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How to Make Financially Defensible Staffing Decisions in Higher Ed

When higher education institutions need to reduce costs, labor is often the first place leaders look.And for good reason. Labor typically represents 60–70% of operating...

How To Move Beyond Across-the-Board Cuts At Your Institution

In today's challenging financial climate, university leaders are under immense pressure to reduce costs. The default solution is often an across-the-board cut—a mandated...

Trends in Higher Education Staffing Costs

Insights from across the HelioCampus Labor Cost Analytics Consortium 2025 edition.

Understanding True Labor Costs in Higher Ed: Why Activity-Based Costing Matters More Than You Think

In today's quickly changing higher ed landscape, understanding the true cost of your administrative functions is a necessity to keep costs in check. Traditional accounting...

HelioCampus Unveils New Product Suite to Help Higher Education Leaders Tackle Costs With Confidence

New cost analytics solutions shine a spotlight on labor and program spending, empowering institutions to make smarter financial decisions.

6 Ways to Use Labor Cost Benchmarking to Support Financial Decision-Making

Understanding your labor spend is critical to financial decision-making. Oftentimes, departmental budgeting approaches limit visibility into true labor spending patterns,...

How to Build Buy-in for Labor Cost Benchmarking Across Your Institution

Labor cost benchmarking data can be powerful in its ability to enable you to gain visibility into critical financial and workforce insights. By measuring academic and...

The Importance of Quality Data Governance and Transparency

As more and more institutions shift to deeper data sophistication as part of their decision-making process, the need for quality data governance and analytical transparency...

How to Survive the Enrollment Cliff in Higher Education

If you are a part of higher education, or have even been attuned to news of the industry over the past decade, you’ve undoubtedly heard calls of enrollment decline. While...

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