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facilities
Some common strategies and parallel considerations are at play in all master planning for the outdoors. Each campus must first be approached on its own terms, free of predispositions on planning.
03/02/2020
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Higher Ed Services
There is opportunity to better deliver on your institution’s mission. A new approach to the organization of service lines involves bundling the outsourcing of auxiliaries work.
01/01/2020
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Business (Managing Higher Ed)
How to find success in university facility and program management partnerships.
09/01/2019
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Business (Managing K-12 Education)
Cooperative purchasing helps K-12 school districts keep the shelves fully stocked while saving money.
11/01/2018
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Business Practices (Achieving Administrative Excellence)
Purchasing through cooperatives can help a college or university remain fully stocked with supplies while saving money for both the institution and its students.
11/01/2018
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Business (Managing Higher Ed)
What are your options when outsourcing doesn't work as planned or intended?
05/01/2017
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Business (Managing K-12 Education)
Sometimes it's a more responsible use of resources to contract a service. But how do you know for sure? Here's how to work through the process.
05/01/2017
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Facilities (Learning Spaces)
How The Department of General Services used a non-profit service provider to assist in monitoring and verification of school repairs during a short timeframe.
01/01/2016
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Business (Managing K-12 Education)
There are many misperceptions in the K-12 community regarding cooperative purchasing and contract services. Here, we address some of those misperceptions by discussing the myths and truths of both.
10/01/2015
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Business (Managing Higher Ed)
Outsource or keep it in house? That’s the question facing many college and university auxiliary departments. CP&M looks at two different schools with two different approaches.
10/01/2015
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Business Practices
Lowering district costs with ESA partnerships.
09/01/2015
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Renovation creates a destination at the University of Pittsburgh.
06/01/2015
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This recently released guide provides a host of tools and resources for administrators, teachers and parents concerned with making healthy purchasing decisions that are good for students and the school environment.
09/01/2014
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How schools are using it to upgrade security.
09/01/2014
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Business (Managing K-12 Education)
Cooperative purchasing allows districts and schools to stretch their limited dollars. Here's how.
02/01/2014
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Business (Managing Higher Ed)
Don't believe there is strength in numbers? Then you don't know about purchasing cooperatives. These purchasing powerhouses save time, money and headaches. Are they right for your school?
02/01/2014
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Living Spaces (Furniture & Equpment)
10/01/2013
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Smart Business & Purchasing
It's time to take control of what you are spending on shipping costs. Since 2006, Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) has saved our taxpayers over $1 million negotiating our own transportation contracts.
09/01/2013
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Business (Managing K-12 Education)
Strong opinions aside, the truth is that many school districts outsource one or more services, and for reasons that include financial savings, as well as enhancing organizational flexibility, economies of scale, risk avoidance and access to capital invest
06/01/2013
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Business (Managing Higher Ed)
Here are five metrics for establishing and tracking performance and customer satisfaction in your outsourced campus services.
06/01/2013
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Less work, good prices and higher-quality goods and services sounds great, but it doesnt always work great. While purchasing cooperatives will reduce your workload, there is still plenty of work to do. You have to select the right cooperative
03/01/2013