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Read the case study, “Alpha University,” pages 23-25 in Chapter 1 of Budgets and Financial Management in Higher Education.

By Day 3

Post a response arguing for the mandated increases that you think must be funded given the institution’s strategic priorities, and propose and defend a priority list of other budget requests. Be sure to support your response with references to this week’s Learning Resources.

Required Readings

Goldstein, L. (2019). College and university budgeting: A guide for academics and other stakeholders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: National Association of College and University Business Officers.

• Chapter 9, “Comprehensive and Special-Purpose Budget Models
  Focus on how the several approaches to budgeting are distinguished by their focus and the types of information in which allocations are based.
• Chapter 8, “Establishing the Budget Process”

• Chapter 10, “Operating and Capital Budget Cycles”
  Focus on the steps involved in developing a new budget request as well as the processes involved in ongoing budget management.

Barr, M. J., & McClellan, G. S. (2018). Budgets and financial management in higher education (3rd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

• Chapter 4, “Management of the Budget Cycle”
  Focus on the steps involved in developing a new budget request as well as the processes involved in ongoing budget management.

Enneking, E. A. (2003). Preparing the department budget. American Council on Education Online Resource Center. Retrieved from http://www.acenet.edu/resources/chairs/index.cfm?s…
Eugene A. Enneking, chair, Mathematics and Statistics, Portland State University. “Preparing the Department Budget.” Written specifically for the ACE Department Chair Online Resource Center. Washington, DC: American Council on Education, 2003.
Focus on the factors essential to preparing a departmental budget.

Salluzzo, R. E. (1999). Using the budget as an effective management tool. New Directions for Higher Education, (107), 61–71.

Using the Budget as an Effective Management Tool by Salluzzo, R. E. in New Directions for Higher Education, 99(107). Copyright 1999 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Reprinted by permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. via the Copyright Clearance Center.

Optional Resources

Hecht, I. W. D. (2003). Navigating the institutional budget. American Council on Education Online Resource Center. Retrieved from http://www2.acenet.edu/resources/chairs/docs/Hecht_navigatingFMT.pdf

Hecht, I. W. D. (2003). The budget cycle. American Council on Education Online Resource Center. Retrieved from http://www2.acenet.edu/resources/chairs/docs/Hecht-BudgetCycleFMT.pdf

Israel, C. A., & Kihl, B. (2005). Using strategic planning to transform a budgeting process. New Directions for Community Colleges, (132),77–86. Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Education Research Complete database.

Krawitz, N. (2003). Capital budgeting. American Council on Education Online Resource Center. Retrieved from http://www2.acenet.edu/resources/chairs/docs/Krawitz_Capital_BudgetingFMT.pdf