The Cooperative Open Reporting Environment (CORE) initiative (see Service to the OSU Community section) received the Innovation Award from the National Association of College and University Business Officers. Honoring outstanding institutional innovation and achievement, the award recognizes excellence in two areas:
- Process Improvement— Higher education institutions that have successfully re-engineered or designed a program that improves service delivery or administrative activity in response to a campus need.
- Resource Enhancement — Higher education institutions that have successfully reduced costs, increased revenues, or improved productivity in response to a campus need.