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Green, Craig A. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1990
Often necessary to meet enrollment goals in a competitive age, student recruitment from new sources requires a sound knowledge of marketing, solid research, effective organization, and institutional activities that will attract the desired populations. Experience at Westminster College (Utah) illustrates that the process is not particularly…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration, Educational Change
Pence, James L. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1990
Adapting faculty personnel policies through creation or revision of a faculty handbook may respond constructively to change or even serve as a catalyst for change that extends to programs, administrative organization, and the campus culture. Eight stages for policy revision are outlined. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Faculty
Wood, Richard J. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1990
Fragmentation of power within colleges and universities makes educational programs the element of higher education most resistant to organized change. However, over time, persistent and thoughtful leadership including encouragement of academic entrepreneurship and creation of agreement can transform these programs, as illustrated by the ongoing…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration
Allshouse, Merle F. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1986
Bloomfield's declaration of financial exigency, Chapter XI bankruptcy reorganization, and shift to a primary emphasis on recruiting nontraditional students enabled it to survive and emerge from its status as an invisible institution. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Role
Figuli, David J.; And Others – New Directions for Higher Education, 1987
Changing the program structure of a higher education institution requires careful attention to existing and developing legal rights, especially in the areas of faculty contracts, student contracts, and program-related decisions. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Faculty, College Programs, College Students
Moore, Douglas R. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1986
The University of Redlands responded successfully to financial and administrative crisis by tapping institutional and community pride in the institution's stature, affirming a dual commitment to liberal education and career training, developing a new governance system, and reorganizing financial and program priorities. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Role
McLean, Malcolm – New Directions for Higher Education, 1986
Northland College's strategy for redevelopment included substantial program expansion in environmental studies, building a Native American studies program, and aggressive student recruitment. (MSE)
Descriptors: American Indian Studies, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration
Adams, Charles S. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1991
A survey indicates that declining resources, merging of programs, and loss of faculty positions characterize the changes in programs in higher education as a field of study and suggest an uncertain future. However, most programs see themselves as strong and programs that were prominent in the last decade remain so. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Economic Change, Educational Change
LaPidus, Jules B. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1998
Graduate education is preparation for research, scholarship, jobs and careers (faculty, industrial, other forms of work), and for life, and change is occurring in all these areas. Several qualitatively different approaches are being suggested to improve graduate students' education while adapting to change; all take time and increase the workload…
Descriptors: Career Development, Change Strategies, College Faculty, College Instruction
Berte, Neal R.; Shackleford, Karla – New Directions for Higher Education, 1986
Birmingham-Southern College has surmounted major problems of enrollment, finances, and mission by adding and expanding career-related curricula and selected adult and post-baccalaureate offerings, reaffirming and finding new applications for its original liberal arts mission. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration
Armacost, Peter – New Directions for Higher Education, 1986
Eckerd College overcame its financial and enrollment problems through a comprehensive strategy involving creation of a multigenerational learning community, improvement of the overall college environment for education, generation of substantial revenues from new sources, and reduction of expenditures. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Environment