Bain & Co. Trends
September 2011
- "Counting toward an efficient University" (The Daily Tar Heel)
- "Where Universities Can Be Cut" (Inside Higher Ed)
September 2010
April 2010
December 2009
- "College undecided on consultants" (The Dartmouth)
- "Unlike peers, Yale cuts back on consultants" (The Yale Daily News)
November 2009
- "U. eschews outside cost cutting voice" (The Daily Princetonian)
- "Thinking Outside the Box" (Opinion-Editorial Column/The Dartmouth)
- "Universities Turn to Consultants to Trim Budgets" (The New York Times)
October 2009
September 2009
Carolina Counts
Carolina Counts is the University-wide initiative to improve the efficiency of campus operations and reduce administrative costs, based on the key recommendations from the 2009 Bain & Company study.
It plays a key role in the University's budget strategy by serving as a roadmap for wisely implementing necessary budget reductions.
In 2010, Carolina Counts began focusing on 10 areas identified by Bain for major improvements. The first year focused on three central units: information technology, finance and human resources. The second year focused on the unit level - the professional schools and the College of Arts and Sciences, as well as seven central units. As of January 2012, the University had completed more than 93 of the 154 projects identified. Savings indentified and implemented from permanent state dollars total about $50 million.