The following is a list of NACUBO resources and organizational links profiled in HR Horizons.
NACUBO RESOURCES
Web Sites:
NACUBO publishes a variety of Web sites highlighting specific policy and business topics, including several with human resources-related information.
H1N1 INFLUENZA (SWINE FLU) RESOURCES
See also: NACUBO Career Headquarters
NACUBO Career Headquarters is the premier nationwide resource for employment opportunities in higher education business, finance, and administration.
On-Demand Webcasts:
Fringe Benefits, Worker Classification, and Accountable Plan Compliance (February 18, 2010)
Compliance and Audit Requirements for Section 403(b) Plans (October 28, 2009)
H1N1 Campus Management: Perspectives from Human Resources, the Business Office and Health & Safety Management (September 15, 2009)
Ramping up for the New 990-Are You Ready? (June 3, 2009)
A Conversation Worth Having: Examining Consumer Directed Health Care (May 27, 2009)
HR Strategies for a Difficult Economy (April 28, 2009)
Tapping Your Leadership Potential (April 29, 2008)
A Chief Business Officer's Guide to Presidential Transitions (November 6, 2008)
The Impact of GASB 45 and Emerging Strategies for Post Employment (November 8, 2007)
Doing it Yourself: Completing the Form 990 (December 14, 2006)
Planning for a Pandemic (November 3, 2006)
Publications:
College and University Business Administration-Human Resources and Benefits Administration (7th Edition)
As colleges and universities increasingly pursue their markets with a business-like orientation and discipline, the human resources organization has taken on a larger role. Once focused on tactical and transactional work, the HR function now acts as a strategic partner to the institution's leadership as they grapple with issues such as workforce diversity, privacy, and security. This chapter examines the employment cycle, compensation and rewards, employee relations, legal aspects of human resources, employee benefits, and retirement programs.
The Future of Higher Education: A View From CHEMA (2006)
This study, jointly sponsored by 22 member organizations of the Council of Higher Education Management Associations, identifies the forces of change that are building for higher education and seeks to understand their potential implications.
Harnessing Value from Changing Workplace Demographics (2009)
This white paper examines how to bind the different values, needs, perceptions, and work styles in a multi-generational workforce into a cohesive, productive organization that can thrive in today's challenging economic environment. These ideas were originally shared by presenters and participants at the NACUBO Thought Leaders Program: Changing Demographics, Changing Workplace, offered February 8-10, 2009, in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Staff Layoffs and Reductions in Force-Managing the Risks (2009)
This monograph, co-sponsored with the American Council on Education and United Educators, was developed to help campus administrators and institutional managers formulate strategies for adjusting staffing levels and to assess and effectively manage legal risks associated with staff layoffs. The paper also considers the effects layoffs may have on remaining employees.
ORGANIZATION LINKS
Higher Education Associations and Consortia:
American Association of University Professors
Among its HR-related information, AAUP routinely reviews faculty retirement practices and policies.
College & University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR)
CUPA-HR provides research and education to more than 8,600 HR professionals and others interested in the advancement of human resources in higher education.
Council of Higher Education Management Associations (CHEMA)
CHEMA is an informal voluntary assembly of management-oriented higher education associations in the United States and Canada that share information, compare experiences, and work collectively on projects of shared interest.
Emeriti Retirement Health Solutions
Emeriti is a nonprofit higher education consortium and provider of comprehensive retiree health solutions that include a tax-advantaged health care savings tool; portable, group health insurance; and a reimbursement benefit for qualified medical expenses. Developed with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Emeriti was created to respond to ever-increasing health care costs, concerns about the availability of health care coverage, and the rapid aging of the American population.
Industry Research Organizations:
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
This philanthropic, not-for-profit grantmaking institution provides a wealth of family and work/life balance research and information through a variety of focused efforts, including the Sloan Work and Family Research Network and the Sloan Center on Aging and Work at Boston College.
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
This initiative provides and promotes research on retirement issues to the public and to the policy community.
The Conference Board
The issues-oriented research provided by this business membership organization encompasses HR-related topics such as talent management.
Cornell Higher Education Research Institute (CHERI)
CHERI provides interdisciplinary research on a range of higher education topics, including research on the changing nature of the faculty.
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI)
EBRI encourages and enhances the development of sound employee benefit programs and public policy through research and education. Publications include issue briefs, fact sheets, employee benefit data, surveys, special reports, and books.
Families and Work Institute
This nonprofit research institute studies changes to the workforce, workplace, family, and community. When Work Works, a project of Families and Work Institute, is a nationwide initiative to bring research on workplace effectiveness and flexibility into community and business practice.
National Clearinghouse on Academic Worklife
This effort by University of Michigan Center for the Education of Women provides resources to support best practices and policies for faculty career flexibility.
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
SHRM serves as the world's largest association devoted to human resource management, representing more than 200,000 individual members in more than 100 countries.
TIAA-CREF Institute
The institute generates research and information on financial security and higher education employment and retirement issues.
Wharton Center for Leadership and Change Management
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania provides research in topics including organizational leadership and change, performance, and executive succession.
Workplace Flexibility 2010
This initiative by Georgetown University supports development of a comprehensive national policy on workplace flexibility at the federal, state, and local levels.
WorldatWork
WorldatWork is a global human resources association focused on compensation, benefits, work/life and integrated total rewards to attract, motivate, and retain a talented workforce.
Government Research and Data:
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
NCES, located within the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute of Education Sciences, is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education, including demographic and employment data.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
The BLS provides comprehensive data on employment and unemployment, pay and benefits, and worker productivity across industries.
U.S. Census Bureau
Among the wealth of facts and figures available from the U.S. Census Bureau are statistical abstracts of the United States that offer geographic and industry-specific data.
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)
The DOL promotes improvement of working conditions, opportunities for employment, and protection of retirement and health care benefits and administers a variety of Federal labor laws, including those that guarantee workers' rights to safe and healthful working conditions, a minimum hourly wage and overtime pay, freedom from employment discrimination, unemployment insurance, and other income support.
Industry Consultants:
Brill Neumann Associates
Brill Neumann specializes in executive searches for higher education.
Hewitt Associates
Hewitt Associates provides human resources consulting and outsourcing services to clients worldwide, helping to implement HR business strategies covering retirement, financial and health management; compensation and total rewards; and performance, talent, and change management.
Sibson Consulting, a Division of Segal
Sibson Consulting provides strategic human resources solutions to corporate and non-profit employers. Services include benefits, compensation, talent and performance management, communications, sales force effectiveness, and change management.
Industry Publications:
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle covers a full range of higher education topics, including leadership and labor and work/life issues.
DiversityInc magazine
This magazine covers topics related to workplace culture and diversity.
Inside Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed publishes news and career and job information for all areas of higher education.
