Obviously that means services that get some revenue from the institution, which may include bookstores, food services, health services and child care services. Being actively and directly tied to the overall mission of the college puts our programs in a position that makes them much less vulnerable. Missions include education and research. Both of those functions are dependent upon a quality operation. Quality is tied to money and when budgets are cut, quality suffers.
Administrators are very sensitive to maintaining quality.
Find ways to include as many programs and students as possible in your center. They may include education, psychology, nursing, dental hygiene, medicine, architecture, landscaping, sociology, music and art. We have a human performance laboratory and a unique physical facility. The more departments we can document that utilize our cents, the more difficult it will be for administrators to cut our budgets. We need to develop an image of quality on campus and in the community.