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Peer reviewedGraves, Margaret – Planning for Higher Education, 1995
After a period of rapid expansion, two-thirds of the branch campuses of United States universities in Japan have closed. A study suggests that the branch campuses were established largely to capitalize on short-term political, demographic, and financial factors, with little benefit. A deeper commitment to sustaining the overseas program and to…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Download full textGreen, Denise O'Neil – 1998
This study sought to understand the institutional behavior processes that occur when institutions are faced with anti-affirmative action litigation. A dual case study, conducted at the University of Maryland and at the University of Michigan, was designed to develop concepts linking litigation and institutional response. Using a grounded theory…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Case Studies, College Desegregation, Compliance (Legal)
Peer reviewedSt. John, Edward P. – Review of Higher Education, 1991
A study of five private liberal arts colleges (Arkansas, Catawba, Pomona, Waldorf, Washington) examined organizational changes in the 1980s, contributing factors, and overall institutional impact. Results suggest the colleges were better places to work and learn than a decade earlier, with improvements in campus life, curricula, faculty…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, College Curriculum, College Environment
Bonvillian, Gary; Murphy, Robert – 1996
This book presents the story of small colleges in American higher education and how they can best respond to meet contemporary challenges. Chapter 1, an introduction, discusses the importance of the topic, small schools' strategic strengths, and market and institutional realities. Chapter 2 looks at the history of the small liberal arts college,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, Educational Trends, Higher Education
Wood, R. Craig; Dawson, Brian K. – 1986
This comparative study examines the functioning of Indiana school districts that are placed under control of the state school property tax review board for the purpose of emergency relief. The study sought to determine the fiscal status on selected criteria of seven such "controlled school corporations" (CSCs) for the 1985 budget year by…
Descriptors: Average Daily Membership, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance
Direct linkNelson, Glenn M. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1991
A study of 65 doctoral programs in higher education indicates disturbing trends: (1) mergers into larger academic units; (2) significant decline in student diversity among rather stable populations; and (3) retirement of most tenured faculty within 10 years. Despite continuity and stability overall, these changes suggest a need for unified…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Demography, Doctoral Programs
