Strategic planning outcomes at four-year private colleges and universities

dc.contributor.authorLovinguth, Sandra J.en
dc.contributor.committeechairEarthman, Glen I.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMuffo, John A.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCreamer, Donald G.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCurcio, Joan L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberYoung, Christine A.en
dc.contributor.departmentHigher Education Administrationen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:19:50Zen
dc.date.adate2007-10-03en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:19:50Zen
dc.date.issued1996-09-15en
dc.date.rdate2007-10-03en
dc.date.sdate2007-10-03en
dc.description.abstractThe growing body of knowledge about the use of strategic planning in higher education focuses on the decisional processes and dynamics of such planning as conducted in an academic setting. Information about the outcomes of strategic planning initiatives, or the ways in which institutions change in relation to plan goals, has received little attention by researchers. This qualitative study combined descriptive and case study methodologies to investigate what results occurred to meet strategic planning objectives at five small, four-year, private colleges and universities as measured by financial, enrollment, and programmatic indices. The case study method permitted an in-depth analysis of the relationship between individual institutional plans and their respective outcomes. The population consisted of thirty-two institutions awarded planning grants by the Consortium for the Advancement of Private Higher Education (CAPHE) between 1984-88. A purposive sample of five institutions was drawn from those institutions identified as having developed strategic plans by the end of the grant cycle. Evidence was gathered using IPEDS and CAPHE survey data, document analysis, and interviews. Data were analyzed using basic statistical procedures and qualitative methods. Further, data were standardized by means of common categories and reporting formats for the purposes of cross-site analysis.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.extentviii, 362 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-10032007-172016en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10032007-172016/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/39578en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V856_1996.L685.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 36347442en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectorganizational changeen
dc.subjectEducation, Higheren
dc.subjectstrategic planningen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V856 1996.L685en
dc.titleStrategic planning outcomes at four-year private colleges and universitiesen
dc.typeDissertationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineHigher Education Administrationen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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