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Tuesday, June 22, 2010

THE BIG NUMBER: UPDATE NUMBER TWO ON THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII'S REVERSE AUCTION FOR FOOTBALL PARKING SPACES





Wow! For all cash-strapped athletic departments and university administrators (and who besides about a dozen or so big-money programs isn't these days), this should be REQUIRED reading.

Here at the Reverse Auction Research Center, we've been keeping our readers informed about a unique program that has been undertaken by the Athletics Department at the University of Hawaii and its fundraising arm (‘Ahahui Koa Anuenue). Now, the results are in - and their reverse auction for parking spaces has been concluded - with a BIG, BIG NUMBER for 1700 parking spaces - precisely $476,000!!! Read about it here:


Hawaii A.D. Jim Donovan summed it up by commenting:  “This significant increase in donations via the new reverse auction approach seemed to work well by all accounts.”

So, how can your college, your university - maybe even your high school or other institution - make use of a similar reverse auction to bring in more income for use by your school and your programs? Contact us here at the Reverse Auction Research Center (http://reverseauctionresearch.blogspot.com/) to learn how to get moving on reverse auction based revenue generating programs today!

David


From the Reverse Auction Research Center: http://reverseauctionresearch.blogspot.com/



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Some Colleges and Universities Spend 10 Times More On Athletes Than Students: Report

The positions in American football. The offens...Image via Wikipedia

And we are surprised??? Maybe we should be shocked by the size and magnitude of the disparity (10 times - a wow number!), but in a nutshell, this report shows that football does rule and drive the whole athletics bus - and increasingly, all of this is becoming more - not less - intertwined with the institution and its fortunes (or lack thereof)!




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Colleges With The BEST Teachers (PHOTOS)

Photograph by: Fred Maidment (me) Location: UG...Image via Wikipedia

Speaking from the student-facing side of the equation, I can say that there are many, many things that go into such perceptions of "best." We are, however, in an increasingly competitive, global market in higher education - all all college and university leaders need to recognize that fact. Perceptions and feedback do matter, and all of us in higher ed need to be mindful that word of mouth - about our colleges, our institutions, our colleagues, and ourselves - all of which increasingly is online and available for all to see and to check before choosing an individual class - or their college - where they will spend tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars!




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Gulf Coast Oil Spill: Financial toll on Gulf states hard to define



This is a very good, wide ranging article detailing the impact of the BP oil spill on the economies of the Gulf states (Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida). Very insightful - if not depressing stuff (because yes, this may cause a regional recession - if not depression)! Read:

http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/latest/96857229.html?showAll=y&c=y

Pass this on to all your friends around the country and around the world. This is important to us all - especially those of us along the Gulf Coast.

David

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