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Daun-Barnet, Nathan; Hermsen, Albert; Vedder, Lori; Mabry, Beth – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2013
In 2006, Michigan changed their traditional merit award to a credit contingent program based upon successful completion of 60 college credits. The Michigan Promise Scholarship was crafted by state policymakers without input from the financial aid community. This case study suggests that the change in policy resulted in two unintended consequences:…
Descriptors: Merit Scholarships, State Aid, Student Financial Aid, College Credits
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)
Maeroff, Gene I. – Trusteeship, 2003
Discusses how the collapse of online learning enterprises at several colleges and universities offers lessons for all in this still-promising field. (EV)
Descriptors: Distance Education, Financial Problems, Higher Education, Program Design

James, Jeanette M. – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 1995
Describes how the University of Washington's School of Communications responded to the news that it would be reviewed and possibly eliminated because of the budget crises in the state of Washington. (SR)
Descriptors: Financial Exigency, Financial Problems, Higher Education, Journalism Education

Volkwein, J. Fredericks – Journal of Higher Education, 1984
By terminating 26 degree programs, 3 departments, and 3 schools and colleges, the State University of New York at Albany generated a pool of resource for reallocation to programs with greater need and priority. The difficulties of accomplishing this and the lessons for other campuses are described. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Planning, Financial Problems, Higher Education
Shea, Christopher – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
When the University of Arkansas' president determined that the university's press should be shut down due to financial losses, journalists, letter writers, faculty, and editors at other university presses undertook a successful campaign to save it. The debate highlights the economic difficulties of academic publishing and the role of the…
Descriptors: College Environment, Faculty Publishing, Financial Problems, Higher Education

Olswang, Steven Glenn; And Others – Journal of College and University Law, 1982
The rights of students to complete programs into which they have matriculated and the obligations of colleges and universities to maintain these programs for sufficient periods of time to fulfill any existing contracts with students are discussed. Contract principles are applied in protecting a student's right to complete degree programs. (MLW)
Descriptors: Contracts, Court Litigation, Educational Policy, Financial Problems

Israel, Martin H. – American Sociologist, 1990
The dean of the faculty of arts and sciences at Washington University (Missouri) contends that they are committed to a strong liberal education and that the closing of the sociology department will enhance that commitment by releasing moneys for other programs and educational resources. Outlines what will be done with the money, and addresses…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Financial Policy, Financial Problems
McMillen, Liz – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1989
Escalating costs are causing universities to postpone faculty hiring, consolidating offices into one, and entire academic departments are being phased out. The extent of the financial problems facing major research institutions is indicated in an internal survey prepared by the Association of American Universities. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Costs, Educational Facilities
Linney, Grant – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 1994
An outdoor educator whose teaching position and field center were eliminated reflects on the importance of publicizing the value of outdoor education in developing ecological understanding and promoting student connection with the natural world, both of which are essential to learning to live a sustainable lifestyle. (LP)
Descriptors: Advocacy, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education

Ivey, Saundra – Change, 1981
Financial pressures and the possibility of a major desegregation suit have dominated the 1980-81 academic year for Tennessee's public colleges and universities. The higher education community is moving toward managing the decline with limitations on enrollment and by eliminating unnecessary duplicated academic programs. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Desegregation, Court Litigation, Desegregation Litigation, Economic Factors
Lund, Mark – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 1998
In Alberta, reductions in educational funding and a "back to basics" mentality have resulted in reduced support for outdoor and environmental education. Elementary/secondary programs have responded by taking the programs directly to the schools to avoid transportation costs, and by cutting the more adventurous programs. Postsecondary…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Environmental Education, Financial Problems, Financial Support

Brown, Ralph S. – Academe, 1983
The themes of the 1982 annual conference of the American Association of University Professors are outlined. They include the importance of planning, selective versus across-the-board retrenchment strategies, definitions and problems of financial exigency, program reduction, and affirmative action claims. (MSE)
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Administration, College Faculty, Conference Proceedings
Lively, Kit – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1993
Oregon State University and Southern Oregon State College have responded to state budget cuts with fundamental changes in academic programs and departments. Reductions are being made according to state guidelines for eliminating programs, rather than skimming broadly. Faculty are angered about personal and scholarly losses. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Change Strategies, Financial Exigency, Financial Problems
Williamson, Ron – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 1994
Addresses the implications and impacts of a board of education decision to close an outdoor education center. Stresses the rationale for outdoor and environmental education, the connection between classroom curriculum and outdoor education, and the reduction in systemwide services that would result from the closing. (LP)
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Boards of Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education
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