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Peer reviewedGumport, Patricia J. – Journal of Higher Education, 1993
A discussion of college and university retrenchment based on interviews with 40 faculty and 20 administrators at 2 research universities looks at programs threatened with termination as terrains contested among academic fields, where wide divergences in professional/discipline-based power become evident. Results appeared to have less to do with…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Competition, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
Peer reviewedFedler, Fred; Carey, Arlen; Counts, Tim – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 1998
Examines the problems experienced with journalism and mass communication (JMC) programs in an era of retrenchment. Surveys 600 academicians from various disciplines. Finds that concerns of JMC educators are shared by colleagues in other disciplines; and that JMC programs seem more likely to be merged than eliminated. Suggests eight strategies for…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Administration, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
