1、STRATEGIC BUDGETING IN INTERNATIONALIZATIONIntroduction .3Funding Models in Higher Education and Internationalization .4Strategic Planning and Communication in Budgeting for Internationalization .6Goal Alignment .8Communication .11Final Thoughts .13CONTENTSAUTHORSJILL BLONDIN,PHD PAULO ZAGALO-MELO,P

2、HD Jill Blondin serves as the Associate Vice Provost for Global Initiatives at Virginia Commonwealth University.Blondin previously held a leadership role at the University of Texas at Tyler.Paulo Zagalo-Melo serves as the Associate Provost for Global Education at Western Michigan University.Zagalo-M

3、elo previously held leadership roles at the University of Montana,Luso-American Development Foundation,and at Fulbright Portugal.SERIES EDITORNICK GOZIK,PHD Nick J.Gozik,PhD is a Gateway International Group affiliate and the Dean of Global Education and an Assistant Professor at Elon University.Gozi

4、k has previously held roles in international education at Boston College,Duke University,New York University,and the University of Richmond.Senior International Officers(SIOs)are charged with delivering creative,competitive,cost-efficient,and impactful global programming which contributes to their i

5、nstitutions mission.At the same time,they are required to do so with limited funding,requiring them to have,at a minimum,a rudimentary knowledge of financial structures and strategic budgeting.However,most university and college leaders are not trained in accounting or finance and may find budgets i

6、ntimidating.This is not unique to higher education.According to NAFSA:the Association of International Educators,a“2018 survey of U.S.managers revealed that 34 percent had no prior trainingand this number jumps to 59 percent for managers supervising one or two people.”1 Within this context,here we p