ERIC Number: EJ1452558
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Dec
Pages: 20
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ISSN: ISSN-0164-7970
EISSN: EISSN-1536-0695
Changing Institutional Culture to Change Student Outcomes: Grant Funding, Change Management, and Student Success at Small Institutions
Carol Lugg; Angelina Champagne; Heather Maldonado
New Directions for Student Services, n188 p151-170 2024
Through the lens of change management theory, this article focuses on transforming institutional culture at small institutions through grant opportunities. Federal discretionary grants, such as the Department of Education's Title III, Strengthening Institution Program (SIP), provide financial resources for new initiatives to improve student outcomes. Cultural shifts can be challenging at small institutions, where deep traditions and institutional inertia can create barriers to positive change. Initiative fatigue also can emerge, as staff and faculty carry multiple roles with limited resources while balancing increased grant reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Through an iterative assessment process resourced with grant funding, transformational cultural shifts can be leveraged while meeting grant objectives and establishing lasting change that will strengthen the institution and produce stronger student outcomes.
Descriptors: School Culture, Small Colleges, Grants, Federal Aid, Educational Finance, Change, Barriers, Teacher Role
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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