What is ACUBO? ACUBO is a coalition of the five associations serving college and university business officers — CACUBO, EACUBO, NACUBO, SACUBO and WACUBO. It was formed to meet more effectively the critical needs of college and university administrators by working in a collaborative and knowledge-based approach.
What has ACUBO accomplished?
A survey to understand market trends and market characteristics, perceived value/importance and performance of programs and services, and primary drivers of participation and satisfaction
A competency survey that identified key competencies and professional development needs of finance and business professionals.
Creation of a distance learning platform, namely a Web studio for production and broadcast by all association partners and allocation of funds for each association to create professional development "webinars."
Initiation of a Web site that provides an ACUBO overview, a program calendar, and links to association partners' web sites.
Other professional development and organizational projects.
What is happening now?
Workshops. Entitled "Communicating Financial Information Effectively" and "Communications," two workshops are being developed centrally for presentation by each association partner.
Curriculum project. Building on the results of the competency study, a project is underway to provide a systematic approach to and framework for current and potential professional development offerings of the five associations. A curriculum framework will help fulfill a goal begun with the competency study, in that "all five associations can create, separately and together, professional development programs that respond to, support, and are unique to the needs of higher education administrators"
