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McMillen, Liz – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1989
Escalating costs are causing universities to postpone faculty hiring, consolidating offices into one, and entire academic departments are being phased out. The extent of the financial problems facing major research institutions is indicated in an internal survey prepared by the Association of American Universities. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Costs, Educational Facilities
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Brown, Ralph S. – Academe, 1983
The themes of the 1982 annual conference of the American Association of University Professors are outlined. They include the importance of planning, selective versus across-the-board retrenchment strategies, definitions and problems of financial exigency, program reduction, and affirmative action claims. (MSE)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Administration, College Faculty, Conference Proceedings
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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
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Sedgwick, Alexander; Lowery, Barbara – Academe, 1983
The course of enrollments, events, and decision-making leading up to the 1980 dismissal of five faculty at Goucher College is outlined in terms of: financial exigency, termination of tenured appointments, ruptures in due process and faculty participation, and absence of a decision for program discontinuance. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Faculty, Contracts
Mingle, James R.; Norris, Donald M. – 1981
Experiences of the 1970s and prospects for the 1980s of colleges that had undergone enrollment decline and/or financial cutbacks were surveyed, based on visits to 20 colleges and universities in 11 states in the Northeast, Midwest, and South. Some of the strategies to resist and overcome decline have potential for success in a wide range of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Faculty
Mortimer, Kenneth P.; And Others – 1985
Academic staffing practices used at four-year colleges and universities are identified, and recommendations are offered for achieving staffing flexibility in the face of conditions such as scarce resources. In addition to considering faculty flow models (e.g., Markov models and simulators) as a management/planning tool to evaluate personnel and…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Contracts, Early Retirement
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Silberman, R. K.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1996
A survey of 69 faculty members from 32 universities offering preparation programs for teachers, orientation and mobility specialists, rehabilitation teachers, and doctoral-level leadership personnel serving people with visual impairments raises concerns about the future viability of such programs, in light of state budget cuts, faculty recruitment…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Doctoral Programs, Educational Trends, Financial Problems
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