The results of a follow-up evaluation of a decision support system installed 5 years ago at Guilford College are reported. Changes in the system, resulting procedures, and the organization are described. (Author/MLW)

In 1978, the Mount Saint Mary's College administration and faculty decided to revise core curriculum requirements. The revised core curriculum and the development of interdisciplinary seminars are discussed. (MLW)

Neither size nor control is seen as the determining factor in survival of the small liberal arts college. What is needed is imaginative programming that will lend strength in terms of enrollment and overhead support. (Author/LBH)

Building an effective board requires attention to trustees' roles and responsibilities, selection of new trustees, board organization, and criteria for measuring trustees' performance. Full participation is essential for effective decision-making, and six committees can be helpful: executive, nominating, finance, development, academic affairs, and…

College administrators in small and specialized colleges with a narrower margin for financial planning need a management process that continually renews the institution's sense of direction while ensuring that plans are matched to available resources. (MSE)

Despite dire forecasts, most of the small colleges slated to close in the early 1970s are still operating. Small colleges contribute to higher education by adding diversity and offering competition to an otherwise all-embracing state system. (MLW)

A capital campaign to build facilities for a new nursing division at Aurora College is described. Three suggestions are provided: draw up a detailed plan, there is no substitute for personal contact, and hard work is essential. (MLW)

The sequence of events and implications of the disciplinary dismissal of three faculty members of Philander Smith College are discussed with relation to the AAUP's 1940 Statement of Principles. It is concluded that faculty rights were violated by the administration and governing board. (MSE)

In a small college, application of management by objectives concepts for planning and management have been used in three areas: personnel, programs, and budget. Interrelationships of these areas are discussed. Procedures are explained and results are illustrated so that these concepts can be used in other circumstances. (MSE)

Under the leadership of a new president, Arkansas College engaged in a year-long evaluation and planning process. The "Small College Academic Management Project" (SCAMP), aimed at dispersing academic decision-making authority while maintaining the necessary decision-making accountability relationships, is described. (MLW)

The experience of a small liberal arts college in trying to develop a usable and understandable planning, management, and evaluation (PME) system is described. PME tasks in small colleges center upon selecting starting points, demonstrating how different procedures can facilitate operations and decision making, and educating people. (Author/MLW)

While the political activities of the small college and religious institution occur in a unique cultural context, they cannot be avoided. Politics and power can be best understood in ways that contribute to, rather than detract from, the work of those in student affairs in these kinds of institutions. (Author)

This case study of faculty culture focused on the dynamics of a small, rural, two-year branch campus of a large state university. It reports descriptive themes concerning the isolation and rural location of the campus, its diminutive size, faculty role perspectives, and factors related to faculty role implementation. It provides a portrait of this…

Bradford College (Massachusetts), a small liberal arts college, used creative planning to revitalize the institution despite fiscal constraints. Decisions and actions since 1981 are reviewed in terms of first steps (revitalizing faculty affairs), finding a new president, reorganizing the curriculum, planning noncurricular changes, and developing…

The Alternative Learners Program at College Misericordia is described. The program was founded 10 years ago by Joseph P. Rogan, and was one of the first for learning-disabled students. Learning strategies include tutoring, note-taking services, and talking computers and calculators. (MLW)