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By Mike Kennedy
Backed with political and financial capital, advocates of change push to improve America's education system....
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By Patrick Quinn
One-size-fits-all just doesn't apply to schools...
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By Mike Kennedy
When purse strings are tight, schools and universities have to work hard to stretch available construction dollars....
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By Douglas W. Kincaid, Eric T. Dillinger and Michael Clayton
Education institutions can benefit from a modeling approach to facility budgeting....
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By Joe Agron
Maintenance and operations spending by school districts continues to hover around historic lows, even as facility needs escalate....
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By Joe Agron
Colleges increase maintenance and operations spending as a percentage of total budget in the current school year....
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By Mike Kennedy
Schools can be recognized for managing maintenance programs effectively....
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By Joe Agron
A panel of professionals shares creative solutions to many of the facilities and business operations challenges faced by education institutions nationwide....
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The costs of NCLB; E-rate oversight; QZAB extension; Budget appropriations...
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Auditing the Auditor; Stricter Controls; School Finance Deadline...
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By Daniel S. Brennan
The roles of the school and architect during a construction or renovation project should be understood and documented early in the process....
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Q&A from our readers...
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Mike Kennedy
School and university administrators continue to look for creative ways to wring more productivity from their tight budgets....
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Mike Kennedy
10 tips for schools and universities to operate facilities more efficiently....
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Streamlining purchases with a click; Procurement-card program in Illinois; Massachusetts to upgrade purchasing system...
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Mike Kennedy
Schools make the move slowly to online bidding and purchasing....
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Mike Kennedy
In a stagnant economy, schools and universities must seek out ways to maximize the effectiveness of their already tight budgets. Here are 10 suggestions....
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Paul V. Laudolff
Here's how to develop confident budgets at the master planning stage with limited information....
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Philip E. Geiger
Schools should make difficult budget choices that spare student programs....
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Mike Kennedy
Performance contracts provide education institutions a path to energy savings that minimizes financial risks....
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Mike Kennedy
More states are taking responsibility for improving local school facilities--and putting up the money to make it happen....
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Mike Kennedy
As school systems choose their top administrators, many are deciding that leadership and management skills are more important than a background in education....
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By Darr Hashempour
Increasing energy costs have forced schools and universities to find alternative funding methods....
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By Sean Smith
Schools and universities can take steps to control insurance costs in an unfavorable economic climate....
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By Philip E. Geiger
With more than $2 billion already invested, Arizona is moving ahead with a massive capital-improvements program for school facilities....
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