Southern Arkansas University Tech Minutes of Meeting
The meeting of the Southern Arkansas University Tech AQIP Action Project #9 Team focused on determining how to proceed with the project. The team discussed the "Six Steps to Deploying a Cost-Containment Strategy" and considered how the college would enforce compliance, ensure transparency, reward employees for success, and appoint a strong leader to promote the process. The team members discussed recommendations from a survey of current practices at America's State Colleges and Universities, the college's energy plan, outsourcing the college Bookstore, program/course review, the use of adjunct faculty, purchasing through the state consortium, a skills inventory, and the college's health, life, dental and disability coverage. The team agreed to gather data on what departments have already done to reduce expenses, set short- and long-term goals to reduce expenses, and add cost containment goals to the Master Plan. The team also discussed student debit cards and paperless payroll.