Bursars Ensure Budgets Pay Off For Students
Lincoln, England
As school directors in England feel the weight of added duties handed to them over more than a decade of radical decentralization, a new job description is emerging for the No. 2 administrative post.
Such people, who hold a variety of titles, including bursar, business manager, and administrator, are responsible above all for making sure that their schools live within a budget. Doing so is crucial because individual schools in England now control about 85 percent of their own spending.
From setting staffing patterns to deciding textbook purchases and making school repairs, business managers are joining school heads and local governing bodies in charting the...
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Correction:
The London-based bursars organization referred to in the story is incorrectly cited. The correct name is the National Bursars Association.
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