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Hammond, Martine F. – College Board Review, 1982
A case study of an anonymous college that experienced the threat of failure but managed to revitalize its operation is presented. Participant observation, interviews, and document review were used in the study that focused on the period just prior to closing and the period since its reopening. (MLW)
Descriptors: Career Education, Case Studies, College Administration, College Presidents
Download full textMeisinger, Richard J., Jr. – 1981
A case study of Sullins College, which in 1975 requested that the state of Virginia investigate the feasibility of incorporating the college into the state's public higher education system, is presented. This small, private, two-year college in southwest Virginia had been struggling for several years to maintain its small enrollment. Historical…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Decision Making, Declining Enrollment, Financial Problems
Beeman, Alice L. – 1979
The attempted closing of Wilson College in Pennsylvania, a 110-year-old liberal arts college for women, is recounted. In 1978 the board of trustees voted to close the college and preserve remaining assets for other educational purposes. A movement evolved to save the college, and subsequent litigation resulted in rulings in May 1979 that: (1) two…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Court Litigation, Decision Making
