Crisis in Higher Education

A Plan to Save Small Liberal Arts Colleges in America

Jeffrey R. Docking, Carman C. Curton (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

159 Seiten

2015
Michigan State University Press (Verlag)
978-1-61186-154-9 (ISBN)

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In 2005 Adrian College was home to 840 enrolled students and had a tuition income of $8.54 million. By fall of 2011, enrollment had soared to 1,688, and tuition income had increased to $20.45 million. For the first time in years, the small liberal arts college was financially viable. Adrian College experienced this remarkable growth during the worst American economy in seventy years and in a state ravaged by the decline of the big three auto companies. How, exactly, did this turnaround happen? Crisis in Higher Education: A Plan to Save Small Liberal Arts Colleges in America was written to facilitate replication and generalization of Adrian College’s tremendous enrollment growth and retention success since 2005. This book directly addresses the economic competitiveness of small four-year institutions of higher education and presents an evidence-based solution to the enrollment and economic crises faced by many small liberal arts colleges throughout the country.

Jeffrey R. Docking is President of Adrian College. Docking holds a PhD in Ethics from Boston University and has done considerable work in Martin Luther King Jr. studies and racism. Carman C. Curton earned a PhD from the University of Denver and specializes in microfiction as well as in representations of culture in contemporary American literature.

Contents Foreword by James E. Bultman Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Why Higher Education Needs This Book Chapter 2. A Typical Small Private Baccalaureate Institution Chapter 3. Growing Enrollment Chapter 4. Getting Started Chapter 5. Implementing the Admissions Growth Plan Chapter 6. Using Admissions Growth Income to Support Your Institution’s Mission Chapter 7. Admissions Growth Generates Its Own Momentum Chapter 8. Why Haven’t Other Colleges Tried This Before? Chapter 9. Who Will Implement Admissions Growth Successfully? Afterword by Mike Rogers Appendix 1. Keeping College within Reach: Improving Access and Affordability through Innovative Partnerships Appendix 2. Memorandum: Economic Scope Analysis for Adrian College References

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.2.2015
Reihe/Serie	Transformations in Higher Education
Zusatzinfo	4
Verlagsort	East Lansing, MI
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
ISBN-10	1-61186-154-3 / 1611861543
ISBN-13	978-1-61186-154-9 / 9781611861549
Zustand	Neuware