Maintaining and Enhancing Institutional Relevance: Long-term Program Sustainability in an Era of Increased Intra-Institutional Competition for Resources

Abstract

The preservation and growth of intercollegiate forensic programs does not, and should not, depend on the singular factor of competitive results. The value of a program is rooted, in great part, in intra-institutional factors. This paper puts forth an assertion related to increasing the institutional value of forensics programs. Emphasis is placed on expanding the scope of the program goals and framing the success of a program on a non-competitive basis. The intra-institutional framing of program identity as centers of excellence functions as a central tenet