Cost Saving, Collaboration and Managerial Efficiency Dick Cannon, Vice President of Finance & Administration University of New Hampshire New England Board of Higher Education Conference

Financial Management Practices  Responsibility Centered Management -Incentives and Cost Discipline  Regular Review of Outsourcing Options  Regular Offering of Separation Incentive Plans( 5 Times for Faculty and 2 Times for Staff Since 1997)  Attack Structural Deficit

Energy Management  Constructed Co-generation Plant  Eco-line: Land Fill Gas to Co-Generation Plant  Energy Awareness Activities:  Energy Task Force  Student Contests  Individual Metering

Health Costs  Increased employee share to approx 15%  Healthy UNH  Broad based grass roots action committee  Build a culture of health and fitness  Educate how $40,000,000 spent  Demonstrate cost drivers and choices to address  Purchasers group  Activated consumer  Ways to improve pricing

Need for a New Business Model  Blended Learning  Mixed on Campus Off Campus Learning  Compress Time to Complete  Leverage Fixed Assets More  Articulation with Community Colleges  Leveraging IT