EDHE 581 - Finance in Colleges and Universities

• Describe the critical resources to public and private institutions of higher education and recognize the degree of reliance of public and private institutions on particular resources and the implications/effects of threats or changes in these resource flows or allocation processes.
• Articulate the issues and debates surrounding state support of higher education and describe the issues and debates surrounding federal research policy and higher education’s growing entrepreneurial orientation.
• Describe the evolution of thinking about planning in higher education, how it is commonly practiced, and the utility of applying concepts developed in business to the higher education setting, and discuss key resource issues surrounding fund raising, endowment management, facilities, and information technology.