Alice W. Brown

Cautionary Tales (eBook, ePUB)

Strategy Lessons From Struggling Colleges

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

While this book is of immediate practical value for trustees and leaders of small colleges as they look toward and plan for the future and for anyone aspiring to an administrative positions in higher education, the examples constitute a microcosm of the interplay between the external constituencies, governance structures and internal forces.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000978773
• Artikelnr.: 68356676

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by William G. Bowen Preface Introduction 1. Early History 2.
Twentieth Century 3. Twenty-first Century Part One. Turning Around 4.
Trustees 5. How Governing Boards Fail-Susan Whealler Johnston 6. Presidents
7. Observations of a Past President-Michael G. Puglisi 8. Faculty and Staff
9. The Role of Faculty and Staff in Reviving Fragile Institutions-Elizabeth
R. Hayford 10. Financial Resources Part Two. Going It Alone 11. Sue Bennett
College 12. Mary Holmes College 13. Lindenwood University Part Three.
Merging with Another College or University 14. RX for Nonprofit
Colleges-Richard K. Kneipper 15. Barat College/DePaul University 16.
Western College/Miami University Part Four. Partnering with a For-Profit
17. College of Santa Fe 18. The For-Profit Challenge-Robert Zemsky Part
Five. Lessons Learned 19. Is There a Future for Small Colleges-Richard R.
Johnson Conclusions Afterword Endote-Elizabeth R. Hayford References About
the Contributors Index