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Download full textBeeler, Kent D. – 1973
A survey was conducted of the number and location of two-year institutional changes that occurred in 77 two-year colleges between the academic years 1962-63 and 1971-72. The extension of 77 junior colleges into four year colleges over the past ten years is discussed. Over 40% of the institutions were church-related, and almost 75% were…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Coeducation, College Administration, Educational Change
Dedmon, Donald N. – AGB Reports, 1986
The conversion from quarter to semester plan can be beneficial academically and financially. Some costs borne by a college and its students potentially can be cut by one-third. The process has a potential for strengthening curricula because the conversion necessitates a thorough examination of each course. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Presidents, Curriculum Evaluation, Decision Making
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1993
The number of days in each quarter, semester, or trimester is compared for academic years 1968-69 and 1993-94, for 10 private and 10 public colleges and universities. Intersessions and January sessions are included. Total number of days per year have decreased in almost all these cases and now vary from 134 to 172. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Higher Education
