Cost containment in higher education: issues and recommendations

What's driving your instructional cost?

Faculty compensation

Faculty productivity

Financial commitment to tenure

Are there cost savings in academic libraries?

Acquisition costs

Technology impact on academic libraries

Outsourcing in academic libraries

Can plant operations and facilities continue to be ignored?

Deferred maintenance

Outsourcing

Energy management

Is research a facilitator or barrier to cost containment?

Sponsored research

University-sponsored research

Direct and indirect cost factors

Can university student services remain viable with an increasing cost structure?

Student aid administration

Student activities

Supplemental education services

External cost factors: are states' policies for higher education institutions helping or hindering cost containment opportunities?

Assessment and accountability

Performance funding and budgeting

Restructuring.