03576nam 2200625Ia 450 991080715010332120230703183359.01-000-97877-X1-000-97289-51-003-44339-71-57922-781-3(CKB)2670000000278236(EBL)1108389(OCoLC)826853797(SSID)ssj0000832128(PQKBManifestationID)11512023(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000832128(PQKBWorkID)10880818(PQKB)11665215(OCoLC)817560628(Au-PeEL)EBL1108389(CaPaEBR)ebr10621347(MiAaPQ)EBC1108389(EXLCZ)99267000000027823620130122d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCautionary tales[electronic resource] strategy lessons from struggling colleges /Alice W. Brown ; foreword by William G. Bowen ; with contributions by Elizabeth R. Hayford ... [et al.]1st ed.Sterling, Va. Stylus20121 online resource (274 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57922-779-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 UNIVERSITY16. 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; ZScarcely 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 orderliUniversities and collegesUnited StatesAdministrationCase studiesUniversities and collegesMergersUnited StatesCase studiesUniversities and collegesUnited StatesFinanceCase studiesUniversities and collegesAdministrationUniversities and collegesMergersUniversities and collegesFinance378.73Brown Alice W(Alice Williams),1942-1665898MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807150103321Cautionary tales4090427UNINA