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Prioritizing What Works: How to Change Paths for Better Outcomes
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Clinkscales, Andryce; Endres, Bryn; Barrett, Courtenay A.; Williams, Briana J. – Communique, 2023
Phasing out ineffective programs may free up resources for more effective alternatives and improve student outcomes. This review of the literature on the de-implementation process in schools includes a practical guide that can be used to ensure students receive the most effective services available. This framework can be applied to illustrate how…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Educational Change, Program Effectiveness, Program Termination
The Search for Quality in the Face of Retrenchment: Planning for Program Consolidation within Resource Capacities.
Mason, Thomas R. – 1984
Planning issues for colleges seeking to maintain quality in institutional programs in the face of retrenchment are analyzed, based on a literature review. An extensive bibliography on the following topics is provided: quality (ratings, rankings, reform, institutional goals, and educational outcomes); retrenchment (enrollment decline, faculty,…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Declining Enrollment, Economic Climate
Should You Starve All Programs or Eliminate a Few?
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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