The Jossey-Bass Academic Administrator's Guide to Budgets and Financial Management
Chapter One
Money, Money, Money
Budgets and financial matters never seem to be topics
that stir the souls of new academic managers. However, understanding
both the budgetary processes and the sources of institutional financial
support will be essential for your success and that of your department or
program. As a manager in higher education, one of your primary roles is
to garner the resources needed to implement the ideas, programs, services,
and needed classes and instruction required or desired by your students,
your colleagues, and other constituent groups. And it is not enough to
merely obtain money to support the unit. You also need to assure that
those resources are spent in accordance with institutional guidelines as
well as state and federal law. Remember that in order for goals and objectives
to be reached, the needed human and fiscal resources must be in place,
and that means mastering budgeting and financial issues.
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