The first dedicated audio series to support Higher Education leaders in their Academic Resource Management decisions. The series will showcase the industries most respected and experienced experts. Explore the topics of Program Review and Optimization, Course Evaluation, Faculty Effort, Departmental Research, Planning and Budgeting and the key benefits of Activity-Based Cost Modelling to support evidence-based decision making.
In this episode of Pilbara Insights we’ll discuss the results of a recent joint analysis project undertaken with the Melbourne Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne, specifically looking at what factors influence the cost of teaching including field of education, delivery mode, campus location and subject size.
21 Sept 2021
S01E05: Course Evaluation
In this episode of Pilbara Insights we’ll take a look at course or unit evaluation and what should be considered including things like teaching methods, classroom capacity and relationship to the degree. We’ll also discuss the Program Forecasting Tool, a tool that provides an instantaneous five year financial forecast for newly proposed programs by utilizing the large amount of detailed data from an underlying Activity-Based Cost model.
14 Sept 2021
S01E04: Research Management
In this episode of Pilbara Insights we’ll explore research and research management, what some of the challenges are in managing a university research portfolio, various ways research is funded, in particular subsidization from teaching income and various ways research performance is measured.
7 Sept 2021
S01E01: What is Academic Resource Management?
In our very first episode of Pilbara Insights we will explore the subject of Academic Resource Management. Lea Patterson from Pilbara Group will be chatting to Emeritus Professor William F. Massy about his latest book Resource Management for Colleges and Universities. William Massy is professor emeritus of education and business administration and a former vice president and vice provost at Stanford University. They will discuss what Academic Resource Management is, how it relates to cost management and why universities need it now, given they have survived for hundreds of years without it.
7 Sept 2021
S01E02: Program Review and Optimization
In episode two of Pilbara Insights, we explore Program Review and Optimization. How to balance mission with the internal economy for program review to support strategic leadership decisions and uncover how leading higher education institutions use modelling to expose program financial blind spots and optimize programs across the institution.
7 Sept 2021
S01E03: Planning and Budgeting
In episode three of Pilbara Insights, we’ll explore two main types of budgeting – Incremental budgeting and responsibility centered management. The advantages and disadvantages of each type, their relationship with strategic planning, which type tends to work better in a downturn and the importance of scenario modelling.
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