Models of Efficiency

Does your department measure up? If the answer is "Yes!", here's your opportunity to stand out from the crowd.

Administration helping studentsUniversity Business presents Models of Efficiency, a new national recognition program honoring colleges and universities that meet the higher education business and technology challenges of today's campus.

Something new and powerful is happening in higher education! New approaches are streamlining operations to deliver superior service to students in less time and at lower cost than previously possible.

Innovative models of efficiency are replacing the resource-draining, time-consuming practices of yesterday. Models of Efficiency not only do more with less, but do it better.

Simply put, a model of efficiency is an administrative practice or procedure that uses technology and smart business processes to provide superior service to students, while optimizing resources.

Don't miss the chance to be a 2010 Models of Efficiency honoree! Entry deadline is Sept. 15.

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Honorees

We asked what makes your administrative department an efficiency model, and you delivered. Everyone in higher education is being forced to do more with less. Stellar campus administrative departments are continually working to also do it all better than ever before. Business practices that drain time and money may have been the status quo for many institutions in the past, but today's smart leaders are rethinking those practices and using technology and new business processes to free department resources, all while having a positive impact on service to students and other campus constituents.
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Summer 2010 Honorees

  • BLACKBOARD JUMBLE
    Center for Teaching and Learning
    Regent University, Virginia
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  • TRENDS WITH BENEFITS
    Department of Human Resources
    Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mahwah, NJ
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  • PROVIDING PROOF, PRONTO
    Financial Aid Department
    Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth, Fla
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  • GREEN IS GOOD
    Office of Advancement
    Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, Ga.
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  • REPOSITIONING POSITIONS
    Heigi Family Career Development Center
    Southern Methodist University, Dallas
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  • TIMELY ADVICE
    Tippie College of Business
    The University of Iowa, Iowa City
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  • FOLLOWING FRESHMEN
    Office of Student Success and Retention
    Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah
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Spring 2010 Honorees

The University Business Models of Efficiency recognition program is made possible by generous sponsorship from:
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