Marshall Brooks Library: Reimagining Bibliography: Possible Case Studies

Organizations Who Have Undertaken Transformation

Beloit College

Chatterjee, A. (2023, December 19). This Small College Has a Message: The Liberal Arts ‘Are Not Dead.’ The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Impact Beloit Plan - Impact Beloit is our initiative linking community-based learning and career-readiness programs for our students, deepening their engagement with community organizations and businesses and expanding their professional skills.

Elon University

Transforming a College by George Keller; Leo M. Lambert (Foreword by)
ISBN: 1421414473
Publication Date: 2014
George Keller's case study of Elon University's transformation from a struggling college with a limited endowment into a top regional university is now available in paperback. Ten years after the publication of Transforming a College, Elon University continues to thrive as a school that reinvented itself and its community around the idea of inspiring and guiding students. George Keller's now-classic account has been used as an inspiration and playbook for many other institutions. A new foreword and afterword from Elon president Leo M. Lambert tell the rest of the story of the university's ambitious agenda to position Elon as a top-ranked liberal arts university and a national leader in engaged teaching and learning.

Gettysburg College

Inside Higher Ed - Success Program Launch: Co-Curricular Pathways Bridge the Skills Gap
To best prepare students for the jobs of the future, Gettysburg College is guiding incoming students to establish a skills track, emphasizing flexible career and professional development abilities.
Guided Pathways
Knowledge and enduring skills—the anchors of the Gettysburg Approach—are practiced and deepened within our Guided Pathways and supported by your Personal Advising Team. This holistic and intentional approach to education ensures that every experience on campus—in the classroom and beyond—matters. Each hands-on experience builds upon another, giving you the knowledge and skills you need to excel in your life and career.

Miami University

Miami president and provost discuss budgetary and enrollment issues at faculty assembly
Miami Student Newspaper September 2023
Citing ‘Unprecedented’ Financial Challenges, Miami U. Tells Low-Enrollment Majors to Change
Eighteen low-enrollment undergraduate majors at Miami University in Ohio, many of which are in the humanities, have been directed to reinvent themselves, potentially by merging with other programs.