A College Weighs Its Priorities Before Making Cuts.(Morningside College)

[...]by involving faculty members from the start and retaining vestiges of programs that were cut, the small, private liberal-arts college in Sioux City, Iowa, avoided the kinds of battles that have bloodied its peers.[...]Morningside cut $1 million on the academic side and $1.7 million on the admin...

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Published in:	The Chronicle of higher education 2017-11, Vol.64 (12), p.A10
Main Author:	Mangan, Katherine
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Academic degrees Appointments, resignations and dismissals Children College faculty College presidents College students College teachers Community colleges Curricula Degrees, Academic Dickeson, Robert C Keresiouan languages Philosophy Task forces Tuition
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Summary:	[...]by involving faculty members from the start and retaining vestiges of programs that were cut, the small, private liberal-arts college in Sioux City, Iowa, avoided the kinds of battles that have bloodied its peers.[...]Morningside cut $1 million on the academic side and $1.7 million on the administrative side.[...]we’re letting these 18-year-old kids decide the makeup of the faculty, and, by extension, the curriculum," says Ms. Reid.
ISSN:	0009-5982 1931-1362