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Cost Containment in Administrative and
Business Centers
“Administrative/Business Office Collaboration”
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Ohio Dominican College, OH
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Otterbein College, OH
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Mount Union College, OH
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Mount Vernon Nazarene College, OH
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Wilmington College, OH
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Wittenberg University, OH
A comprehensive analysis of administrative
functions reduces expenses by 30% to 40% and, at the same
time, increases student satisfaction with the new systems.
Project Director:
Kenneth L. Hoyt
The Ohio Foundation for Independent Colleges,
Inc.
614-469-1950
“SWITCH-Tech Program”
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Alverno College, WI
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Cardinal Stritch College, WI
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Concordia University, WI
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Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, WI
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Mount Mary College, WI
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Sacred Heart School of Theology, WI
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Wisconsin Lutheran College, WI
This collaboration, collectively managed,
reduces time spent in redundant efforts in managing technology
resources, thereby containing costs.
Project Director:
Jack Fritts
Southeastern Wisconsin Information Technology
Exchange
414-351-2423
“The Internet-Based Research Center”
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Averett College, VA
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Carson-Newman College, TN
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Columbia College, SC
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Cumberland College, KY
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Kentucky Christian College, KY
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Mars Hill College, NC
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Milligan College, TN
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Piedmont college, GA
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Queens College, NC
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Shorter College, GA
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Union College, KY
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University of Charleston, WV
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Virginia Intermont College, VA
These colleges operate an internet-based
research center. Using a Website, they produce sophisticated
historical data, comparative statistics and other information
to aid in institutional planning and decision making.
Project Director:
Michael V. Carter
Carson-Newman College
423-471-3219
“Cost
Containment Through Collaboration”
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Adrian College, MI
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Albion College, MI
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Alma College, MI
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Andrews University, MI
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Aquinas College, MI
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Calvin College, MI
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Hillsdale College, MI
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Hope College, MI
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Kalamazoo College, MI
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Madonna University, MI
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Marygrove College, MI
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Olivet College, MI
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Siena Heights College, MI
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Spring Arbor College, MI
The Michigan state fund is coordinating member
colleges to achieve economies of scale and greater
efficiencies by pooling efforts in purchasing a variety of
items -- for example, insurance, computer products and
services-- and in coordinating study abroad activities
Project Director:
William H. Liebold II
Michigan Colleges Foundation
248-208-2010
“Information Technology Help Net”
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Drake University, IA
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Pacific Lutheran University, WA
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Valparaiso University, IN
Combining their information technology
strengths, these universities have set up a Web site that will
answer questions about computers, networks and software
through an “Ask the Expert” forum and on-line interactive training modules.
Project Director:
J. Michael Yohe
Valparaiso University
219-464-5072
“Partnership for
Business Process Redesign”
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Kentucky Independent College Foundation
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The Ohio Foundation for Independent
Colleges, Inc.
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Georgetown College, KY
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Thomas More College, KY
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Union College, KY
Building from the “Process Transformation
Model,” these colleges join a collaboration of Ohio colleges
to devise a new operational system which results in immediate
and long-term savings in the business center of each
participating college.
Project Director:
Thomas Prather
Kentucky Independent College Foundation
502-695-5007
“Administrative Best Practices Web Site”
The Ohio Foundation for Independent Colleges
developed a Website through which it
shares the best practices and benchmarks from its “Business Process
Redesign Program” with FIHE-affiliated colleges and institutions.
Project Director:
Kenneth L. Hoyt
The Ohio Foundation for Independent Colleges,
Inc.
614-469-1950
“West Virginia Independent College Enterprise,
A Four-College Consortium”
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West Virginia Foundation for Independent
Colleges
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Alderson-Broaddus College, WV
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Davis & Elkins College, WV
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University of Charleston, WV
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West Virginia Wesleyan College, WV
These colleges share an administrative
computing center, merging administrative support
hardware and software from four colleges in order to streamline their processes and produce
financial savings.
Project Director:
Twila Kirkpatrick
West Virginia Foundation for Independent
Colleges, Inc.
304-345-5525
“West Virginia Independent College Enterprise,
Phase II”
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West Virginia Foundation for Independent
Colleges
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Alderson-Broaddus College, WV
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Davis & Elkins College, WV
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University of Charleston, WV
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West Virginia Wesleyan College, WV
This grant, when matched, will assist in the
development of a collaborative partnership to create a shared
computing center. The center will serve the collective needs
of four institutions that represent nearly 50 percent of the
students enrolled in West Virginia’s independent colleges and
universities. The project represents a new paradigm for
sharing resources: building upon a thoughtful process for
consensus building leading to the collaboration decision,
vendor selection by end users, and internal development of
expertise by employees through an innovative training
program. The collaboration seeks to reap the dividends of
cooperation by the pooling of resources, building on common
values and utilizing diverse relationships to excel at the
business of education.
Project Director:
Twila Kirkpatrick
West Virginia Foundation for Independent
Colleges, Inc.
304-345-5525
“Career Services Consortium”
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Alverno College, WI
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Beloit College, WI
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Cardinal Stritch University, WI
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Carroll College, WI
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Carthage College, WI
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Concordia University Wisconsin, WI
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Edgewood College, WI
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Lakeland College, WI
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Lawrence University, WI
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Marian College of Fond du Lac, WI
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Marquette University, WI
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Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, WI
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Milwaukee School of Engineering, WI
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Mount Mary College, WI
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Mount Senario College, WI
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Northland College, WI
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Ripon College, WI
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Silver Lake College, WI
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St. Norbert College, WI
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Viterbo College, WI
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Wisconsin Lutheran College, WI
The Career Services Consortium brings together
the resources from each of the independent colleges and
universities of Wisconsin to develop and deliver quality, cost
effective career information throughout Wisconsin. By working
together experiences and resources can be shared, new
recruitment techniques based upon collective knowledge and
research can be developed, and new audiences, new partners,
and new technologies can be explored.
Project Director:
Mark E. Torinus
Wisconsin Foundation for Independent Colleges
414-273-5980
“Iowa Collaboration Project”
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Drake University, IA
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Simpson College, IA
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Grand View College, IA
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AIB College of Business, IA
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Mercy College of Health Sciences, IA
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Des Moines University, IA
This grant, when matched, will support of a
$78,000 demonstration project for a unique collaboration
project among the six private colleges and universities in the
greater Des Moines area. The goal of this project is to
determine ways in which the six institutions can create
possible savings opportunities by collaborating on
unnecessarily duplicated or more cost-efficient services.
Project Director:
John Hartung
Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
515-282-3175
“Collaborative Higher Education Center”
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Madonna University, MI
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Marygrove College, MI
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Sacred Heart Major Seminary, MI
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St. Mary’s College, MI
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University of Detroit Mercy, MI
These institutions will initiate a
collaborative higher education center, based on a model of
cooperation, in the Downriver/southern Wayne County region of
Metropolitan Detroit, with a population in excess of 350,000
residents.
Project Director:
Bill Liebold
Michigan Colleges Foundation
248-208-2010
“OFIC Distance Education Program”
The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges
This grant, when matched, will provide the
necessary funds for centralized administration during the
first year of the OFIC Distance Education Program. This
program has been developed to create high-quality,
learner-centered, community-building, Internet-based,
asynchronous distance education to meet Ohio business work
force development needs while allowing this group of
independent colleges to enter into the distance education
marketplace.
Project Director:
Jeff Wolf
Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges
614-469-1950
“New Solutions/The Cost Challenge”
The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges
Michigan Colleges Foundation
These two states are collaborating to provide
education, tools, and expert assistance in redesigning
operational processes at member colleges to reduce
administrative costs while improving the quality and value of
administrative services.
Project Director:
Bill Liebold
Michigan Colleges Foundation
248-208-2010
“Digital Utility Collaboration”
The Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges
This grant, when matched, will be used to
complete the next phase of the Digital Utility Collaborative.
It is essential that the DU participants reach a required
level of readiness in order to participate in the DU when it
is implemented. This phase of the project will specify that
level of readiness and test and disseminate concrete
collaborative strategies and processes for achieving it. This
phase will also enable the collaborative to develop good
estimates of the financial and human resources needed by each
campus to bridge the gap between where they are and where they
need to be to achieve readiness for participation in the
digital utility. The results from this phase will be
incorporated into a more detailed design that will be used for
building the digital utility.
Project Director:
Jeff Wolf
Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges
614-469-1950
“TICUA Benefit Consortium”
Tennessee Independent Colleges and
Universities Association (TICUA)
This grant, when matched, seeks to establish a
consortium to assist colleges and universities with long-range
budgeting and standards, allowing for improved benefits for
employees. The consortium will also allow campus
administrators to and having to switch health providers in
order to secure lower premiums.
Project Director:
Suzanne Baxter
TICUA
615-242-6400
“Pilot Consortium
for Distance Learning”
Wisconsin
Foundation for Independent Colleges
This grant,
when matched, will create the Pilot Consortium for Distance
Learning, a collaboration of independent colleges which will
use video conferencing to deliver and receive classes not
otherwise available to their students because of low
enrollment. By bringing together the technological and
educational resources of these colleges, experiences and
resources can be shared for a cost savings, and new teaching
techniques, classes, partnerships and technologies can be
explored.
Project Director: Mark E. Torinus
Wisconsin Foundation for Independent Colleges
414-273-5980
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