The Art & Science of Squeezing Turnips

About the Book

The Art and Science of Squeezing Turnips is a book that provides direction on ways to stretch institutional budgets without compromising service to students in higher education. Playing off the old adage of “…can’t squeeze blood out of a turnip”, the author provides specific techniques on the “art” and “science” of squeezing a budget to go beyond what appears possible, by making processes more efficient. Improving processes in institutions of higher education positively influences student retention while decreasing staff burnout but it also brings the added benefit of decreasing erosion on the bottom line budget. Institutions of higher education have a unique organizational structure and culture. Therefore, logical business processes are not always the most effective method for analyzing processes. The Art and Science of Squeezing Turnips offers academic administrators additional tools for process analysis with special focus on quantifying the cost of disconnections and overlapping processes that get out of sync over time.

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