Making Friends with Locals Helps Community College Win Referendum

Autor/in	Beja, Marc
Titel	Making Friends with Locals Helps Community College Win Referendum
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 55 (2009) 42, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Bond Issues; Community Colleges; School Community Relationship; Institutional Advancement; Governance + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; nicht übertragen; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung
Abstract	Nearly three years ago, in a span of just nine months, the North Harris Montgomery Community College District lost a bond referendum and its chancellor. Nine months later, the Houston-area district had a new leader, a new name, and a victorious bond issue. And this May--a year after the successful bond vote--the college bought an office complex totaling 1.2-million square feet to accommodate its rapidly growing enrollment. To pull those feats off so quickly, the college improved its marketing, better focused its spending, and made some new friends--even with old enemies. The changes show what can happen when a college board makes an effort to get its local community to support a budget from the beginning, instead of trying to sway public opinion after it is too late. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10