by Jeff Spear | Jul 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
About three years ago, a regional legal firm posted an article about endowment issues It is found... by Jeff Spear | Jun 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
As a cost accountant in a former life, I have always found it interesting the way that tuition remission is handled. Basically, the full cost of the benefit is apportioned to fringe benefits under “operating costs” and the entire amount of tuition is recognized as... by Jeff Spear | Nov 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
A colleague, Craig Mahler, shared this article earlier today. Having worked with a variety of boards over the past year and a half, I am pleased to see this level of attention paid to their role. My observation is that individual board members either accept everything... by Jeff Spear | Nov 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
One of the common questions I have been asked during my trek to 20+ clients over the past two years involves the financial performance statistics institutions should be shooting for. That is, what are the benchmarks that typify the better-performing colleges and... by Jeff Spear | Sep 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
If you do not have a degree completion or graduate program for adults, you can skip this edition. For those who have such programs, a common approach is to recruit a group of students as a cohort. Ideally, that cohort remains together throughout the program,... by Jeff Spear | Sep 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
Students have moved in, parents are back home, relationships have started … and ended, first exams delivered and disciplinary counsels are full of agenda items. Yup, it’s that time of year. Oh, and the traditional census is underway, with a crowd awaiting the puffs of...