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EL 723

Higher Education Finance and Facilities

Catalog2026-2027
Credits3 units
LevelGraduate
Average gradeA-
Standard

Overview

Description

Principles of financial and facilities management in colleges and universities including strategic planning, organization, major revenue and expenditure areas, trends and issues.

Units

Lecture3

Catalog Details

Offering

Offered: Every Spring - Even Years

Terms

spring

Attributes

Standard

Learning Outcomes

  • develop an understanding of the basic economic concepts related to finance and facilities in higher education (human capital and investment, theories of revenue, cost, productivity, price, subsidies, and elasticity).
  • identify critical issues related to higher education finance and facilities management including planning and budgeting, common budget models, budget cycles, auxiliary and capital budgets, revenue and expenditures, contracts and outsourcing, bonding and joint ventures, and planning facilities and maintenance strategies.
  • identify key scholars, researchers, and practitioners in higher education finance and facilities and develop confidence in describing and debating key issues related to finance.
  • identify common strategies and skills for self-support and entrepreneurial activities on college campuses and create a budget for a sample program or department.
  • demonstrate understanding of common strategies for implementing budget cuts and adjusting for loss of resources and, utilizing real data from NSHE, create a budget reduction plan that links to the institutional strategic plan as well as critique common cost savings proposals.
  • demonstrate ability to independently research, analyze, and articulate higher education financial data and related policy issues.
  • assess and understand real examples of budget and facilities management from higher education experts.