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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
Stuart, Reginald – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
When Dr. James Ammons took the helm of his alma mater, Florida A&M University (FAMU), he inherited a nationally recognized school facing numerous crises. Ammons, who served as provost of FAMU during its heyday in the 1990s, knew the school was mired in trouble with the state, having accumulated dozens of state auditor questions about its…
Descriptors: Institutional Evaluation, Accreditation (Institutions), College Administration, Audits (Verification)
Butterfield, Barbara S.; Wolfe, Susan – 1994
This book approaches college and university budget reduction mandates as an opportunity to reexamine and recast outdated, inefficient processes and to increase administrative effectiveness and efficiency in supporting the academic missions of teaching and research. The book uses a road-map metaphor to tell the downsizing story and to advance the…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Administration, College Planning, Colleges