1. Toward Sustainable Models for Funding IT in Higher Education
Common Solutions Group
September 19, 2002
Jack McCredie
September 19, 2002
CSG - Seattle

2. Outline
Design principles for developing sustainable IT funding processes
Strategies and building blocks
Six sure ways to fail
Survey results from CSG institutions
Discussion
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3. Design Principles (AKA Motherhood)
Align IT resources with institutional priorities
Integrate IT funding with culture for funding other resources
Promote efficient use of resources
Support emerging institutional IT standards
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4. Design Principles (AKA Motherhood)
Help generate additional IT resources
Ensure that transaction costs of the method are reasonable
Build a process that members of the campus community support
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5. Strategies and Building Blocks
Sources of funds
General operating funds
Grants, contracts, and gifts
(a) to the IT organization
(b) to departments – then to IT
- direct charges to individuals and departments
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6. Strategies and Building Blocks: Funding Models
Centrally funded (library model)
Usage-based model
Tax based model
Mixed model
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7. Six Sure Ways to Fail
Start long-term projects hoping to find the funding later
Focus only on implementation costs – not full life-cycle costs
Make the service free at the beginning hoping to charge for it later
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8. Six Sure Ways to Fail Use a secretive top-down planning approach
Neglect to test your funding assumptions when you develop the a pilot project
Be rigid
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9. CSG Survey – Centrally funded
Modem pool
Basic disk allocation
Core software
Network services
Basic academic
Basic research
Course Web
Personal Web
Help desk
Administrative systems
Large core servers
Computing labs
Internet access (I2,etc.)
Security & virus prot.
Classroom projection
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10. CSG Survey – Usage based
Base telephone
Long distance
Excess disk
Facilities mgt.
Specialized software
Teleconferencing
Media services
Res. Programming
Cable TV
Backup & restore
Data networking
Administrative systems
Desktop support
System hosting & admin
Printing (labs, excess)
Computer store
Ad hoc services
Repair & maintenance
Training
All for auxiliary units
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CSG - Seattle

11. CSG Survey – Tax based Telecommunications infrastructure
Student technology fee
Desktop backup & restore
Major software licenses
Tax on phone line for network
Site licenses
Some noted most services from central funded category actually funded by tax
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12. CSG Survey – Mixed Data networking Consulting Disk storage
Audio visual services
Training
Repair
Desktop support
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13. Open discussion
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