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Lange, Jessica; Lannon, Amber; McKinnon, Dawn – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2014
This article explores the closing of the Howard Ross Library of Management at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. We hypothesized that closing a branch library would result in a decline in the use of library services. We measured library service using circulation statistics, library instruction workshop statistics, and data from the online survey…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Research, Library Role, Library Networks
Payne, John – Adults Learning (England), 1991
The legislated abolition of the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) has resulted in a catastrophic decline in adult education, a market approach as opposed to ILEA's equal opportunities policies, reduction in staff, and narrowing of curricular focus. (SK)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Budgeting, Curriculum Development
Acherman, Hans A. – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1984
The Netherlands' use of an ad hoc interinstitutional committee of university board members during a period of retrenchment is described which resulted in a plan to close a number of university departments and to terminate many small and not very successful research programs. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Committees, Decision Making, Departments
Magee, Clare – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 1998
This case study demonstrates the process of exerting political influence in faculty's systematic efforts to save the outdoor recreation program at Seneca College (Ontario). A chart and explanatory list present a seven-stage plan for influencing political decision-making. (SAS)
Descriptors: Activism, Agenda Setting, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
Lund, Mark – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 1998
In Alberta, reductions in educational funding and a "back to basics" mentality have resulted in reduced support for outdoor and environmental education. Elementary/secondary programs have responded by taking the programs directly to the schools to avoid transportation costs, and by cutting the more adventurous programs. Postsecondary…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Environmental Education, Financial Problems, Financial Support
Quinlan, Steven – 1997
Seneca College is the designated community college for the City of North York, in the Greater Toronto Area, and is the most culturally diverse college in Ontario, with over 70 languages spoken by students. It also offers the largest business and among the largest applied science programs in Canada. In November 1995, in response to severe…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Colleges, Cooperative Planning, Educational Finance
Becher, Roy Antony – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1982
Issues faced by institutions in many countries in a time of declining funding and increasing demands on higher education are discussed, including national and local academic planning approaches, institutional responsiveness to societal and industry demands, and problems inherent in program discontinuance. (Report of a May 1982 international OECD…
Descriptors: College Role, Conference Proceedings, Educational Planning, Financial Support
van Rosmalen, Karel; Otten, Christ – 1986
A nationwide process in the Netherlands is discussed in which a number of specific disciplines were concentrated in one or a few Dutch universities. The decisive roll of political arguments and consequences for future government and academic planning are addressed. Both universities and government believed that ongoing retrenchment could no longer…
Descriptors: College Programs, Decision Making, Dentistry, Evaluation Criteria
Shaw, Katherine – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 1994
Describes efforts of an advocacy group of parents, outdoor educators, and classroom teachers to preserve outdoor education in Peel in the face of budget cuts. Despite efforts, a task force recommended the elimination of numerous teaching positions, resulting in reduced programming at outdoor education centers. (LP)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Educational Change
Riddle, Wayne Clifton – 1989
Currently, the Federal Government provides funds to a variety of postsecondary foreign language and international studies education programs authorized under Title VI of the Higher Education Act (HEA). Elementary and secondary foreign language and international studies programs are authorized under Title II of the Elementary and Secondary…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Budgeting, Degrees (Academic), Elementary Secondary Education
Zimmer, Bruce – 1995
How institutional research can improve the quality of institutional performance of colleges and universities in the face of funding constraints is discussed. An example of the use of instructional research to assist in documenting institutional quality in Australia is noted. Institutional research uses data collection, analysis, and interpretation…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cooperative Programs, Decision Making, Educational Quality