NKU's new budget model was designed and implemented by the following committees, with the aid of Huron Consulting Group.
Throughout the development of the new budget model, the president provided regular updates to the university community.
New Budget Model Update (1/14/16)
New Budget Model Development Update (3/24/15)
Growing the pie? The effect of responsibility center management on tuition revenue - Working paper under review for Journal of Higher Education (June 21, 2016)
Outcomes-based funding and responsibility center management: Combining the best of state and institutional budget models to achieve shared goals - Lumina Issue Paper, Lumina Foundation (June 2016)
Decentralized budgets: Getting more popular, but not for everyone - Educational Advisory Board (EAB) (2015)
Budgets in higher education: The keys to successful financial management - An interview with George McClellan, author of Budgets and Financial Management in Higher Education, 2nd Edition (2011) in HigherEdJobs (2014)
The impacts of responsibility center management on universities - KaufmanHall/Axiom Software blog (February 12, 2015)
Colleges "unleash the deans" with decentralized budgets - Chronicle of Higher Education (February 9, 2015) [At NKU, the full article is available through Steely Library.]
Variations on a theme of RCM - Business Officer magazine, National Association of College and University Budget Officers (NACUBO) (May 2013)
"Don't be wedded to any one model" - Interview with Linda Kroll, associate vice president for finance at the University of Notre Dame in Business Officer magazine (NACUBO) (May 2013)
RCM: Consider this - Business Officer magazine (NACUBO) bonus material (April 25, 2013)
The buck stops elsewhere - Summary/preview of the book Responsibility Center Management, 2nd edition by John R. Curry, Andrew L. Laws, and Jon Strauss (2013) in Business Officer magazine (NACUBO) (January 2013)
Your tub or mine - Inside Higher Ed (2010)
Many universities have recently undergone budget redesigns. Here are a few examples.
Ohio University (a Huron client)
Auburn University (a Huron client)
Drexel University (a Huron client)