subject: Grant management systems and college [print this page] Grant management systems and college Grant management systems and college
Whether you are newly enrolled as a freshman in college and need to meet with a student advisor to help you get situated in classes or whether you are leading a student orientation and are being paid by the university, ever single dollar that is spent by a university on its students, faculty and other staff members absolutely must be accounted for in order to ensure the smooth running of the college system.
When I was in college as a graduate student, I single handedly led my own research campaign in order to gather data that would later be used as a part of my Master's thesis. After meeting with my department advisor, I learned how to apply for a grant from the university and after a short period of time, I received word that my application for funds was approved. Even though I had been coached by a faculty member and advised that the grant would probably go through, I couldn't help but be a little surprised at how seemingly easy it was to apply for and receive grant funding from the college.
On the flip side of things, as a university administrator, managing grants is no easy task. There is a certain degree of pressure involved because despite all of the grant management systems that are in place to help college administrators keep track of each dollar spent, it still (nevertheless) requires a great deal of attention to detail and making sure that you have all of the information that you need from who you need it in order to process paperwork.
There is no doubt that grant management software has had a significant impact on most colleges and universities across the United States as well as around the world. In the old days, well before there were as many people enrolled in college as there are today, everything was done by hand. Today, we are fortunate to have technology on our side with the fairly recent invention and constant improvement of management programs which help to act as a system of checks and balances for maintaining a certain degree of accountability within the university system.
For those who are not familiar with what a college administrator does, know that their role plays an important part in the education as well as careers of all those who are involved in the college/university system.
