Happy, Healthy Employees
from Volume 4, Issue 4, October 2009
Uncover the traits of successful wellness programs from these institution profiles.
Consumer-Directed Acceptance
from Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2009
Michigan Technological University implemented a consumer-directed health plan with a health savings account and enrolled more than 35 percent of its faculty and staff the first year.
Building Talent Internally
from Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2009
The University of Georgia’s F&A Fellows Program grooms rising stars on a low budget.
Modeling Costs, Pushing Prevention
from Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2008
Rollins College makes wellness a no-brainer, with 100 percent coverage of preventive care. It also makes a concerted effort to educate employees about their share of costs through models that calculate out-of-pocket expenses.
Top-of-Mind HR Issues
from Volume 2, Issue 4, October 2007
During NACUBO’s annual meeting, 50 HR professionals and business officers concerned with HR issues gathered to discuss their top areas of concern. Do you agree with their observations?
Change Champions
from Volume 2, Issue 3, July 2007
The HR staff at Skidmore College applied the concepts of Dave Ulrich’s book Human Resource Champions to their daily roles. The outcomes can be measured by the new ways that faculty and staff are seeking the expertise of their HR colleagues.
Glimpses of Future Faculty
from Volume 2, Issue 2, April 2007
Two professors offer their insights about where institutional leaders should focus attention regarding the retirement-related concerns of future faculty.
Compensation System Overhaul
from Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2007
The Johns Hopkins University recently revamped its staff compensation system to focus employees on roles and contributions instead of pay grades and titles. The result: an administratively efficient system that better matches salaries to the market and clearly identifies how staff can grow professionally and how managers can reward for performance.
Taking Your Institution’s Pulse on HR
from Volume 1, Issue 2, October 2006
How closely do the human resource challenges of your college or university match those of similar institutions? To find out, Skidmore College’s Barbara Beck polled 20-plus other small liberal arts schools.
Feed the Source
from Volume 1, Issue 1, July 2006
Hispanics in the United States lag in degree completion, resulting in shortages of faculty recruits. Aetna Chief Diversity Officer Raymond Arroyo discusses this “pipeline” problem with Antonio Flores, president and CEO of Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities.
