Should You Starve All Programs or Eliminate a Few?.

Dougherty, Edward A.

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Publication Date: 1981

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Should You Starve All Programs or Eliminate a Few?

Dougherty, Edward A.

New Directions for Institutional Research, No. 30 (Coping with Faculty Reduction) v8 n2 p9-23 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, College Role, Decision Making, Educational Quality, Governance, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Needs Assessment, Program Evaluation, Program Termination, Retrenchment, Teacher Dismissal

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