by Jeff Spear | Jul 25, 2019 | Higher Education, Uncategorized
As CFOs and their teams prep for the annual audit, some reflection is warranted. How much of what you are frantically trying to analyze and tie out could have been updated at an earlier time or kept current throughout the year? What keeps you from... 
by Jeff Spear | Jul 10, 2019 | Higher Education, Managing Tuition Revenue
A lighted keyboard, touch screen, 16 MB of ram and a terabyte of solid state storage. You can expect that features like this will cost a lot more than a simple Chromebook. Individually, each component costs a little but collectively, they create a pretty... by Jeff Spear | Jan 1, 2018 | Higher Education, Student Engagement
Thinking back on my undergraduate years, a handful of relationships stand out four decades hence. Lifelong friendships were forged during those years, including one with a girlfriend who became my wife. Various speakers graced our campus with pearls of... by Jeff Spear | Jul 8, 2017 | Forecasting, Higher Education, Managing Tuition Revenue, Tuition Discounting
It’s a question we hear frequently. As hard as they’ve tried, new student numbers steadily decline while tuition discounting eclipses price increases. Budgeting is an annual ritual of optimistic projections in the spring followed by reactive cost cuts the... by Jeff Spear | Apr 5, 2017 | Best Practice Standards, Forecasting, Higher Education
“It doesn’t mean a thing, but even so, after twenty-five years; it’s nice to know.” The words from the song, “Do you Love Me?” are sung by Tevye and his dear wife Golda in “Fiddler on the Roof” as they grapple with yet another generation of would-be husbands and... by Jeff Spear | Aug 6, 2014 | Forecasting, Higher Education, Managing Tuition Revenue
The first week of August is upon us and whatever will betide the fall is becoming more clear. What are some of my clients doing around this time? Well, first of all, the deadline for finalizing payment for the fall often occurs this week. I have suggested a deadline...