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Colston, Jared; Fowler, Gregory; Laitinen, Amy; McCann, Clare; Studley, Jamienne; Tandberg, David; Weeden, Dustin – New America, 2020
Between the 2008-09 and 2016-17 school years, over 300 degree-granting higher education institutions in the United States have closed their doors. An overwhelming majority of these recently closed institutions are for-profit colleges, which often serve a population of disproportionately low-income students receiving Pell Grants and federal loans.…
Descriptors: School Closing, Institutional Survival, Colleges, Educational Policy
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Nespor, Jan; Voithofer, Rick – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background: Virtual schools--free, state-funded, credit-awarding elementary and secondary schools offering curricula and programs exclusively online--are a rapidly expanding sector of U.S. education. Some of the largest of these schools have low graduation rates and receive "failing" rankings on state accountability metrics. They…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Online Courses, Accountability, School Effectiveness
Romero, Ricardo – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the most necessary and the most feasibly practicable future leadership behaviors of the educational leader of a California Schools to Watch-Taking Center Stage middle school necessary to lead a school organization toward continued survival. Methodology: The participants in the present study were…
Descriptors: Institutional Survival, Delphi Technique, Middle Schools, School Organization
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Galway, Gerald – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2012
Between 1970 and 1990 enrolment in Newfoundland and Labrador schools dropped by 22 percent. The first wave of major educational reform (1990 to 2000) saw massive reductions in public school expenditures and the reduction of more than 1650 teachers. Facing continued enrolment loss and a large current account deficit, in 2004, government again…
Descriptors: Consolidated Schools, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Politics of Education
Southern Education Foundation, 2009
Released in June, 2010, this publication features excerpts from presentations by Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) trustees, chancellors and presidents as well as other education experts who candidly discuss issues surrounding accreditation at a unique meeting sponsored by the Southern Education Foundation. The Southern…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Presidents, Seminars, Black Colleges