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Cost Containment Practices of a Private Non-Profit College: A Qualitative Case Study

Patwardhan, Pratap R, Patwardhan
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4319-412X
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1513292371960766

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2017, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Toledo, Higher Education.
An Abstract of Cost Containment Practices of a Private Non-Profit College: A Qualitative Case Study by Pratap Patwardhan Submitted to the Graduate Faculty as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Higher Education The University of Toledo December 2017 Private colleges have grown accustomed to increasing tuition and fees to meet their expenses. These policies have contributed to the increased college cost for Americans. Most American students and parents have believed that the higher education improved their life by offering better job opportunities, higher salaries and thus a better standard of life. During the last 35 years, inflation in higher education has skyrocketed. The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to understand, how a private college dealt with the escalating college cost challenges. I chose a private non-profit college for the case study. It was called MWPC (Midwestern Private College). This case study identified how one private college managed to control cost containment strategies. The study detailed how cost containment strategies were created and how well these cost containment strategies worked for the institution after implementation. Student enrollments and endowments were important to the financial health to the institution. MWPC agreed to share its financial information for this case study research. MWPC came very close to shutting the doors of this institution due to its financial crisis. The Board of Trustees employed a president, who appointed new senior leadership to address the critical situation. This case study details how the president and the senior leadership of MWPC identified and implemented cost containment to turn the college around and came up with an approach with new cost containment. Cost containment practices became a way of life for MWPC.
David Meabon (Committee Chair)
Mary Ellen Edwards (Committee Member)
Robert Haas (Committee Member)
Ronald Opp (Committee Member)
233 p.
Educational Leadership; Finance; Higher Education; Higher Education Administration
cost containment, private non-profit colleges, cost containment practices, cost containment implementation strategies, qualitative case study, best practices

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  • Patwardhan, Patwardhan, P. R. (2017). Cost Containment Practices of a Private Non-Profit College: A Qualitative Case Study [Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1513292371960766

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Patwardhan, Patwardhan, Pratap. Cost Containment Practices of a Private Non-Profit College: A Qualitative Case Study. 2017. University of Toledo, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1513292371960766.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Patwardhan, Patwardhan, Pratap. "Cost Containment Practices of a Private Non-Profit College: A Qualitative Case Study." Doctoral dissertation, University of Toledo, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1513292371960766

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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