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Kelderman, Eric – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
In autumn, most colleges' football fields are covered with a thick carpet of grass or artificial turf and are adorned with yard lines. But the football field at Paul Quinn College was carved up by plowing and planting. This past fall, portions of the college's gridiron were covered with sweet potatoes, watermelons, peppers, rosemary, and sugar…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Financial Problems, Black Colleges, Educational Finance
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Beth Sullivan, Esther; Pagano, Rosanne V. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2012
In ten years, Alaska Pacific University has moved from a totally decentralized administration of its adult online program to a very centralized structure. Drastic changes in funding sources and student needs have compelled the university to take new approaches. As the learning landscape continues to shift for adults, online learners, and Alaska…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Alaska Natives, Small Colleges, College Administration
Carlblom, Dwight A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
No group of college students persists at a rate lower than freshmen students to their sophomore year. In 2011, those rates varied from 55.4% at two-year public colleges to 80.3% at private schools offering a PhD program. This study investigated the impact of five pre-matriculation variables on the retention of freshmen students to their sophomore…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Predictor Variables, Academic Persistence, Private Colleges
Romano, Victor Owen – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Wellness is something that needs to be taught, encouraged, and valued within a community for it to be obtainable. Preventable health disparities attributed to lack of physical activity continue to be a burden in predominantly African-American communities. Preventative wellness programming has been shown to be successful for students, as well as…
Descriptors: Wellness, Small Colleges, Black Colleges, College Students
D'Anna, Debora L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that contributed to the persistence of first-time full-time student athletes at a small private college affiliated with National Association Intercollegiate Athletics. The study used focus groups to determine the factors related to the persistence of student athletes. The participants in the…
Descriptors: College Athletics, College Students, Athletes, Small Colleges
Conrad, Sharyn Neiman – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Bridging the gap between theory and practice has been a priority with universities and colleges of nursing. A mechanism for bridging this gap has been the establishment of faculty practices. Faculty practices have provided nurse practitioner faculty opportunities to mentor students, augment income, implement evidence-based research, provide…
Descriptors: Nursing Education, Small Colleges, Nurses, Best Practices
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Jorge, Ethel – Hispania, 2010
It is gratifying to see that the two Modern Languages Association (MLA) reports, "Foreign Language and Higher Education: New Structures for a Changed World" and "Report to the Teagle Foundation on the Undergraduate Major in Language and Literature," address important issues regarding the improvement of language teaching in the…
Descriptors: Spanish, Second Language Instruction, Experimental Teaching, Small Colleges
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Lane, Amy M.; Allis, Sarah; Allman, Nicole; Pettys, Alicia; Quinlan, Meredith; Seifert, Britta – Journal of College and Character, 2013
This ethnographic project explored the extent to which the campus culture at a small liberal arts college was open to student experiences and expressions of the spiritual and the religious. The authors found that despite the college's reputation for valuing diversity and a commitment to social justice, students shared a narrative of religious…
Descriptors: College Students, Liberal Arts, Ethnography, School Culture
Carson, Raymond D. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This mixed methods study was designed to determine the type and quality of pre-college career guidance experiences of college freshmen and the impact of those experiences on student performance and retention. This study was limited to first time freshmen at a small private university in Tennessee. The population was 46% male and 54% female from 6…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, School Guidance, Private Colleges, Small Colleges
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Puglisi, Michael J. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2011
Many small institutions face difficulties, and the person who bears the brunt of dealing with those challenges is the college president. While each situation is unique, presidents can learn from the experiences of others, and at the very least, commiserate with each other regarding the challenges they face, especially when their institutions are…
Descriptors: College Presidents, Barriers, Performance Factors, Change Strategies
Watkins, Paul David – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the learning community program at a small liberal arts college on educational outcomes as measured by differences in semester GPA between learning community participants and non-participants, as well as differences between types of learning communities, time of participation in…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, Liberal Arts, Communities of Practice, Grade Point Average
Brown, Alice W. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2012
Scarcely a week goes by without a headline about the unsustainability of higher education as we know it, under threat from new models, for-profits, or online education. Most threatened are small liberal arts colleges--with commentators predicting the demise of colleges with fewer than 1,000, or even 1,500 students. Are these trends inevitable, or…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Governance, Governing Boards, Case Studies
Wootton, William R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
Higher-education analysts have predicted it: The global financial shambles will cause the closing or merger of a growing number of colleges. At the top of the endangered list are rural colleges. Included in this group is the author's own college, Sterling College, in Craftsbury Common, Vermont. Despite this prediction, the author is counting on…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Small Colleges, Institutional Survival, Retrenchment
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Vander Schee, Brian A. – Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 2010
Prospective college students regularly read in promotional literature that the college experience is personal and unique to each individual. However, if their experience in the recruitment process proves otherwise it is difficult to convince students that they can each have a personal relationship with the institution. Small colleges can overcome…
Descriptors: Small Colleges, College Applicants, Student Recruitment, Interpersonal Relationship
Schuman, Samuel – National Collegiate Honors Council, 2011
This monograph focuses upon areas of special concern to those working with honors at smaller colleges and universities: mission, recruitment, facilities, administration, budget, and curriculum. In each area, the author makes some general suggestions about overall operating principles, note specific issues that can lead to difficulties, and suggest…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Small Colleges, Institutional Mission, College Programs
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