Small College Turnarounds: Identifying Problems, Proposing Solutions Queenly Podcasts

Podcast This podcast proposes solutons for small colleges and universities that find themselves in dire straits. Some of the colleges suffering from rising costs, declining enrollments, and declining contributions and endowments may have actually experienced a turnaround in the 1990s, but, due to circumstances, find themselves in trouble again. This article, by Susan Smith Nash, helps identify problems and proposes solutions.  http://www.beyondutopia.net/podcasts/turnarounds.mp3  Full text, with links  http://elearnqueen.blogspot.com/2007/08/small-college-turnarounds-can.html   Recommended sites on college administration and new visions in education: Stephen Downes: Articles published online. An amazing collection, very useful. http://www.downes.ca/page/7 Ray Schroeder's Educational Technology: http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/et/blogger.html Mark Wagner's Educational Technology and Life: http://edtechlife.com/ Scott Leslie's EdTechPost http://edtechpost.ca/wordpress/index.php Recommended site: http://www.elearners.com   Recommended book: Excellence in College Teaching and Learning: Classroom and Online Instruction