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Working Paper No. 15
Case Study #2: Littleton State College

Sandra Kanter

Abstract

A small public liberal arts institution receives word that its accreditation is in jeopardy.  Though Littleton State is proud of its strong academic and professional majors and its recent institutional efforts to attack a new market of students, it must now decide the best way to examine its general  education  requirements or risk losing its accreditation. The case study outlines the process which the college follows in its efforts to maintain accreditation while still preserving its traditions and commitment to  academic excellence. The case exemplifies the importance of examining possible internal risks as an institution responds to external pressures to change.  (Fall, 1991)

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