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Download full textLong, James P.; And Others – 1983
Intended for two-year college presidents, deans, or other administrators, faculty, and board members, this publication provides an outline for guidelines for program phase-out. The decision to phase out a program is first considered, as are ways to analyze the reasons for three typical situations that form the basis for phasing out a…
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Guidelines, Postsecondary Education, Program Evaluation
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1992
This report focuses on productivity improvements in instructional programs at Illinois' public universities by providing an assessment of statewide instructional capacity. The report identifies 22 disciplines in which reduction, consolidation, or elimination of programs should be considered. It notes that when programs are offered by several…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Curriculum Evaluation, Departments, Educational Improvement
Peer reviewedRaths, David – Change, 1991
The history of and issues in Oregon's retrenchment in higher education (resulting from voter-imposed taxing restrictions) are chronicled. Changes made at Portland State University are used to illustrate the program review and termination process occurring statewide. The higher education community's response, faculty and staff morale, and…
Descriptors: Costs, Economic Change, Economic Climate, Educational Planning
Ross, Cynthia S.; Gardiner, John J. – 1988
Two decades following the publication of David G. Brown's "Criteria for Pruning Programs," (which recognized that traditional financial support to higher education was decreasing and proposed 10 guidelines for evaluating existing programs) a study was developed to determine what criteria are actually being used by comprehensive…
Descriptors: College Programs, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Evaluation Criteria
Becher, Roy Antony – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1982
Issues faced by institutions in many countries in a time of declining funding and increasing demands on higher education are discussed, including national and local academic planning approaches, institutional responsiveness to societal and industry demands, and problems inherent in program discontinuance. (Report of a May 1982 international OECD…
Descriptors: College Role, Conference Proceedings, Educational Planning, Financial Support
Eckel, Peter D. – 2000
This study examines, from an organizational perspective, decision rules guiding program discontinuance, testing the framework of decision rule rationality versus action rationality. A multi-site case study method was used; interviews were conducted with 11-16 individuals at each of four research I or II universities that had discontinued at least…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Educational Planning
