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Peer reviewedCameron, Kim S.; Tschirhart, Mary – Journal of Higher Education, 1992
This survey of 331 institutions of higher education found that attributes of the postindustrial environment--scarcity of resources, competitiveness, and turbulence--are negatively associated with the effectiveness of four-year colleges and universities. Participative decision making, domain offense strategies, and political decision processes…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Environmental Influences, Higher Education, Institutional Environment
Tan, David L. – 1990
Planning in higher education has evolved as a response to changes in the environment, such as expanding enrollments, student unrest, economic recession, and pressures for financial accountability. Strategic planning has emerged as one way institutions can handle and overcome the adversities of the future. Definitions of strategic planning are…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Decision Making, Definitions, Educational Change
Peer reviewedGreen, Janice S. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1990
Bradford College (Massachusetts), a small liberal arts college, used creative planning to revitalize the institution despite fiscal constraints. Decisions and actions since 1981 are reviewed in terms of first steps (revitalizing faculty affairs), finding a new president, reorganizing the curriculum, planning noncurricular changes, and developing…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Higher Education
