ERIC Number: EJ853548
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2003-Jun
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A Guide for Hard Times in Academia
Reeves, Thomas C.
Academic Questions, v16 n2 p31-35 Jun 2003
The author lampoons twenty-first-century academic priorities. Using a fictional campus facing state-mandated budget reductions, the author parodies a system that retains high-salaried administrative and public relations positions, special-interest majors, athletic programs and junior/ad-hoc faculty, while relinquishing admissions staff, library resources, and foundational courses such as science, English and foreign languages.
Descriptors: College Planning, College Administration, Institutional Survival, Institutional Characteristics, Retrenchment, Educational Finance, Financial Problems, Financial Policy, Administrative Principles, Administrative Policy, Vignettes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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