Describes the bold but successful steps taken by Champlain College to ensure institutional survival, such as eliminating 15 departments and clearly defining institutional mission. (EV)

Conducted year-long research project to study student culture on small college campus. Findings from 99 students revealed that students' dating practices differed radically from traditional practice where men take women out to dinner or a movie. Rather, found that pair of students spontaneously agreed to spend evening together. (NB)

Explores ALA (American Library Association) membership among directors at small liberal arts colleges. Results show that they are less likely to be members of ALA and ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) than directors at larger colleges. Suggests ways to increase membership among directors at smaller colleges. (Author/LRW)

Reports on the closing of Bradford College (Massachusetts), a small independent institution with a recent history characterized by shifting strategies, a heavy debt burden, and unrealistic enrollment projections. Compares Bradford's experience with that of Trinity College (Vermont), another small, struggling but surviving, institution. (DB)

Discusses the growing trend of small colleges merging with larger ones and details successful behavior in four steps of the merging process: agreeing to agree, investigating, negotiating "at the table," and signing the deal. (EV)

This paper looks at the development and management of an intercollegiate forensics program at a small college. It first deals with the context for analyzing a program, and then discusses the analysis itself, which should provide the foundation for a program's development. Some points for program management follow, and the paper concludes with a…

This article discusses a procedure commonly called a systems study in which administrative personnel can evaluate systematically their information needs and can specify them in sufficient detail for technical specialists to make recommendations for possible improvements. (Author)

The Institutional Functioning Inventory was administered at six small, Christian, liberal arts colleges. Significant differences were found among institutions, but these colleges shared many environmental characteristics. (Author)

Compares and contrasts the roles of student personnel administrators at small and large colleges. Defines and explores the background of small colleges and emphasizes the need for administrators to be current with trends in higher education. (JAC)

The word "service" certainly conjures some undesirable connotations, and theorists such as Nancy Grimm propose that writing centers need to shed their service labels to attain respectability. In this paper, the writing center director of a small liberal arts college shares her perspective and juxtaposes that with Grimm's position that…

The principal importance of small, church-related colleges is in their contribution to the existing diversity in the pluralistic, competitive, public, and private way of doing things in America. As in health, culture, social service, and business, this diversity is traditional and considered desirable. (MSE)

Explores why, in meeting the competition from public and proprietary institutions, small liberal arts colleges should avoid their current homogenization and focus on core, distinctive elements of excellence. (EV)

In most states, declining state appropriations have forced public colleges and universities to raise tuition at an unprecedented rate. Colleges and universities are expected to become more accountable, improve institutional effectiveness and efficiency, and report progress in measurable terms. Amid these pressures, institutions are challenged to…

To test the effectiveness of the DISCOVER computer-based career development system, 46 college students completed the Survey of Career Development, the Information-Seeking Behavior Log, and the Self-Assessment of Confidence and Progress in Educational/Career Planning. The instruments were administered as pre- and post-treatment indicators to two…

Adrian College's steady increase and confidence in enrollment projections stem from a research-based, thoughtfully planned, carefully implemented, highly controlled marketing programs. Four major elements of a successful marketing mix are identified: product, price, place, promotion. (MLW)