institutions

Institutional Strategies to Increase Flexibility

Revenue Sources

Enrollment projections

Tuition and Financial Aid

Student Fees

Endowment Income

Gifts

Sponsored Program Funding

Changing the framework

Central reserves

Position Vacancy Savings

Reduction of the Grade/rank of Vacant Positions

Employment of Part time or Temp. Faculty

Withholding some salary - adjustment funds

Balance Carryovers

Sponsored Programs

Overhead Recoveries

Fund raising

Technology Transfer

http://www.montana.edu/foundation/documents/MSU_Found_FS_6-30-12-restricted.pdf

http://www.montana.edu/wwwvr/osp/OSPFY12Activity.pdf

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