Institutions of higher education are constantly facing economicchallenges to their survival. Nowhere are the challenges greaterthan in small private colleges and universities across America.None of these colleges can assume that its stability isassured in perpetuity. No thriving college is immune fromunforeseen disaster, just as no struggling college is irreversiblydestined for closure.
This issue presents stories of colleges in crisis and considerswhat makes the difference between a college that closes and onethat nearly closes but manages to remain open. It offers arange of revealing, hard-won experiences of college presidents wholed their campuses in times of crises. Some colleges found no wayout, and their stories offer lessons that are just as valuable asthe stories of colleges that reinvented themselves andsurvived.
This is the 156th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly reportseries New Directions for Higher Education. Addressedto higher education decision makers on all kinds ofcampuses, it provides timely information and authoritativeadvice about major issues and administrative problems confrontingevery institution.
Table des matières
In memory of Martin A. Kramer, 1932-2011 1
Editors’ Notes 3
Sounding a Wake-up Call
Alice W. Brown
Innovative Strategies: Overview of the Contents 5
Sandra L. Ballard
1. Case Study of a College that Closed: Saint Mary’s College7
Alice W. Brown
Not every institution has the option of returning to an earliermission, but when Saint Mary’s College closed, Saint Mary’s School, a prestigious, historic preparatory school for girls, thrived.
2. Bradford College: Requiem for a College 19
Arthur Levine
A liberal arts college with strong leadership can drasticallychange directions with only a few decisions.
3. A College that Reinvented Itself: The Wilson College Story27
Mary-Linda Merriam Armacost
Alumnae and students can influence the survival of a college bychallenging the college’s trustees and working together to makeunprecedented changes.
4. Case Study of Reinvention: College of Charleston41
Alice W. Brown
A private historic college can become a part of a stateuniversity system.
5. Reinventing Black Colleges in Postethnic America: The Caseof Knoxville College 49
Barbara R. Hatton
Integration laws that opened doors to public universitiesthreatened enrollment at a private, historically African Americancollege, which then reinvented its curriculum.
6. Antioch College: A Celebrated History and an Uncertain Future 65
Elizabeth R. Hayford
A signature combination of on-campus liberal arts courses andoff-campus work experiences inspired collaborative efforts topreserve a college.
7. Advice to Presidents of Struggling Colleges 83
Michael J. Puglisi
A college president speaks from experience.
INDEX 93
A propos de l’auteur
Alice W. Brown spent much of her academic life as an administrator at Eastern Kentucky University and the University of Kentucky, having taught previously at Appalachian State, Ohio University, and Eastern Kentucky University. She directed an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant that led to the formation of the Appalachian College Association, which she then led as president until her retirement.
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