Their Budgets Slashed, Public Colleges Share the Pain with a Glut of Applicants

Autor/in	Mangan, Katherine
Titel	Their Budgets Slashed, Public Colleges Share the Pain with a Glut of Applicants
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 55 (2008) 14, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Financial Problems; Public Colleges; Educational Finance; College Faculty; Budgeting; Retrenchment; Enrollment; Unemployment; Financial Exigency; Community Colleges; Career Change; College Applicants; Anxiety + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsfonds; Fakultät; Einschulung; Arbeitslosigkeit; Finanzielle Härte; Community college; Community College; Career changes; Berufswechsel; College applications; Studienbewerber; Angst
Abstract	This article reports that as students flock to public two-year and four-year colleges amid an ailing economy, they find the colleges struggling with financial problems of their own. Midyear budget cuts are forcing many institutions to lay off faculty members, cut course sections, and freeze enrollment. Rising unemployment, slumping values of stocks and home equity, and tightening credit markets are adding to student anxiety. And when laid-off workers turn to community colleges to brush up on skills or switch careers, they often find that the classes they need are full. [For companion record, see EJ822626. These articles appear under the banner "Rising Enrollments Buoy Some Colleges, Burden Others" in this volume/issue.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10