April 26, 2002
A College Drops Tenure to Stay Alive
Mitchell professors have few regrets over what they gave upEight years ago, faculty morale at Mitchell College dropped to an all-time low. Enrollment at the small, private two-year college had slipped by 13 percent in one year, to 393 students. The deficit had climbed to $2.3-million. Students who couldn't get into prestigious four-year colleges, Mitchell's bread and butter, were heading elsewhere.
"There were layoffs because we didn't have enough students," says Mary K. Loose,
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