Judges will be more inclined to rate an Applicant as in this area if the following “Exceptional” characteristics are present. Outstanding implementation of the criteria, such as particularly intuitive presentations of the allocation formula such that the formula can be understood by a layperson. Appendix 1 Judges Standard Interview – Questions Below are the questions that the judges will use as the starting point for the Award Interview. The Judges may choose to add to this list of questions or change some of the questions based on particular concerns they have about the Submittal. What steps have you taken to ensure that your governing board is committed to your financial policies, rather than just perfunctorily adopting them? What are the most important things you have done to ensure a solid partnership between the finance and academic staff? What have you taken to ensure that the financial planning and budget process is perceived as fair by participants? Who participated in your goal-setting process? How do the college-wide goals relate to the work of the college’s subunits? What was the most surprising finding of your root-cause analysis? Describe the research that went into developing the Institutional Priorities. What makes you confident that these Institutional Priorities will be effective on the needle” on student “moving performance? What were the hardest choices you had to make when considering between the Institutional Priorities and options for finding additional resources? How were the associated conflicts resolved? What role did analysis of the cost-effectiveness of services play in your decision-making? How do you plan to further develop your capacity to analyze cost-effectiveness in the future?
Judges will be more inclined to rate an Applicant as “Exceptional” in this area if the following characteristics are present. Outstanding implementation of the criteria, such as particularly intuitive presentations of the allocation formula such that the formula can be understood by a layperson. Appendix 1 – Judges Standard Interview Questions Below are the questions that the judges will use as the starting point for the Award Interview. The Judges may choose to add to this list of questions or change some of the questions based on particular concerns they have about the Submittal. What steps have you taken to ensure that your governing board is committed to your financial policies, rather than just perfunctorily adopting them? What are the most important things you have done to ensure a solid partnership between the finance and academic staff? What have you taken to ensure that the financial planning and budget process is perceived as fair by participants? Who participated in your goal-setting process? How do the college-wide goals relate to the work of the college’s subunits? What was the most surprising finding of your root-cause analysis? Describe the research that went into developing the Institutional Priorities. What makes you confident that these Institutional Priorities will be effective on “moving the needle” on student performance? What were the hardest choices you had to make when considering between the Institutional Priorities and options for finding additional resources? How were the associated conflicts resolved? What role did analysis of the cost-effectiveness of services play in your decision-making? How do you plan to further develop your capacity to analyze cost-effectiveness in the future?
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