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Direct linkBaldwin, D.; Brady, A.; Danyluk, A.; Adams, J.; Lawrence, A. – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2010
Many undergraduate liberal arts institutions offer computer science majors. This article illustrates how quality computer science programs can be realized in a wide variety of liberal arts settings by describing and contrasting the actual programs at five liberal arts colleges: Williams College, Kalamazoo College, the State University of New York…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Computer Science, Liberal Arts, Program Descriptions
Stone, Alan J. – AGB Reports, 1986
The experiences of Aurora University, a small university that not only raised money but established new links with donors, are described. The key to fund raising is selling an idea. As donors become more sophisticated, sentiment and traditional patterns play a less significant role in motivating donors. (MLW)
Descriptors: Donors, Educational Finance, Fund Raising, Higher Education
Wylie, Neil R.; Fuller, Jon W. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1985
A consortium of 12 small, private liberal arts colleges in the Great Lakes region has shown that by working together, the institutions can provide major opportunities for faculty professional development through conferences and workshops. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Conferences, Consortia, Faculty Development
Download full textRozema, Hazel; Weldy, Eric – 1993
A study examined the kinds of skills that minority students felt prepared them for college and helped them to succeed. All 80 minority students enrolled at Illinois' Millikin University (enrollment, 1,800 students) were interviewed for 20 to 30 minutes each. Results indicated that: (1) students reported that English composition/writing classes,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Dropout Prevention, Higher Education, Interpersonal Communication
Magarrell, Jack – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1983
Faced with an enrollment decline of 36 percent in the last three years, New England College (New Hampshire) has developed a long-range plan for making itself smaller. Changes which are being made include: (1) reducing the number of faculty; (2) reducing the amount of student housing; (3) adding another person to the fundraising staff; (4) offering…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Planning, Coping, Declining Enrollment
Petrik, Eugene V. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1979
By the fall of l973 Bellarmine College's enrollments had declined 35 percent and the college saw its problems primarily as inadequacy in salesmanship. Now, Bellarmine is described as a market-oriented institution striving to assess the educational needs of its community without changing its commitment to the liberal arts. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Declining Enrollment, General Education, Higher Education
Birney, Robert C. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1993
An overview of the innovative curriculum and program design of Hampshire College (Massachusetts), a liberal arts college opened in 1970, looks at its educational philosophy, nontraditional curriculum structure, underlying economic assumptions, recordkeeping, administrative organization, employment policy, governance, and student life. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Administration, College Curriculum, Contracts
Detweiler, Richard A. – Trusteeship, 1996
The strategic planning process developed at Hartwick College (New York) begun in 1992 is described, and the college's resulting commitment to information technology is discussed. Issues arising during the process included choice of operating system(s), winning over skeptics, software selection, development of technical support, establishment of a…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Change Strategies, College Administration, College Planning
Case Study: How a Commitment to Technology Advanced Our Strategic Plan. AGB Occasional Paper No. 32.
Detweiler, Richard A. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1997
Hartwick College (New York) developed a strategic vision for its future and invested significantly in information technology to transform that vision into reality. Guided by its president and trustees, Hartwick, a small, independent liberal arts college, formed a strategic plan in phases. At a formal board retreat in 1993, with faculty, students,…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Case Studies, Change Strategies, College Administration
