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Campus Unit Responsibilities


Campus unit responsibilities described below pertain to Executive Education Programs.

  • Establish and maintain contact with external organizations. 
  • Negotiate the content and price for the offering.
  • Develop all aspects of curriculum.
  • Select and appoint Instructors.
  • Develop a Scope of Work that includes the following:
    • Project title
    • UMD technical contact
    • Sponsor technical contact
    • Defined period of performance (start date and end date)
    • Minimum and maximum enrollment, as applicable
    • A description of the project 
    • Work to be performed
    • Deliverables or expected outcomes
    • Required personnel (other than the Technical Contact), supplies, materials, equipment, or travel needed
    • Deliverable deadlines or milestones 
  • Manage all aspects of the curriculum.
  • Ensure all faculty and staff receive access and training to university systems.
  • Responsible for all aspects of delivery, including site/location.
  • Responsible for development, implementation, and oversight of individual program marketing effort. 
  • Campus units may access the EXST contract directly via Procurement and Business Services to request marketing directly from this approved vendor.
  • Respond to all inquiries from the sponsor organization and its members.
  • Deliver all instructional content.
  • Provide all student materials as needed (e.g., books, handouts).
  • Reconcile any complaints/feedback from organizations and/or participants.
  • For each agreement, create a project budget that includes: 
    • Instructional costs
    • Fringe benefits
    • Travel costs
    • Materials and supplies
    • Consultant/Vendor services
    • Other direct costs
    • Other indirect costs
  • Create instructional PHR payroll appointments and enter/update the demographic, degree, and I-9 Profile ID data in PHR for all new and current appointees.
  • Ensure no state funds are used to support Executive Education offerings. 
  • Create instructor contracts, paying instructors by using the revenue generated by the Executive Education offering.
  • Reimburse any state accounts used to pay current faculty to teach in the Executive Education offering. 
  • Provide all instructional materials, goods, and/or services costs. Reimbursement is through revenue generated by the Executive Education offering. EXST does not reimburse these costs. 
  • Distribute revenue to participating campus units and external partners (if any) in accordance with any revenue sharing agreements.
  • Track any expenses as required by the agreement.
  • Notify EXST when invoices should be sent and confirm the amount to be invoiced. 
  • For program assistance, contact Bill Aarhus, Assistant Director, Strategic Initiatives for Continuing Education, at 5-3134 or aarhus@umd.edu.
  • For financial assistance, contact Verenice Ciciliano, Senior Business Manager, at 5-9944 or vcicilia@umd.edu.
  • Campus units can send general questions to exst@umd.edu.
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