Consortium and Center Diversity: Our Differences, Our Strengths
August 18, 2010 Julie Goldman, Director Southeastern Conference
Academic Consortium Anneke J. Larrance, Executive Director
Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley Susan Palmer,
Executive Director The Five Colleges of Ohio
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Objectives To share information about other consortia To
encourage directors to better understand and compare to an
aggregate model To add value to relationships with colleagues To
provide a reference piece about a typical consortium Methods Google
spreadsheets Pilot tested on ACL board members Sent to 118 on the
listserv and received 28 responses (Some on the list are
corporations; some consortia and centers have more than one person
on the list)
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93% have a central office 60% office is located on a campus
More than half (56%) of the organizations housed on a member campus
do not pay rent or overhead. 6.
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25% rent only 6% overhead only 6% both rent and overhead 56%
none 7% did not report a response
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Yes No Other 22 5 1 79% 18% 4%
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Yes No Other 18 10 0 64% 36% 0%
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Yes No Other 19 9 0 68% 32% 0%
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Organizations internal staff Staff from a member campus
External Auditor or tax preparer Other 3 7 12 6 11% 25% 43%
21%
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Organizations internal staff Staff from a member campus
External accounting firm Other 16 9 3 0 57% 32% 11% 0%
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Yes No Other 15 13 0 54% 46% 0%
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Yes No Other 10 18 0 36% 64% 0%
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Yes No Other 11 16 1 39% 57% 4%
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Yes No Other 8 19 1 29% 68% 4%
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Yes No Other 16 12 0 57% 43% 0%
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Yes No Other 16 12 0 57% 43% 0%
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Yes No Other 21 7 0 75% 25% 0%
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Yes No Other 17 11 0 61% 39% 0%
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Membership Dues State Appropriations Grants/Contracts
Contributions Other 22 4 12 2 1 79% 14% 43% 7% 4%
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Overall Average = $2.5 M Average without $35M = $1.1M Average
without $35M and $10M = $800K
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INSTITUTION TYPEMEMBERSHIP SIZE 11% public only 36% private
only 50 % both 3% other 36% 1-5 members 32% 6-10 members 18% 11-15
members 7% 16-20 members 0% 21-100 members 7% 01-200 members
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CLASSIFICATION 68% do not have associate or affiliate members
Affiliate or primary Affiliate member or international affiliate
Partner Associate (out of state, for profit)
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FULL-TIME EMPLOYEESPART-TIME EMPLOYEES 10% 0 25% 1 14% 2-3 11%
4-5 11% 6-7 11% 8-9 18% 10 or more 36% 0 14% 1 18% 2-3 14% 4-5 7%
6-10 11% more than 10
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64% organization 46% member campus
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86% medical insurance 82% sick leave 82% paid vacation leave
82% other insurance 79% retirement plans 50% tuition remission 46%
take courses 46% use libraries 36% use of athletic centers 32%
retirement health plans 7% other
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Multi purpose 14 50% Single purpose 1 4% Educational center 4
14% Educational consortia1 14 50% Other 1 4% People may select more
than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than
100%.
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75% professional and faculty development 54% cross
registration/student exchange 54% library cooperation 46% joint
academic courses/programs 46% joint purchasing 43% international
programs 43% information technology 43% grants 36% graduate
education
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32% public relations 32% emergency preparedness/planning 32%
business and industry relations 29% community development 29%
continuing education 29% risk management 25% economic development
25% articulation
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21% joint faculty/faculty exchange 21% access programs 21%
sustainability 21% teacher education/licensure 21% government
liaison 21% energy 21% K-16 partnerships
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Presidents 17 61% Chief Academic Officers 5 18% Chief Financial
Officers 4 14% Community Organization Leaders 2 7% Business Leaders
4 14% Other 10 36% University Center representatives Campus leaders
Marketing & Public Relations offices Dean for Curriculum Dean
for Continuing Education The majority of board members serve
two-year terms. 61% of board consist of 4-10 members. If officers
are elected, board terms are usually between 1-3 years.
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yes 5 18% no 22 79% Other 1 4%
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Chief Academic Officers 13 46 Chief Financial Officers 10 36%
Chief Information and Technology Officers 7 25% Human Resources
Directors 5 18% International Education Directors 5 18% Registrars
4 14% Sustainability Directors 3 11% Community Development
Directors 1 4% 64% have standing committees
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Board of directors 14 48% Chair of the board 5 17% Executive
committee of board 3 10% Other 8 28% Most of us (72%) are hired
(and fired) by the board of directors. 59% of us hire and fire out
own staff.
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yes 23 79% no 3 10% Over half of us are evaluated with a formal
process, while one quarter of us have informal evaluations.
Three-quarters of us have formal contracts or agreements lasting
from 1-5 years.
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Board of directors 5 17% Board chair 9 31% Executive committee
of board 2 7% Other 13 45%.
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Of those who answered this question, 10 indicated they consult
with the chair of the board 2 consult with individual presidents
Others consult with a variety of people including key board
members, the organizations president, administrative support,
chiefs of staff for member presidents, the grants officers, the
executive committee of the board, chair of the CFO committee, head
of the HR advisory board, chief academic officer, the advisory
board, internal staff, dean of the college and chair of the
operating committee
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Organization staffs it own HR office 6 21% Uses HR office of
member campus 17 59% Uses external HR firm 1 3%
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FREQUENCY 10% weekly 20% quarterly 20% monthly 40% twice a year
10% annually 43% produce a newsletter 57% do not
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DISTRIBUTION 0% general public 20% college communities 7% other
consortial organizations 43% board members 17% committee members
13% organization employees 54% prepare a report 46% do not
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86% yes 14% no
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EMAIL HOSTWEBSITE HOST 25% organization 37.5% member campus
37.5% external vendor 14% the organization 64% member campus 18%
external vendor (4% did not report a response)
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Julie Goldman, Director Southeastern Conference Academic
Consortium [email protected] Anneke J. Larrance, Executive Director
Associated Colleges of the St. Lawrence Valley [email protected]
Susan Palmer, Executive Director The Five Colleges of Ohio
[email protected]