Institutional Survival. A Modest Proposal.

McCann, Kevin

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ERIC Number: EJ190743

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Publication Date: 1978

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Institutional Survival. A Modest Proposal.

McCann, Kevin

College Board Review, n109 p18-19,30 Fall 1978, 78

The author writes briefly of his experience as president of The Defiance College, a small college in danger of closing. He makes a plea for humane teaching and proposes that colleges losing students seek to enroll those past the age of 55 in residence courses designed to prepare them for their new stage in life. (JMD)

Descriptors: Adult Students, College Environment, Declining Enrollment, Financial Problems, Higher Education, Humanistic Education, Older Adults, Private Colleges, School Closing, Small Colleges

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Language: English

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