Students, parents, and higher education leaders alike have spent much of the spring wondering if college and university campuses will reopen in the fall of 2020. If so, how many students will attend? Will an in-person fall semester even be possible due to the continued impact of COVID-19?
While administrators struggle with many competing issues, fall enrollment is top of mind for most because tuition accounts for nearly 50% of revenue. And unlike many other forms of revenue, tuition is the least-restricted funding source.
Eugene Sunshine retired from his position as Senior Vice President for Business and Finance at Northwestern University in 2014. With almost 30 years’ experience in higher education finance and administration, Sunshine has helped to guide institutions through good times and bad, including the financial crisis of 2007-08 and the ensuing Great Recession. We asked him to discuss the importance of financial leadership at colleges and universities during times of crisis.
Axiom™ Commitment Planning automates the collection, evaluation, and tracking of large-dollar agreements made throughout a college or university, bringing order to a complex process.
Jennifer Mulvaney is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Syntellis, focusing on Higher Education. She has more than 15 years of experience in Enterprise Performance Management, helping organizations of all sizes with their budgeting and planning needs.
Prior to joining Syntellis, Ms. Mulvaney held solutions engineering roles with SAP, Business Objects, and ALG Software.
Ms. Mulvaney holds a B.S. in Communications from Florida State University.
