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ERIC Number: EJ298939
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Measuring the Viability of Colleges: Who Is Really in Distress?
Gilmartin, Kevin, Jr.
American Educational Research Journal, v21 n1 p79-101 Spr 1984
A longitudinal file was used to compute 61 indicators of college viability. Particular colleges identified as being in distress were used to validate the indicators. The validated indicators for each type of college were then used to construct a summary index of viability. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Colleges, Enrollment, Expenditures, Faculty, Financial Problems, Higher Education, Income, Institutional Characteristics, Longitudinal Studies, Measurement Techniques, Tuition, Universities, Validity
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Financial Indicators; Higher Education General Information Survey
Note: This research was performed under Contract Nos. 300-78-0150 and 300-80-0823 with the National Center for Education Statistics, Department of Education.