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Mortimer, Kenneth P.; And Others – 1985
Reallocation and reduction strategies being used by four-year colleges and universities were identified by the Project on Reallocation, which contacted 318 four-year institutions. The strengths and weaknesses of the reallocation and reduction strategies were also assessed. Telephone interviews were conducted with the chief academic officer or a…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Faculty, Employment Practices, Higher Education
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Direct linkMortimer, Kenneth P.; Caruso, Annette C. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1984
Reallocation of positive reductions in staffing and urgent retrenchments will require a consistently open process. A forced-choice decision-making environment will focus greater attention on the legitimacy and trustworthiness of the decision-making process. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Decision Making, Futures (of Society)
Mortimer, Kenneth P.; And Others – 1985
A summary is presented of the Project on Reallocation, which investigated faculty staffing and academic program practices at a random sample of 369 four-year colleges and universities, as well as reallocation, reduction, and/or retrenchment patterns. Telephone interviews were conducted with 318 officials (usually the chief academic officer), and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Faculty, Employment Practices, Financial Problems
Johnson, Mark D.; Mortimer, Kenneth P. – 1977
The relationship between faculty bargaining and the loss of institutional autonomy is explored by examining the collective bargaining experience of the Pennsylvania State College and University system. The study is chronological, tracing the theme through three stages: (1) the governance of the state system before collective bargaining (1960-71);…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Educational History, Governance
Mortimer, Kenneth P. – AGB Reports, 1981
The retrenchment experience of Pennsylvania's state college system is described. The specter of retrenchment scared the campuses into finding new nonpersonnel cuts to make; a policy of intrasystem faculty transfer was finally adopted; and although campus presidents opposed retrenchment, by 1979-80 they were convinced of its necessity. (MLW)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Faculty, Dismissal (Personnel), Due Process
Download full textMortimer, 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
Mortimer, Kenneth P.; Tierney, Michael L. – 1979
Some of the responses of colleges and universities to declining enrollments and diminishing resources are reviewed. Institutions have tried to reduce the size of their operations, reallocate resources internally, and retrench a number of faculty and programs. Several approaches to reductions, reallocations, and retrenchments in specific cases,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Check Lists, College Administration, Declining Enrollment
