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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
Leatherman, Courtney – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2000
Reports on a tenure controversy within the Indiana University department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures that has involved possible death threats, a hunger strike, and controversy over the department's continued existence. For now the professor, an expert on Islamic philosophy, remains at the institution, other faculty have left, and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Cultural Awareness, Decision Making, Departments
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Griffith, Robert – Academe, 1993
A University of Maryland at College Park administrator offers his perspective on a recent retrenchment process that resulted in program closings. He describes the dialog between administration and faculty and credits the faculty with important support and participation in difficult decision making. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, College Administration, College Faculty
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Miller, Gerald Ray – Academe, 1993
A University of Maryland at College Park faculty member describes the recent retrenchment process, focusing on the role of the faculty senate and the academic planning advisory committee in decision making. The administration is credited with conducting an open and decisive process. (MSE)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Case Studies, College Administration, College Faculty
Ruddock, Maryann Steele – 1982
The impact of discontinuing an academic program at St. Edward's University, Texas, was assessed by measurement on three levels: first-level effects on students and faculty; second-level effects on auxiliary offices and related courses and majors; and third-level effects on productivity and a profile of majors. Majors with a higher than average…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Programs, Decision Making, Educational Finance
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Dougherty, Edward A. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1981
Most administrators approach program reduction as a budget issue; in reality, it is a governance and planning issue of major importance for the 1980s. Steps in a planning process for program discontinuance (including pitfalls) are described, based on a national study supported by the Exxon Foundation. (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Faculty, College Planning, College Programs
Eckel, Peter D. – 1999
This study explores the ability of shared governance systems to make institutional hard decisions, focusing particularly on discontinuance of academic programs. A case study method examined shared governance processes at four research institutions to identify themes and patterns across the institutional decision-making process. Between 11 and 16…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Case Studies, College Environment, College Faculty
Melchiori, Gerlinda S. – 1981
Results of a 1979 survey of 46 states on patterns of program reduction are presented, and the institutional shrinkage process currently being implemented at the University of Michigan is examined. Additionally, several hierarchical and sequential reduction strategies, including Balderston's budgetary strategies, are reviewed. At the University of…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrator Role, College Administration, College Faculty
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Franklin, Phyllis – Educational Record, 1982
The planning process, objectives, and procedures used by Duke's chancellor during the retrenchment process are summarized. The emphasis was placed on enhancing the university's strengths while reducing costs and on enlisting faculty support and assistance in the change process. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, College Administration, College Faculty
Wilson, Robert A., Ed. – 1982
Proceedings of the 1981 University of Arizona conference on responses to fiscal stress in higher education are presented. Topics include the impact of the federal government on higher education, state and institutional responses to new federal policies, developing responses to fiscal stress, alternate perspectives on fiscal stress, and tactical…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Case Studies, College Faculty, College Planning