Higher & Continuing Education, Administration 

Nearly one thousand colleges and universities in the United States face major challenges -- from catastrophic hurricanes to loss of accreditation to sagging enrollment. What can leaders of such at-risk institutions do to improve their situation? Turnaround gives college and university leaders the tools they need to put their fragile institutions back on a path to success.

This comprehensive handbook outlines how board members, presidents, and administrators can identify their institutions' weaknesses, implement plans for improvement, and mitigate existing damage. Turnaround also identifies the legal pitfalls that often accompany institutional change, offering solutions for how to overcome such obstacles or avoid them altogether. 

Table of Contents:
I DEFINING RISK: The Nature of Stressed Institutions
1 Defining Stressed Institutions and Leading
Them Effectively James Martin and
James E. Samels 3
2 An International Perspective on the Fragility of Higher
Education Institutions and Systems
D. Bruce Johnstone 31
3 A View from Washington: Trouble Signs for At-Risk
Universities and Colleges Daniel J. Levin 49
II ANALYZING RISK VIA THE LEADERSHIP TEAM:
New Approaches, New Results 61
4 Leading Stressed Institutions: What Works and
What Does Not Charles R. Middleton 63
5 Fragile Universities and Colleges: The Role of the Board
William A. Weary 77
6 Preserving and Extending the Aadiemic Mission
of 1Vulnerable Institutions: Best Practices for
Chief Academic Officers Patricia Cormier 93
"7 The Challenge for Student Affairs in Stressed Institutions
Iori Reesor, Steven LaNasa, and Patricia I.ong 110
III WI7HO IS AT RISK AND WHY: The Financial Factors 121
8 Efiective Financial I.eadership of Stressed Colleges and
IUniversities Michael Townslce 123
9 Fund-Raising through Fragility: Some Suggestions fr
Development Officers W'. Stephen Jeffre) 144
IV S TRATEIGIFS THIAT WORK: New Solutions for Key
O)perations 153
10 Accreditation, Fragility, and Disclosure: Maintaining
the Delicate Balance Sandra Elrnan 155
11 Keeping the Faith: Leadership Challenges Unique
to Religiously Affiliated Colleges and Universities
Robert C. Andringa 168
12 For-Profit Higher Education and Stressed Colleges:
A Strategic Opportunit' Michael Hovle 185
13 Legal Challenges for Fragile Institutions: Survival before
Success James E. Samels and James Martin 194
14 The Institutional Research Option: Transforming Data,
Information, and Decision Making for Institutions
at Risk Kevin W. Savers and John E Ryan 211
15 Managing Reputation: Public Relations for
Vulnerable Institutions John Ross 221