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dc.contributor.advisorMcArdle, Johnen_US
dc.contributor.advisorColina, Fernandoen_US
dc.contributor.authorHatfield, Whitney
dc.creatorHatfield, Whitneyen_US
dc.date2021-11-24T14:05:37.000en_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-29T11:29:40Z
dc.date.available2021-11-29T11:29:40Z
dc.date.issued2016-12-01en_US
dc.date.submitted2017-09-20T12:36:06-07:00en_US
dc.identifierhonors_theses/135en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13013/609en_US
dc.description.abstractThere are thousands of colleges in the US, and hundreds that fit into the small, private, non-profit, liberal arts focused market segment. The colleges in this market segment have seen financial struggle in the past decade, (Martin 2009). The following research analyzes this market segment by documenting business statistics and indicators derived from various sources. These sources include the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Moody’s Investors Service, 990 tax forms released by Guidestar’s non-profit database, and news articles from reputable journals. Colleges that struggle tend to: 1) depend on tuition for a majority of their revenues, 2) grant large institutional scholarships to a majority of students, 3) have a low full time instructional staff percentage and 4) have negative core operating margins. Data suggest additional potential risk factors of institutional failure and these will be discussed in the scope of this paper. The following analysis classifies colleges into three categories indicating status: exemplary, at risk, and closed. Colleges that have been coded as at risk status may use the produced list of potential risk factors as a benchmark of how to design a proper, sustainable business model for their college.en_US
dc.titleAn Investigation Into The Financial Strength Of Higher Education Institutions: Predicting Potential Risk Factors Of Closureen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.legacy.pubstatuspublisheden_US
dc.description.departmentBusiness Administrationen_US
dc.date.displayDecember 2016en_US
dc.type.degreeBachelor of Science (BS)en_US
dc.legacy.pubtitleHonors Thesesen_US
dc.legacy.identifierhttps://digitalcommons.salemstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1135&context=honors_theses&unstamped=1en_US
dc.legacy.identifieritemhttps://digitalcommons.salemstate.edu/honors_theses/135en_US
dc.subject.keywordcollege closuresen_US
dc.subject.keywordcolleges financial healthen_US
dc.subject.keywordIntegrated Postsecondary Education Data Systemen_US
dc.subject.keywordrisk factorsen_US
dc.subject.keywordsmallen_US
dc.subject.keywordprivateen_US
dc.subject.keywordnon-profit liberal arts collegesen_US
dc.subject.keywordtuitionen_US


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