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The Small College Imperative
Author: Mary B. Marcy
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2023-07-03
Total Pages: 165
ISBN-13: 1000978451
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →With costs rising, traditional college student populations shrinking, and pundits predicting that huge numbers of colleges will close in the next few decades, small colleges cannot afford to pretend that business-as-usual can sustain them. This book offers five emerging models for how small colleges can hope to survive and thrive in these very challenging times: Traditional; Integrative; Distinctive Program; Expansion, and Distributed. In addition to offering practical guidance for colleges trying to decide which model is for them, the book includes brief institutional profiles of colleges pursuing each model. The book also addresses the evolving role of consortia and partnerships as an avenue to provide additional innovative ways to manage cost and develop new opportunities and programs while maintaining fidelity to mission and strategic vision.
The Prospects of the Small College
Old Main
Author: Samuel Schuman
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2008-11-01
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 0801896827
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This perceptive and cogent account draws on key data and firsthand observations to tell the story of the small college in America. Defined as institutions that enroll between 500 and 3,000 full-time students, small colleges number about six hundred in the United States. Many are thriving, while some—whether through low enrollment, ballooning debt, or simple misfortune—face uncertain futures. Informed by his own experiences as a teacher and administrator, Samuel Schuman sketches the history and development of these institutions; then focuses on their current conditions and future possibilities. Administrators, faculty, and researchers will appreciate Schuman's insight into institutional choices and their consequences. Old Main is an essential book for anyone who shares Schuman's conviction that small colleges occupy a central place in American higher education.
Colleges That Change Lives
Author: Loren Pope
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2006-07-25
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 1101221348
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Prospective college students and their parents have been relying on Loren Pope's expertise since 1995, when he published the first edition of this indispensable guide. This new edition profiles 41 colleges—all of which outdo the Ivies and research universities in producing performers, not only among A students but also among those who get Bs and Cs. Contents include: Evaluations of each school's program and "personality" Candid assessments by students, professors, and deans Information on the progress of graduates This new edition not only revisits schools listed in previous volumes to give readers a comprehensive assessment, it also addresses such issues as homeschooling, learning disabilities, and single-sex education.
How Boards Lead Small Colleges
Author: Alice Lee Williams Brown
Publisher: JHU Press
Published: 2019-04-23
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1421428636
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →How Boards Lead Small Colleges is designed to appeal to anyone with a special interest in the future of small private colleges, which play a critical role in the world of higher education.
College (Un)Bound
Author: Jeffrey J. Selingo
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 0544027078
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Jeff Selingo, journalist and editor-in-chief of the Chronicle for Higher Education, argues that colleges can no longer sell a four-year degree as the ticket to success in life. College (Un)Bound exposes the dire pitfalls in the current state of higher education for anyone concerned with intellectual and financial future of America.
Private Colleges
Author: Carol Herrnstadt Shulman
Publisher:
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 70
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The End of College
Author: Kevin Carey
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 2016-03
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1594634041
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"The rise of the internet, new technologies, and free and open higher education are radically altering college forever, and this book explores the paradigm changes that will affect students, parents, educators and employers as it explains how we can take advantage of the new opportunities ahead"--
Crisis in Higher Education
Author: Jeffrey R. Docking
Publisher: MSU Press
Published: 2015-02-01
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 1628951338
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 2005 Adrian College was home to 840 enrolled students and had a tuition income of $8.54 million. By fall of 2011, enrollment had soared to 1,688, and tuition income had increased to $20.45 million. For the first time in years, the small liberal arts college was financially viable. Adrian College experienced this remarkable growth during the worst American economy in seventy years and in a state ravaged by the decline of the big three auto companies. How, exactly, did this turnaround happen? Crisis in Higher Education: A Plan to Save Small Liberal Arts Colleges in America was written to facilitate replication and generalization of Adrian College’s tremendous enrollment growth and retention success since 2005. This book directly addresses the economic competitiveness of small four-year institutions of higher education and presents an evidence-based solution to the enrollment and economic crises faced by many small liberal arts colleges throughout the country.
