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Download full textPutnam, Mark L. – 1996
This paper examines the role of formal and informal sources of information in a higher education governing board's decision to close its doors, merge with another institution, or continue to struggle for independent survival. Answers to the deciding questions were found in the shared experiences of governing board members as they confronted…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Financial Exigency, Financial Problems, Higher Education
Mulcahy, Dennis M. – 1997
On September 10, 1996, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador (Canada) announced that public consultation on education reform would begin on September 16. Just prior to the first hearing, the government circulated a document entitled "Structuring the Education System: A Public Consultation Paper for Educational Change in Newfoundland and…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Attitudes, Community Schools, Educational Change
Gaylord, Thomas A.; Rogers, Brian – 1988
The radical restructuring of Alaska's public higher education system brought on by the state's 1986 economic collapse is discussed. The plan called for a merger of 11 community colleges with three universities into three multi-campus institutions. It realigned statewide programs in vocational technical education, fisheries and ocean sciences,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Colleges, Economic Change, Economic Factors
