LEADER 03576nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910800039603321 005 20230703183359.0 010 $a1-000-97877-X 010 $a1-000-97289-5 010 $a1-003-44339-7 010 $a1-57922-781-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000278236 035 $a(EBL)1108389 035 $a(OCoLC)826853797 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000832128 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11512023 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000832128 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10880818 035 $a(PQKB)11665215 035 $a(OCoLC)817560628 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1108389 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10621347 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1108389 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000278236 100 $a20130122d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCautionary tales$b[electronic resource] $estrategy lessons from struggling colleges /$fAlice W. Brown ; foreword by William G. Bowen ; with contributions by Elizabeth R. Hayford ... [et al.] 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSterling, Va. $cStylus$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (274 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-57922-779-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a16. 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 330 $aScarcely 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 606 $aUniversities and colleges$zUnited States$xAdministration$vCase studies 606 $aUniversities and colleges$xMergers$zUnited States$vCase studies 606 $aUniversities and colleges$zUnited States$xFinance$vCase studies 615 0$aUniversities and colleges$xAdministration 615 0$aUniversities and colleges$xMergers 615 0$aUniversities and colleges$xFinance 676 $a378.73 700 $aBrown$b Alice W$g(Alice Williams),$f1942-$01527586 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910800039603321 996 $aCautionary tales$93874387 997 $aUNINA