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Dyment, Janet E.; Potter, Tom G. – Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education, 2021
In this paper, we report on formal semi-structured interviews with seven well-established outdoor education (OE) academics from around the world who have navigated the decline and/or closure of an outdoor education program in their university. The interviews sought to understand the reasons why their once-vibrant program had declined or been…
Descriptors: Outdoor Education, Neoliberalism, Educational Trends, Program Termination
Boerner, Heather – Community College Journal, 2017
The Arizona Advanced Manufacturing Institute (AzAMI) is still a year away from the end of the U.S. Department of Labor grant that expanded the program, but already, AzAMI Executive Director Leah Palmer at Mesa Community College (MCC) in Mesa, Arizona, is fielding calls from companies that have hired her students through the institute. As state…
Descriptors: Grants, Educational Finance, Community Colleges, Sustainability
Pierce, Dennis – Community College Journal, 2018
Cutting programs and laying off staff is one of the hardest parts of a community college president's job. Not only is it emotional for everyone involved, but the political fallout can be damaging as well. How campus leaders arrive at the difficult choice to cut staff and programs, and how they communicate their decision to stakeholders, can make a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Presidents, Program Termination, Retrenchment
Pinheiro-Cadd, Marc – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
The faculty and administration at Drake University made the decision in 2001 to alter radically how language instruction was delivered and received, beginning by disbanding the long-standing Modern Language Department. The dissolution of the department and the new pedagogy caused ripples of concern and shock among language instructors and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Departments
Levine, Arthur – New Directions for Higher Education, 2011
Bradford College, located 35 miles north of Boston in Haverhill, Massachusetts, was exactly the type of institution in greatest jeopardy of closing. It was too small, with an enrollment that never exceeded five hundred students. Such institutions tend to have high attrition rates because they have limited numbers of courses, majors, facilities,…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, School Closing, Barriers, Educational History
Bugeja, Michael J. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
In the past year, public colleges and universities across the country have been shrinking degree programs and terminating personnel--including tenured professors--in an effort to cope with budget cuts in higher education. The situation is not confined to a handful of mismanaged public institutions, as in the past. It is a national phenomenon and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Curriculum, Collegiality, College Planning
Wilson, Robin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
The Jones Theatre at Washington State University is getting a $500,000 face-lift this summer. A construction crew has already ripped out its 500 orange and blue seats and is replacing them with new ones covered in a wine-colored fabric. The theater's walls are being painted a light beige, and a new set of black velour curtains will grace the…
Descriptors: Operating Expenses, College Faculty, Program Termination, Job Layoff
Stuart, Reginald – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
When Dr. James Ammons took the helm of his alma mater, Florida A&M University (FAMU), he inherited a nationally recognized school facing numerous crises. Ammons, who served as provost of FAMU during its heyday in the 1990s, knew the school was mired in trouble with the state, having accumulated dozens of state auditor questions about its…
Descriptors: Institutional Evaluation, Accreditation (Institutions), College Administration, Audits (Verification)
Wasley, Paula – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
When the University of Southern California announced that it would shutter its tiny German department, the outcry was out of proportion to the handful of faculty members and students directly affected by the move. In addition to students who advertised their dismay on Facebook and faculty members who complained that their efforts to bolster the…
Descriptors: German, Departments, College Second Language Programs, Program Termination
Perry, Roger H. – Connection: The Journal of the New England Board of Higher Education, 2002
Describes the bold but successful steps taken by Champlain College to ensure institutional survival, such as eliminating 15 departments and clearly defining institutional mission. (EV)
Descriptors: College Administration, Higher Education, Institutional Survival, Program Termination

Volkwein, J. Fredericks – Journal of Higher Education, 1984
By terminating 26 degree programs, 3 departments, and 3 schools and colleges, the State University of New York at Albany generated a pool of resource for reallocation to programs with greater need and priority. The difficulties of accomplishing this and the lessons for other campuses are described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Financial Problems, Higher Education
Nicklin, Julie L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1994
A weak stock market has resulted in lowered returns on college endowment investments. Many institutions had funds tied up in American stocks and bonds, which performed poorly. Although most institutions say their endowed programs or scholarships are not adversely affected, some programs are being reduced or eliminated as a result. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Economic Change, Economic Climate, Endowment Funds

Powers, David R. – Educational Record, 1982
Well-defined and clearly documented guidelines and areas of responsibility and strict adherence to procedures will eliminate considerable debate and disruptions during retrenchment. These concepts apply equally to faculty, staff, program, student, and other issues. University of Pittsburgh retrenchment guidelines on faculty treatment provide…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Budgeting, Case Studies, College Administration
Acherman, Hans A. – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1984
The Netherlands' use of an ad hoc interinstitutional committee of university board members during a period of retrenchment is described which resulted in a plan to close a number of university departments and to terminate many small and not very successful research programs. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Committees, Decision Making, Departments

Bowen, Howard R. – Academe, 1983
The art of retrenchment is in selecting among the available budgeting options that fit a given institution at a given time. One option that deserves increasing consideration is across-the-board cuts. In coping with student demands, institutions should also be concerned for curricular integrity and liberal learning. (MSE)
Descriptors: Budgets, College Administration, College Curriculum, Decision Making