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Every Little Bit

cheap_thrillsColleges and universities hoping to save a few pennies (or a few hundred thousand) can read an article in last week’s New York Times’ Education section for inspiration: For Colleges, Small Cuts Add Up to Big Savings.

Schools are finding savings through attrition of products and services that are no longer popular (phone lines and voicemail), letting the cleaning slide a bit or providing fewer cushy services to students. Some of the money-saving changes might have been made anyway– cutting orientation by one day, challenging students to an energy-saving competition, eliminating cafeteria trays or providing admissions materials online–but they’re also saving hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Some of the money-saving ideas are more quirky than others. The article mentions a “virtual swim meet” between Dickinson College and Bryn Mawr College. The teams swam in their home pools, then compared times. Not meeting face-to-face saved $900.

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2 Responses to “Every Little Bit”

  1. William Matt Said, on June 23rd, 2009 at 1:57 pm :

    Link is incorrect!

  2. Emily Glenn Said, on June 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 pm :

    I’m sorry William! It’s fixed now.

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