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Peer reviewedGates, Gordon S. – Review of Higher Education, 1997
Describes the process of retrenchment at a medium-sized state university (pseudonyms used) for the purpose of analyzing the isomorphic pressures (mimetic, coercive, normative) surfacing during the process and the role played by rationalism in decision-making. Draws on the literature of organizational theory and change, and makes comparisons with…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Planning
