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Changing Child Care Supply in New Hampshire and Vermont's Upper Valley. National Issue Brief #166
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Carson, Jess; Boege, Sarah – Carsey School of Public Policy, 2023
In this brief, authors Jess Carson and Sarah Boege describe changes in the early childhood education and care landscape of Grafton and Sullivan Counties in New Hampshire and Orange and Windsor Counties in Vermont, collectively known as the Upper Valley. The authors find that the Upper Valley lost 25 regulated child care providers serving children…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Teacher Supply and Demand, Change
Tough Talks
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Pierce, Dennis – Community College Journal, 2018
Cutting programs and laying off staff is one of the hardest parts of a community college president's job. Not only is it emotional for everyone involved, but the political fallout can be damaging as well. How campus leaders arrive at the difficult choice to cut staff and programs, and how they communicate their decision to stakeholders, can make a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Presidents, Program Termination, Retrenchment
The Decline and Elimination of PETE: Implications for Doctoral Education
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Blankenship, Bonnie Tjeerdsma; Templin, Thomas J. – Quest, 2016
In this article, we will explore the current landscape of teacher education programs in general, and specifically, physical education teacher education (PETE) from the national level down to the local level. Furthermore, we will explore the impact that the elimination of undergraduate PETE programs can have on PETE doctoral programs, including the…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Declining Enrollment, Program Termination, Physical Education
Bradford College: Requiem for a College
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Levine, Arthur – New Directions for Higher Education, 2011
Bradford College, located 35 miles north of Boston in Haverhill, Massachusetts, was exactly the type of institution in greatest jeopardy of closing. It was too small, with an enrollment that never exceeded five hundred students. Such institutions tend to have high attrition rates because they have limited numbers of courses, majors, facilities,…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, School Closing, Barriers, Educational History
In Hard Times, Colleges Search for Ways to Trim the Faculty
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Wilson, Robin – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2009
The Jones Theatre at Washington State University is getting a $500,000 face-lift this summer. A construction crew has already ripped out its 500 orange and blue seats and is replacing them with new ones covered in a wine-colored fabric. The theater's walls are being painted a light beige, and a new set of black velour curtains will grace the…
Descriptors: Operating Expenses, College Faculty, Program Termination, Job Layoff
Perceptions of Tennessee FCS Faculty and Administrators in Higher Education
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Stevens, Patricia M.; Crase, Dixie R. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2010
In addition to general higher education challenges, family and consumer sciences (FCS) programs may confront the possibility of reorganization and/or loss of programs. In Tennessee, eight American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) accredited units have faced these issues within the last five years. Faculty and administrators in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Family Life Education, Consumer Science, Administrator Attitudes