Cautionary tales [[electronic resource] ] : strategy lessons from struggling colleges / / Alice W. Brown ; foreword by William G. Bowen ; with contributions by Elizabeth R. Hayford ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910807150103321
• Autore: Brown Alice W (Alice Williams), <1942->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sterling, Va., : Stylus, 2012
• ISBN: 1-000-97877-X; 1-000-97289-5; 1-003-44339-7; 1-57922-781-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.73
• Soggetti: Universities and colleges - United States - Administration; Universities and colleges - Mergers - United States; Universities and colleges - United States - Finance
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; 1. EARLY HISTORY; 2. TWENTIETH CENTURY; 3. TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY; PART ONE: TURNING AROUND; 4. TRUSTEES; 5. HOW GOVERNING BOARDS FAIL; 6. PRESIDENTS; 7. OBSERVATIONS OF A PAST PRESIDENT; 8. FACULTY AND STAFF; 9. THE ROLE OF FACULTY AND STAFF IN REVIVING FRAGILE INSTITUTIONS; 10. FINANCIAL RESOURCES; PART TWO: GOING IT ALONE; 11. SUE BENNETT COLLEGE; 12. MARY HOLMES COLLEGE; 13. LINDENWOOD UNIVERSITY; PART THREE: MERGING WITH ANOTHER COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY; 14. RX FOR NONPROFIT COLLEGES; 15. BARAT COLLEGE/DEPAUL UNIVERSITY; 16. WESTERN COLLEGE/MIAMI UNIVERSITYPART FOUR: PARTNERING WITH A FOR-PROFIT; 17. COLLEGE OF SANTA FE; 18. THE FOR-PROFIT CHALLENGE; PART FIVE: LESSONS LEARNED; 19. IS THERE A FUTURE FOR SMALL COLLEGES?; CONCLUSIONS; AFTERWORD; ENDNOTE; REFERENCES; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 can they be overcome?Through a unique case study approach to examining and analyzing colleges that have struggled, Alice Brown reveals the steps that can lead to a sustainable operation and, when closure is inevitable, the steps to do so with orderli