Colleges and universities are under increasing pressure to rethink costs, but many chief business officers say they lack the insight needed to make difficult decisions: Only 13 percent of CBOs say their institution understands per-student costs by program or activity very well, while relatively few institutions have undertaken major cost restructuring in recent years, finds the 16th annual Inside Higher Ed/Hanover Research

Colleges and universities are under increasing pressure to rethink costs, but many chief business officers say they lack the insight needed to make difficult decisions: Only 13…

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