Cost Saving, Collaboration and Managerial Efficiency

Dick Cannon, Vice President of Finance & Administration

University of New Hampshire

New England Board of Higher Education Conference

Financial Management Practices Responsibility Centered Management -

Incentives and Cost Discipline Regular Review of Outsourcing Options Regular Offering of Separation Incentive

Plans( 5 Times for Faculty and 2 Times for Staff Since 1997)

Attack Structural Deficit

Energy Management Constructed Co-generation Plant Eco-line: Land Fill Gas to Co-Generation Plant Energy Awareness Activities:

Energy Task Force Student Contests Individual Metering

Health Costs Increased employee share to approx 15% Healthy UNH

Broad based grass roots action committee Build a culture of health and fitness Educate how $40,000,000 spent Demonstrate cost drivers and choices to address Purchasers group Activated consumer Ways to improve pricing

Need for a New Business Model Blended Learning Mixed on Campus Off Campus Learning Compress Time to Complete Leverage Fixed Assets More Articulation with Community Colleges Leveraging IT