Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Student Affairs Budgeting But Were Afraid to Ask!
Spring 2004, Course 7
Instructor: Allison Steffensmeier & J. Lee Peters
Course Overview:
This three to four week short course is geared to entry-level and
mid-level professionals and will provide participants with the
opportunity to focus on budgeting contexts, terms, and models in an easy
to understand format.
Methods of analysis and use of budgets as planning tools will be
explored through readings, participation on a discussion board, and
actual budget analysis. Participants will learn practical techniques
that will enable them to successfully plan for their next fiscal cycle
and overcome "fears of budgeting".
Participants will learn about many models and techniques including:
Incremental Budgeting
Planning, Programming Budgeting
Zero-Based Budgeting
Performance Budgeting
Formula Budgeting
Cost Centered/Responsibility Centered Budgeting
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the context of your budget area in relation to the greater
university budgeting structure
- Gain skills to analyze your budget and rebuild/reorganize your budget
- Demystify the budgeting process
- Network with others and share experiences to learn better business
practices
- Plan for your next budget cycle with resources and assistance
- Learn the terms of budgeting that allow you to better communicate with
budget officers and others about the budget
- Learn to use the budget as a planning document
- Develop a set of useful question to ask when job searching that assist
with your decision making and demonstrate that you understand the
budgeting process
Participant Expectations:
Participants should expect to devote about 5 hours during each of the
three weeks of the course in order to make a solid contribution to the
class. Assignments will include selected readings and discussions. This
is a discussion-based course that is dependent upon each student being
prepared to be open and honest with regard to their views of the
material.
Active participation in the discussion board and budget analysis
exercise will significantly enhance the learning experience and help
bring the course material to life.
Individuals registering for CEUs will receive 1.0 CEU upon successful completion of the course.
Instructor Bio:
Allison Steffensmeier is currently the Financial Advisor to the Provost
at the University of Hartford where she monitors spending and
allocations for all academic and related functions. She has also served
as a Budget Analyst at Clemson University where she helped monitor
university-wide budgeting and fund management. She has a Masters Degree
in Higher Education Administration from Loyola University Chicago and an
Undergraduate degree in Finance from Drake University. Her business
background combined with her knowledge and experience in higher
education's unique business environment offers practical insight into
the budgeting process.
J. Lee Peters, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
at the University of Hartford, was named to this position in July 2002.
Prior to his appointment in Hartford, Dr. Peters served as Vice
Chancellor for Student Affairs at Montana State University-Billings
where he was responsible for management of the student affairs division,
including enrollment services, financial aid, residential life,
multicultural student services, career services, health services, and
auxiliary business operations. Dr. Peters was Dean of Student Life at
Weber State University (Ogden, Utah) for eight years prior to his
appointment at Montana State. From 1988 to 1990, Dr. Peters was
director of residence life at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks;
1986 to 1988, he was director of student activities and placement at
Franklin University in Columbus, Ohio; and 1984 to 1986, he was director
of residence life/summer conference coordinator at Ohio Dominican
College in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Peters has a bachelors degree from
Michigan State University, a masters degree in student personnel work
from Ohio State University, and he received his Ed.D. in education
administration from the University of Utah in 1998.
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