Cautionary Tales : Strategy Lessons from Struggling Colleges.

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 eve...

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Main Author: Brown, Alice W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Sterling : Stylus Pub., 2012.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (274 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781579227814
1579227813
9781579227791
1579227791
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.