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The UConn 2000 Initiative: A Case Study
Author(s) -
Miller H. Samuel
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
new directions for student services
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0695
pISSN - 0164-7970
DOI - 10.1002/ss.80
Subject(s) - institution , task (project management) , investment (military) , capital (architecture) , higher education , state (computer science) , public support , public relations , business , public investment , public administration , political science , finance , management , economics , economic growth , public fund , geography , computer science , law , archaeology , algorithm , politics
Generating public support for large capital investments in a public university's decaying facilities is a difficult task at best. This chapter describes how one institution built support for a $2.3 billion investment by the state and how this has lead to changes in the delivery of student services.