1. September 19, 2002CSG - Seattle1 Toward Sustainable Models for Funding IT in Higher Education Common Solutions Group September 19, 2002 Jack McCredie

2. September 19, 2002CSG - Seattle2 Outline Design principles for developing sustainable IT funding processes Strategies and building blocks Six sure ways to fail Survey results from CSG institutions Discussion

3. September 19, 2002CSG - Seattle3 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

4. September 19, 2002CSG - Seattle4 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

5. September 19, 2002CSG - Seattle5 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

6. September 19, 2002CSG - Seattle6 Strategies and Building Blocks: Funding Models Centrally funded (library model) Usage-based model Tax based model Mixed model

7. September 19, 2002CSG - Seattle7 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

8. September 19, 2002CSG - Seattle8 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

9. September 19, 2002CSG - Seattle9 CSG Survey – Centrally funded Email 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

10. September 19, 2002CSG - Seattle10 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

11. September 19, 2002CSG - Seattle11 CSG Survey – Tax based Telecommunications infrastructure Student technology fee Email 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

12. September 19, 2002CSG - Seattle12 CSG Survey – Mixed Data networking Consulting Disk storage Audio visual services Training Repair Desktop support

13. September 19, 2002CSG - Seattle13 Open discussion