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Buzza, Bonnie Wilson; Holmes, Kelli S. – 1989
A 1987 study surveyed the national membership (N=350) of the Speech Communication Association's Committee on Small College Speech Programs as the first step in a longitudinal project to describe and monitor speech communication programs on small campuses as well as small programs on larger campuses. Data helped to: (1) determine trends in program…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Longitudinal Studies
Weeks, Richard G., Jr. – 1986
A description is provided of the accreditation self-study process employed by Northwest Community College (NCC), along with a copy of the final self-study report. First, information is presented on how the current college organizational structure was used to conduct the self-study, including explanations of the role of the President's Advisory…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Community Colleges
Findlen, George L. – 1987
Small community colleges with enrollments between 500 and 2,500 students have traditionally been unable to afford to hire an institutional researcher or to lease sophisticated statistical packages to perform enrollment analyses, though their needs for enrollment projections are the same as those of larger institutions. Fortunately, with a personal…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Enrollment Projections, Enrollment Trends
Engel, Gerald L. – 1982
Over 100 key resources regarding computer science education at small colleges are collected in this bibliography. A brief review of the collected documents introduces the bibliography, categorizing and relating the materials and noting their emphases. The review concentrates on materials published after 1978, but cites the major works providing…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science Education, Course Content, Higher Education
Mix, C. Rex – 1981
The development of speech communication curricula in two diverse small colleges--one state supported and the other a private liberal arts school--is traced in this paper. Following a description of each college, the paper discusses the problems each faced in developing its speech communication curriculum, including opposition from members of other…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Eaton, John M.; Guy, Kathleen E. – 1981
In the face of declining enrollments, the small rural community college can no longer afford not to include a full-time public information officer on the administrative staff. An investment in a public information office, with an expert officer supported by a full- or part-time secretary, can build a valuable cadre of college advocates in the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Advertising, Community Colleges, Organizational Communication
Smith, Joyce; Finch, Harold L. – Planning for Higher Education, 1975
By responding to the specialized needs of their clientele, private institutions have provided a personalized, value-oriented education to a degree not possible in the public sector. Notwithstanding the accomplishments of private institutions, demographic studies of postsecondary education indicate declines in private enrollments, a trend that is…
Descriptors: Costs, Delivery Systems, Educational Administration, Educational Objectives
Courtney, Leonard; Wozniak, John S. – Alternative Higher Education: The Journal of Nontraditional Studies, 1978
The feasibility of private liberal arts college involvement with adult and continuing education is examined in terms of a model, which sponsors an Employee Learning Program. Course offerings have received positive support from the college faculty and administration, cautious involvement by business and industry, and meager interest from organized…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Involvement, Coping, Higher Education
Warren, William H. – AGB Reports, 1978
Many liberal arts colleges will survive or disappear depending on how well they can analyze their problems and apply solutions. What is needed is a College Futures Planning Center that could provide at minimal cost consulting and support services to private colleges seriously desiring to contend with decline. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, College Planning, Consultation Programs, Financial Problems
Pernal, Michael – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1977
A computer-assisted financial aid system used at Eastern Connecticut State College is outlined as an example of how a data system can be utilized on a small campus. It can provide foolproof accountability, up-to-date information, efficient turn-around time, and overall improvement of program administration. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Computers, Data Processing, Financial Support
Anderson, Joel R.; Andreas, Michael B. – Management Controls, 1977
In times of declining enrollments and rising costs, small colleges suffer more than larger institutions. Managerial ingenuity, backed by budgetary discipline, can keep them solvent. For journal availability see HE 509 330. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Planning, Cost Effectiveness, Declining Enrollment
Robinson, Prezell R. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1988
The roles and expectations of presidents of church-related colleges have changed drastically in the last 15 years, and there is little preparation for the job available. Effective relationships with staff, board, alumni, community, parents, and students; good fiscal management; and periodic review of the college mission are elements of good…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Black Colleges, Church Related Colleges

Weissberg, Michael – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1987
Surveyed 145 counseling centers to gather information about the non-counseling-related testing services being offered. Found differences between centers at large and small institutions. Centers at large institutions administered significantly more individual and group tests, had more clerical staff, and generated more income than did centers at…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Counseling Services, Guidance Centers, Higher Education

Miller, Thomas E. – NASPA Journal, 1986
Student affairs professionals at smaller institutions are encouraged to research their commuter students' characteristics and needs and to create or enhance services and programs to improve the college experience for commuters based on their findings. (KS)
Descriptors: Commuting Students, Higher Education, Program Design, Program Development
Stone, Alan J. – AGB Reports, 1986
The experiences of Aurora University, a small university that not only raised money but established new links with donors, are described. The key to fund raising is selling an idea. As donors become more sophisticated, sentiment and traditional patterns play a less significant role in motivating donors. (MLW)
Descriptors: Donors, Educational Finance, Fund Raising, Higher Education